John Henry Rutherford is an American politician and former police officer serving as the U.S. representative from Florida's 5th congressional district since 2017. His district encompasses most of Jacksonville and most of its suburbs in Nassau and St. Johns counties,including St. Augustine.
Steve Pajcic is an American lawyer,politician and philanthropist. He served in the Florida House of Representatives for six terms,from 1974 to 1986. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in 1986.
Donald Jay Gaetz is an American businessman and Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida State Senate from 2006 to 2016,representing parts of Northwest Florida. He was Senate president from 2012 to 2014.
Audrey Gibson is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Florida Senate,representing the 6th district,which includes sections of downtown Jacksonville in Duval County,since 2016. She previously represented the 9th district from 2012 to 2016 and the 1st district from 2011 to 2012. Gibson also served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 15th district in downtown Jacksonville from 2002 to 2010.
Dixon Alan Hays is a politician who was elected Supervisor of Elections for Lake County,Florida,in 2016. He previously was a member of the Florida State Senate from 2010 to 2016 and a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010. He is a Republican.
Daniel Alan Webster is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he first entered Congress in 2011. He represented Florida's 10th congressional district from 2011 to 2017. Before his congressional service,he served 28 years in the Florida legislature. He was the first Republican Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives since Reconstruction.
Charles McBurney is a Republican who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 16th District,which includes parts of downtown Jacksonville in southern Duval County between 2007 and 2016.
Terry L. Fields is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008,representing the 14th District,which included parts of downtown Jacksonville in western Duval County. He ran for a seat in the Florida House in 2016. He lost in the primaries to Democratic candidate Kimberly Daniels.
Janet H. Adkins is a former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 11th District,which includes Nassau County and eastern Duval County,since 2012,previously representing the 12th District from 2008 to 2012.
The government of Jacksonville is organized under the city charter and provides for a "strong" mayor–council system. The most notable feature of the government in Jacksonville,Florida,is that it is consolidated with Duval County,which the jurisdictions agreed to in the 1968 Jacksonville Consolidation.
Mia L. Jones was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 14th District,which includes parts of downtown Jacksonville in northern Duval County,from 2008 to 2016.
Dennis Alan Ross is an American businessman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. A Republican from Florida,his district was numbered as Florida's 12th congressional district during his first two years in Congress,and it was numbered as the 15th district during his last six years in Congress.
John E. Thrasher is a former state legislator,businessman,lawyer and lobbyist who served as the 15th president of Florida State University. He was approved by the Florida Board of Governors on November 6,2014 and took office on November 10,2014. On September 11,2020,Thrasher and the university board of trustees announced his retirement in a joint statement. In May 2021,Richard McCullough was chosen by Florida State University’s board of trustees to succeed Thrasher.
Aaron Paul Bean is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 4th congressional district since 2023. A Republican,Bean represented the 4th district in the Florida Senate,which included all of Nassau County,Clay County and parts of Duval County,from 2012 to 2022. From 2000 to 2008,he represented the 12th district in the Florida House of Representatives.
Reginald "Reggie" Fullwood is former a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives. From 2010 to 2014 and 2015 to 2016,he represented downtown Jacksonville in central Duval County.
The 2015 Jacksonville mayoral election took place on March 24,2015,to elect the Mayor of Jacksonville,Florida.
Richard H. Kravitz is a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 19th District,from 2000 to 2008. Kravitz most recently ran for office in 2016,when he lost to Jason Fischer in the Republican primary for Florida State House District 16.
Benjamin Cornel Toma is a Romanian-American politician serving as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 27th district. Elected in November 2016,he assumed office in January 2017. He was selected to be Speaker of the House in 2022,taking office in 2023. From 2021 to 2023,Toma served as majority leader of the Arizona House.
Kimberly Daniels is an American minister,religious author,politician,wife and mother of four from Jacksonville,Florida. She is a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing House District 14. She began her political career as an at-large member of the Jacksonville City Council. She served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing House District 14 as a member of the Democratic Party from 2016–2020 before losing her re-election campaign to Florida state House representative Angie Nixon. During the 2022 election,Nixon ran to represent House District 13,creating a vacant seat in House District 14. On the last day of qualifying for the 2022 election,Daniels entered the race for the House District 14 seat in 2022. On August 23,2022,she easily took the Democratic Primary for House District 14,winning all of the district's 41 precincts. Shortly thereafter,the write-in candidate withdrew from the race,securing Daniels' return to the Florida House of Representatives,this time without ever having to win a general election campaign.
The 2023 Jacksonville mayoral election was held on March 21,2023,with a runoff held on May 16. Incumbent Republican mayor Lenny Curry was term-limited and could not seek a third term in office. Seven candidates filed to run,including four Republicans,two Democrats,and an independent. Jacksonville mayoral elections use a blanket primary system where all candidates,regardless of party affiliation,appear on the same ballot.
