Tiffany Moore Russell
FL · Orange County Clerk of Courts
Tiffany Moore Russell has been Orange County Clerk of Courts since 2014 and served as the District 6 county commissioner from 2006 to 2014. Her priorities include workforce and affordable housing and managing growth with roads and transit investment.
Where Tiffany Moore Russell stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Extended Saturday hours at the clerk's Winter Park and Ocoee branches through 2024 after a six-month pilot, for marriage licenses, passports and payments.
December 14, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: theorlandotimesnewspaper.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
As clerk of courts, created a new $75,000-a-year manager job during a hiring freeze and budget cuts and filled it with her sorority sister, who had a federal theft conviction, WFTV reported.
July 7, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wftv.com
Moved to add $75,000 in county funds for the Black Business Investment Fund's small-business micro-loan program during budget talks. It passed over one no vote.
July 19, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: occompt.com
Seconded and voted for Orange County's tentative 2010-11 budget. It passed 6-1.
September 9, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: occompt.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Moved approval of the county's state-funded SHIP housing assistance plan, which added a new housing strategy and changed existing home-help programs. It passed 6-1.
August 5, 2014Supports Housing Affordability
Source: occompt.com
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Submitted her resignation as clerk of courts, effective 2026-08-31, early enough that voters, not the governor, would choose her successor.
May 26, 2026
Source: wintergardenvox.com
Was installed as president-elect of the Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers association, after serving on its board since 2016.
June 15, 2023
Source: theorlandotimesnewspaper.com
An Orange County comptroller audit found weak oversight of her clerk's office's guardianship program, including $1.25 million in unsupported expenses in about a dozen cases. Her office agreed with 2 of 13 findings and disputed 4.
March 1, 2021
Source: mynews13.com
Moved to have Orange County sign a court brief supporting same-sex marriage. It passed 5-2.
October 14, 2014
Source: occompt.com
Cast the only vote against putting term limits and nonpartisan elections for county constitutional officers, including the clerk of courts, on the 2014 ballot. It passed 6-1.
August 19, 2014
Source: occompt.com
Voted against a resolution setting rules for commissioners' use of personal phones and email accounts for county business. It failed 2-5.
February 26, 2013
Source: occompt.com
Voted against delaying the citizen-petition earned sick time referendum for more ballot-language review. The delay passed 4-3 and kept the measure off the November 2012 ballot.
September 11, 2012
Source: occompt.com
Past race Tiffany Moore Russell ran in:
- County Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Orange County, Florida