{"id":2327,"date":"2026-06-01T12:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:05:48","slug":"maitland-mayor-john-lowndes-to-run-for-jason-brodeurs-state-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2327","title":{"rendered":"Maitland Mayor John Lowndes to run for Jason Brodeur\u2019s state Senate seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Maitland Mayor and Democrat John Lowndes has filed to run for the Florida Senate in District 10, the seat currently held by Republican state Sen. Jason Brodeur.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2325\">\u2018Concerned is probably an understatement:\u2019 Florida cities brace for property tax blow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The district covers all of Seminole County and portions of north Orange County, including Maitland and Winter Park.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday, the only other Democratic candidate in the race is Geneva resident H. Alexander Duncan, according to the state\u2019s Division of Elections website.<\/p>\n<p>A Winter Park native and attorney, Lowndes has served as Maitland\u2019s mayor since April 2021 and has lived in the city for more than two decades. He also served on Maitland\u2019s planning and zoning commission and community redevelopment agency.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release announcing his candidacy, Lowndes said his campaign will focus on \u201clowering costs for working families and seniors, protecting homeowners from predatory insurance corporations and bringing a more practical, solutions-oriented approach to Tallahassee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2323\">Orlando Sentinel 150: Monday Memory of last Dusky Seaside Sparrow died<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brodeur has served in the state Senate since 2020, when he was elected to the old District 9 seat. After redistricting, Brodeur was elected to his current district seat in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, no other Republican has filed to run against the Sanford resident in the GOP primary.<\/p>\n<p>The qualifying period for candidates begins June 8 and runs through June 12. Florida\u2019s primary election is Aug. 18.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2320\">Tabernacle Choir organist\u2019s Orlando concert rescheduled for fall<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat and Maitland mayor John Lowndes plans to file for the state Senate seat currently held by Republican Jason Brodeur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maitland Mayor John Lowndes to run for Jason Brodeur\u2019s state Senate seat - Orlando Relocation Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=2327\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maitland Mayor John Lowndes to run for Jason Brodeur\u2019s state Senate seat - 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