Not coincidentally, the man that won District 2 in the primary, Fred Brummer, a Republican, was term-limited out of the same seat Sindler considered running for, and so essentially ran as an incumbent.

Linda Stewart successfully defended her seat, winning a second term for District 4 with 51.46% of the vote.

The race for District 6 was hotly contested, and ended in a virtual dead heat in the primary, with Tiffany Moore and Bruce Antone getting 37.92% and 37.46% of the vote, respectively.

[2] In District 1, where Teresa Jacobs could not run again due to term limits, S. Scott Boyd and Sharon Gravitte finished in a near dead heat, 35.31% to 33.81% respectively, in the 2008-08-26, primary election.

In District 4, incumbent Jennifer Thompson ran for re-election with opposition from union representative Euri Cerrud and homemaker Maribel Cordero.

In District 6, incumbent commissioner Tiffany Moore Russell was term-limited and entered the race for the Orange County clerk of courts.

Other candidates receiving votes were former Moore Russell aide Roberta Walton, Virginia Whittington, former Orange County commissioner Homer Hartage and community activist Luwanna Gelzer.

[4] Mayra Uribe Democratic Mayra Uribe Democratic Kelly Semrad was elected to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, defeating former Winter Park mayor Steve Leary.