Jacksonville mayoral election, 2015

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Jacksonville mayoral election, 2015
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Nominee Lenny Curry Alvin Brown
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote103,626 98,349
Percentage51.31% 48.69%
Mayor before election

Alvin Brown
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Lenny Curry
Republican

The 2015 Jacksonville mayoral election took place on March 24, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida.

Jacksonville, Florida Largest city in Florida

Jacksonville is the most populous city in Florida, the most populous city in the southeastern United States and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits. As of 2017 Jacksonville's population was estimated to be 892,062. The Jacksonville metropolitan area has a population of 1,523,615 and is the fourth largest in Florida.

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The election is a blanket primary, with all candidates from all parties running together on the same ballot. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff was held between the top two vote-getters on May 19, 2015.

The blanket primary is a system used for selecting political party candidates in a primary election in the United States. In a blanket primary, voters may pick one candidate for each office without regard to party lines; for instance, a voter might select a Democratic candidate for governor and a Republican candidate for senator. In a traditional blanket primary the candidates with the highest number of votes for each office in each party advance to the general election, as the respective party's nominee. Blanket primaries differ from open primaries – in open primaries voters may pick candidates regardless of their own party registration, but may only choose among candidates from a single party of the voter's choice. A blanket primary gives registered voters maximum choice in selecting candidates among those systems that separate primary from general elections.

Incumbent Democratic Mayor Alvin Brown ran for re-election to a second term in office. [1] He was defeated by Republican Lenny Curry by a margin of 5,285 votes. [2]

Democratic Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.

Alvin Brown American politician

Alvin Brown is an American politician from Florida. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida from 2011 to 2015. He was the first African American to be elected to that position.

Lenny Curry Florida politician

Leonard Boyd Curry is an American politician and businessman who is currently Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida. He assumed office on July 1, 2015, after defeating incumbent Alvin Brown in the city's 2015 mayoral election. A Republican, Curry formerly served as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and co-founded the professional services firm ICX Group.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Declared

Republican Party

Declared
Jacksonville City Council

The Jacksonville City Council is the legislative governing body of the city of Jacksonville, Florida. The council meets in its chambers at Jacksonville City Hall, 117 W. Duval St. Under Florida’s government transparency laws, all official council business must be conducted in meetings open to the public. Jacksonville City Hall can be reached at (904)621-7143.

Republican Party of Florida

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is the official organization for Republicans in the state of Florida.

Withdrew
Duval County, Florida County in the United States

Duval County is a county in the State of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 864,263, with a 2017 estimate at 937,934, the seventh most populous in Florida. Its county seat is Jacksonville, with which the Duval County government has been consolidated since 1968. Duval County was established in 1822, and is named for William Pope Duval, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834.

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Atlantic Beach, Florida City in Florida, United States

Atlantic Beach is a city in Duval County, Florida, United States and part of the Jacksonville Beaches communities. When the majority of communities in Duval County consolidated with Jacksonville in 1968, Atlantic Beach, along with Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and Baldwin, remained quasi-independent. Like the other towns, it maintains its own municipal government, but its residents vote in the Jacksonville mayoral election and have representation on the Jacksonville city council. The population was 12,655 at the 2010 census.

Independent Party of Florida

Did not qualify

Independent

Declared
Withdrew

Primary election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Omega
Allen (I)		 Bill
Bishop (R)		 Alvin
Brown (D)		 Lenny
Curry (R)		 Other Undecided
UNF February 23–27, 2015 546± 4% 2% 11%37%25% <1%25%
St. Pete Polls January 23–25, 2015 1,247± 2.8% — 8.9%37.9%30.6% 15.7% 6.8%

Results

Jacksonville mayoral election, 2015 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alvin Brown (Incumbent)78,71342.64
Republican Lenny Curry 70,89138.4
Republican Bill Bishop 30,944 16.76
Independent Omega Allen 4,046 2.19
Total votes184,594100

Runoff

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		Margin of
error		 Alvin
Brown (D)		 Lenny
Curry (R)		 Undecided
St. Pete Polls March 25, 2015 1,076 ± 3.0%49.4% 46.1% 4.5%
St. Pete Polls January 23–25, 2015 1,247 ± 2.8% 41.5%45.3% 13.2%
University of North Florida February 10–17, 2014 442 ± 4.66%45% 25% 30%

Results

Jacksonville mayoral election, 2015 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lenny Curry 103,62651.31
Democratic Alvin Brown (Incumbent) 98,349 48.69
Total votes201,975100

Endorsements

Alvin Brown
  • Bill Nelson, U.S. Senator (D-FL) [14]
  • Bill Bishop, City Councilman; finished third in the blanket primary [15]
Lenny Curry

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Early look at 2015 mayor's race: Republicans seek candidate to challenge Alvin Brown". The Florida Times-Union. January 11, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ "How did Lenny Curry win mayoral race? Republican vote came out in force". The Florida Times-Union. May 20, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Councilman Bill Bishop to run for Mayor of Jacksonville in 2015". Jacksonville Business Journal. March 28, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "GOP candidate Lenny Curry files for 2015 mayor's race". Jacksonville Business Journal. June 3, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Lenny Curry will run for Jacksonville Mayor". First Coast News. June 3, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Duval Property Apprasier Jim Overton To Run For Mayor Of Jacksonville". WJCT. March 4, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Jim Overton won't run for mayor, says he couldn't raise enough money to win". Financial News & Daily Record. April 22, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  8. ↑ "After months of thought, Bill Gulliford decides against running for Jacksonville mayor". Financial News & Daily Record. July 29, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Mike Hogan's decision caps 'very good day' for Lenny Curry camp". Jax Daily Record. January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Reporting group (Election/Committees) : 2015 Unitary General (5/19/2015)". Duval County Supervisor of Elections. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bill Gulliford won't run for Jacksonville mayor". Financial News & Daily Record. July 29, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Summary Results - Election Night Polling". Duval County Supervisor of Elections. March 24, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Summary Results - Unofficial Results". Duval County Supervisor of Elections. May 19, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  14. ↑ David Bauerlein (April 1, 2015). "U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson endorses Mayor Brown for re-election citing bipartisan leadership". The Florida Times-Union . Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Bishop endorses Brown for re-election; Curry camp says Bishop reneged on promise to stay neutral". Jacksonville Times-Union. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  16. ↑ Nate Monroe (March 30, 2015). "Gov. Rick Scott backs Lenny Curry over Mayor Alvin Brown". The Florida Times-Union . Retrieved March 31, 2015.
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