2 candidates are tracked for Orange County School Board District 3, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Diana Moore and Susanne Peña. Candidate information follows official Orange County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
August 18 result: Susanne Peña led with about 47 percent, short of a majority, and meets Diana Moore (29 percent) in a November 3 runoff, per unofficial results; final percentages await the county canvass.
School board member. The school board is the governing body of a public school district. It hires and evaluates the superintendent, adopts the district budget, sets policies on curriculum, discipline, attendance boundaries and facilities, and approves contracts and collective bargaining agreements. Day-to-day operations belong to the superintendent; the board sets direction and holds the administration accountable.
This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels.
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Nonpartisan
Per her candidate statement on the Orange County VoterFocus portal.
Teacher, per her candidate statement on the Orange County SOE campaign-finance portal (VoterFocus): 'as a teacher, we know a teacher's working conditions are a child's learning conditions.' No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
$4,251 raised · county campaign-finance filings
Nonpartisan
Per the campaign site.
Peña is a professional educator with more than 20 years of experience at the K-12 and college levels and the mother of a first-grade Orange County Public Schools student, per her campaign site.
$38,137 raised · county campaign-finance filings
Who is running for Orange County School Board District 3 in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for Orange County School Board District 3, headed to a November 3, 2026 runoff: Diana Moore and Susanne Peña. Candidate information follows official Orange County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Orange County School Board District 3 election in Florida?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Florida are on the Florida election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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Candidate roster from official Orange County Supervisor of Elections filings, last verified September 29, 2026. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.
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