MEET THE CANDIDATES: Orange County Supervisor of Elections

Five candidates — Karen Castor Dentel, Cynthia Harris, Dan Helm, Wes Hodge and Sunshine Linda-Marie Grund — are running for the Orange County Supervisor of Elections seat in the Aug. 20 primary.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 2:21 p.m. July 31, 2024

West Orange Times & Observer
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Five candidates — Karen Castor Dentel, Cynthia Harris, Dan Helm, Wes Hodge and Sunshine Linda-Marie Grund — are running for the Orange County Supervisor of Elections seat in the Aug. 20 primary. All of the candidates are Democrats except for Harris, who has no party affiliation. Helm has filed a lawsuit against Harris and current Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean, accusing Harris of not properly paying her qualifying fee, which would make her ineligible to appear on the Nov. 5 ballot.

Click each name to read the candidates' complete, unedited responses.

Sunshine Linda-Marie Grund

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.