US Midterms 2026
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Loranne Ausley, a Democratic attorney who served in the Florida House and Florida Senate for the Tallahassee area, is a declared candidate in the 2026 Tallahassee mayoral election.
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The Midday Update focuses on local news in the Big Bend region. A key item is the LCS (likely Leon County Schools) Board’s unanimous approval of a $30 million short-term loan at 3.95% interest to cover payroll while…
MatlowNext month, Tallahassee voters will choose a new mayor and fill two City Commission seats in an election that could shift the voting trends at City Hall.
Local Leon County officials are opposing Amendment 3, a property tax-cutting proposal on the November ballot. They warn that approving Amendment 3 would trigger deep cuts to a wide range of local services.
MatlowThe article explains that in Leon County, Florida, local races are nonpartisan on general election ballots, so candidates’ names appear without party labels.
MatlowThe article discusses how a new leadership mix in Tallahassee, including both new and seasoned lawmakers and a potential new governor, could alter tensions between the governor and the legislature.
The Tallahassee Reports reports that Dot Inman-Johnson’s campaign ran a radio ad attacking incumbent City Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox, using the racially charged term “Negroes” to imply Black officials are…
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Loranne Ausley was born on October 16, 1963, into a politically active Florida family: her great-great-grandfather, Alexander McSwain, was a state representative in 1891, and her grandfather, Charles Ausley, was a Florida state senator. Her father, DuBose Ausley, is a Tallahassee attorney who chaired the State University System of Florida. She earned a Bachelor of Arts at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1985 and a J.D. at Washington & Lee University in 1990.
From 2000 to 2008 Ausley held a Tallahassee seat in the Florida House, with a district covering the northern half of Leon County and part of Jefferson County, and in 2007 and 2008 she was the ranking Democrat on the House Health Care Council.
In 2010 she was the Democratic nominee for Florida Chief Financial Officer, after no other candidate filed, and lost the general election to Republican Jeff Atwater, then president of the state Senate.
She won back a seat in the Florida House in 2016, for the 9th district, and served until 2020, when she won the 3rd district seat in the Florida Senate, succeeding term-limited Bill Montford and defeating Republican Marva Preston 53.4% to 46.6%.
That Senate district spanned 11 counties, Leon among them. Republican Corey Simon defeated her in the 2022 election. She holds a senior advisory role at the Lawton Chiles Foundation and chairs the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation's board.
Ausley is a declared candidate for mayor of Tallahassee in 2026, an open race because incumbent John E. Dailey, first elected in 2018, announced he would not seek reelection. The first round was held on August 18, 2026, and since no candidate won a majority, a runoff is set for November 3, 2026.
