2019 Jacksonville mayoral election

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2019 Jacksonville mayoral election
Flag of Jacksonville, Florida.svg
  2015 March 19, 2019 2023  
Turnout24% [1]
  Lenny Curry portrait (cropped).jpg AnnaBrosche (1).png
Candidate Lenny Curry Anna Brosche
Party Republican Republican
Popular vote84,54535,404
Percentage57.62%24.13%

 
CandidateOmega AllenJim Hill
Party Independent Republican
Popular vote15,45311,056
Percentage10.53%7.54%

2019 Jacksonville mayoral election results map by precinct.svg
Results by precinct
Curry:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Brosche:      30–40%     40–50%

Mayor before election

Lenny Curry
Republican

Elected Mayor

Lenny Curry
Republican

The 2019 Jacksonville mayoral election was held on March 19, 2019, to elect the mayor of Jacksonville. Incumbent mayor Lenny Curry, a Republican, won a majority of votes to win a second term in office. [2] No Democratic candidate qualified for the mayoral election. [3]

Contents

Candidates

Republican Party

Declared

Democratic Party

While Democratic candidates did declare their candidacy, no Democratic candidates qualified for the mayoral election in 2019.

Declared

  • Doreszell Cohen, founder of Citizens for Criminal Justice Reform [7]
  • Yolanda Thornton, small business owner [8]

Declined

  • Alvin Brown, former mayor of Jacksonville [9]
  • Garrett Dennis, member of Jacksonville City Council [6] [10]

Independents

Declared

  • Omega Allen, Chair of the NW Jacksonville Economic Development Trust Fund
  • Connell Crooms, nonprofit director [11]
  • Vishaun Grissett, independent consultant [12]

Campaign and results

Democrats did not field a candidate for Mayor of Jacksonville in the 2019 election. Curry faced Anna Lopez Brosche, described by The Florida Times-Union as a moderate Republican. Brosche's campaign received support from some Democratic politicians, including city councilman Garrett Dennis and former Duval County Democratic Party chair Lisa King. [3]

Election results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lenny Curry (incumbent) 84,545 57.62
Republican Anna Lopez Brosche35,40424.13
Independent Omega Allen15,45310.53
Republican Jim Hill11,0567.54
write-in Michael Romero2630.18
Total votes146,721 100.00
Republican hold

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Preceded by
2015
Jacksonville mayoral election
2019
Succeeded by
2023