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The runoff election for Orlando’s District 3 city council seat is drawing big money and a who’s who of local Democrats lining up behind either Roger Chapin or Mira Tanna, who were separated by just 14 votes two weeks ago.

The massive interest in the race is part of the battle of the old guard vs. the new guard in the party, as moderates and progressives jockey for position in preparation for longtime Mayor Buddy Dyer leaving office next year.

On one side, Chapin has lined up endorsements from Dyer, retiring commissioner Robert Stuart, Orange County Sheriff John Mina, unions representing police and firefighters, as well as two other candidates for the seat who didn’t make the runoff.

Tanna, meanwhile, has backing from Rep. Anna Eskamani, so f

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