Orlando, Florida

==Government and politics==
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|height  = 300
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|alt     = A panorama of the [[Orange County Courthouse (Florida)|Orange County Courthouse]]
|caption = The [[Orange County Courthouse (Florida)|Orange County Courthouse]] complex comprises the [[Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida]] and the Orange County [[county court (Florida)|Court]]
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{{Infobox UCR
|city_name= Orlando
|year= 2014
|homicide= 15
|rape= 167
|robbery= 620
|aggravated_assault= 1,538
|violent_crime= 2,340
|burglary= 3,342
|larceny_theft= 12,182
|motor_vehicle_theft= 991
|arson= 55
|property_crime= 16,515
|source_url= https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-8/table-8-by-state/Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_Florida_by_City_2014.xls
|source_name= 2014 FBI UCR Data
|notes= 2014 population: 259,675
}}

===Municipal government===

Orlando is governed via the [[mayor-council system]] the mayor is a strong-mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.floridaleagueofcities.com/docs/default-source/CMRI/2016citiescountygovtpopulation.pdf?sfvrsn=0 |title=Florida Cities by Population & Form of Government |access-date=April 13, 2019}}</ref> The mayor is elected in a citywide vote. The six members of the city council are each elected from districts.
{{main|List of mayors of Orlando, Florida}}
[[List of mayors of Orlando|Mayor]]: [[Buddy Dyer]] ([[Democratic Party (U.S.)|D]])

City Council:
[[File:Orlando City Council 2019.svg|thumb|right|Current composition of Orlando City Council]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! District !! Name !! Party (officially nonpartisan)
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| 1 || Jim Gray || [[Republican Party (U.S.)|Republican]]<ref name=council>{{cite web |title=Municipal elections in Orlando, Florida (2017) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Municipal_elections_in_Orlando,_Florida_(2017) |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| 2 || Tony Ortiz || [[Republican Party (U.S.)|Republican]]<ref name=council/>
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 3 || Robert Stuart || [[Democratic Party (U.S.)|Democratic]]<ref name=council/>
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 4 || Patty Sheehan || [[Democratic Party (U.S.)|Democratic]]<ref name =council/>
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 5 || Regina Hill || [[Democratic Party (U.S.)|Democratic]]<ref name = council/>
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 6 || Bakari F. Burns || [[Democratic Party (U.S.)|Democratic]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rainbow Democrats endorses Bakari Burns for Orlando City Commissioner, District 6 |url=https://rainbowdemocrats.org/2019/11/27/the-rainbow-democrats-endorses-bakari-burns-for-orlando-city-commissioner-district-6/ |website=Rainbow Democrats, Inc. |access-date=December 4, 2019 |language=en |date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>
|}

=== Police brutality lawsuit settlements ===

In April 2015 it was reported that 56 year old June Walker Scott had filed a $4.5&nbsp;million federal lawsuit against the City of Orlando and certain officers. According to the suit, the city has paid $3.3&nbsp;million since 2012 to people who have accused officers of excessive force.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-police-brutality-lawsuit-june-scott-20150406-story.html |title=Woman files $4.5M excessive-force suit against Orlando police |work=Orlando Sentinel |last=Stutzman |first=Rene |date=April 6, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2019}}</ref>

===Politics===

From the mid-20th century to the early 21st century, Orlando was one of the most politically conservative cities in the United States, having voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election from 1948 to 2004. This streak was broken when [[Barack Obama]] won it in 2008, becoming the first Democrat to carry the city in a presidential election since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1944. It has since become a Democratic stronghold in statewide and local elections.