Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has drawn the first official challenger for his re-election bid: Ronald Scott Muroski Jr., who filed to enter the race this week.

In an interview, Muroski described himself as a fourth-generation Orlando resident, a Boone High graduate and a four-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, having served primarily in Japan. Muroski said he wasn't "running against Buddy Dyer, per se," but rather because of "the way the country on a large scale and a small scale is being run."

He listed as objectives improving Orlando's traffic system and recycling program, and reforming its police force.

Muroski acknowledged the incumbent has a huge fundraising advantage, and promised an "honest campaign."

"Buddy Dyer has done Orlando a good deal of service… but I think it's about time for a change," he said. "If no one else is willing to step up the plate, I will go ahead and put my name out there."

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