ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings will hold an “announcement rally” next week.

The event is planned for Thursday evening.

Details about the event are limited, but the mayor is expected to “share an important announcement and outline our vision for the future.”

Speculation has been that Demings is considering a run for Florida governor. He has been coy about a possible campaign in the last two months, even as he sparred with Gov. DeSantis and CFO Blaise Ingoglia over county government spending and the DOGE audit.

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In September, amid the back and forth with Ingoglia , Demings made perhaps his first public hint.

“I’m not saying I’m not going to run. Given all these things that have

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