2000 Orlando mayoral election

2000 Orlando mayoral election
March 14, 2000
 
Candidate Glenda Hood Bruce Gordy Tom Levine
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 16,027 9,708 3,060
Percentage 55.46% 33.59% 10.59%
Mayor before election

Glenda Hood
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Glenda Hood
Nonpartisan

The 2000 Orlando mayoral election took place on March 14, 2000. Incumbent Mayor Glenda Hood ran for re-election to a third term. She was challenged by three candidates, with City Councilmember Bruce Gordy emerging as her main competitor. The campaign was the most expensive in city history, though Hood was viewed as the likely victor. Hood ultimately won re-election by a wide margin, winning 55 percent of the vote to Gordy's 34 percent, and avoiding the need for a runoff election.

Hood would not serve out her full term as Mayor, however. Following Governor Jeb Bush's re-election in 2002, he announced that he would nominate Hood to serve as Secretary of State. Hood's resignation as Mayor triggered a 2003 special election.

To date, this is the last a Republican was elected mayor of Orlando.

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