The St. Cloud community had an opportunity on Wednesday night to meet and greet the local candidates who are looking to earn their vote for the upcoming elections at the “Politics in the Barn” event that was held at the St. Cloud Community Center.

Along with having “meet and greet” booths, each candidate had an opportunity to speak to the crowd for 90 seconds ahead of a straw poll that was held at the event hosted by the Osceola County Supervisor of Elections.

Here are the unofficial winners of the straw poll:

Chris Drake

Christine Ladas-Drake

Ken Gilbert

Ken Gilbert

Erika Booth

Erika Booth

Heather Kahoun

Heather Kahoun

Cheryl Jackie

TIE: Cheryl Grieb and Jackie Espinosa

Vincent Chui

Vincent Chiu

John Beamer

John Beamer

Fay Olga Pappas

Fay Olga Pappas

Paula Stark

Paula Stark

Fred Hawkins

Fred Hawkins

Wilton Simpson

Wilton Simpson

Jimmy Patronis

Jimmy Patronis

Ashley Moody

Ashley Moody

Ron DeSantis

Ron DeSantis

Darren Soto

Darren Soto

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

The Osceola Chamber of Commerce will hold its “meet the candidates” Hob Nob event, on Wednesday, July 20 at 5:30pm at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee. For event tickets and information visit TheOsceolaChamber.com.