Hans Gearhart Tanzler,Jr. was an American politician and judge. He served as Mayor of Jacksonville,Florida from 1967 to 1979. During his administration,the City of Jacksonville consolidated with Duval County,making him the last mayor of the old city government and the first mayor of a consolidated Jacksonville. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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 is currently a candidate for the Florida House in 2016.
Michael B. Weinstein is an American politician who was a two-term member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing District 19,which encompasses parts of Jacksonville and surrounding areas.
Jennifer Sandra Carroll is a Trinidadian–American Republican politician and retired naval officer who served as the 18th lieutenant governor of Florida from January 4,2011 to March 12,2013. Carroll is the first black person,woman and Trinidadian-American elected to the office;she also is the first black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction. Carroll previously served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. She is the bestselling author of an autobiography entitled When You Get There.
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.
Angela Corey is a former Florida State's Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court,which includes Duval,Nassau and Clay counties—including Jacksonville and the core of its metropolitan area. The first woman to hold the position,she was elected in 2008,and defeated on August 30,2016 by Melissa Nelson,the second ever woman to hold this position. Corey was catapulted into the national spotlight when on March 22,2012,Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that she would be the newly assigned State Attorney investigating the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
The Jacksonville mayoral election of 2011 determined the Mayor of Jacksonville,Florida. A blanket primary with six candidates together on the same ballot took place March 22,2011. As no candidate received a majority of the vote,a runoff election between the top two vote-getters,Republican Mike Hogan and Democrat Alvin Brown,took place on May 17,2011. In a close race,Brown defeated Hogan to become Jacksonville's first African-American mayor.
Alvin Brown is an American politician from Florida who served as mayor of Jacksonville,Florida,from 2011 to 2015. He was the first African American to be elected to that position. Brown succeeded John Peyton as mayor after winning the 2011 mayoral election. In the 2015 race,he lost his re-election bid to Republican Lenny Curry.
The 2015 Jacksonville mayoral election took place on March 24,2015,to elect the Mayor of Jacksonville,Florida.
The 2018 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Florida,alongside an election to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent two-term Republican governor Rick Scott was term-limited and could not run for a third term,so he instead ran for Florida's Class I Senate seat.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday,November 8,2016 to elect the 27 U.S. representatives from the state of Florida,one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including President of the United States. A lawsuit challenging the districts under Florida's Congressional District Boundaries Amendment was filed in 2012 and was resolved in 2015. The results of the lawsuit had major repercussions on the congressional races in Florida in 2016. The primaries were held on August 30.
Leonard Boyd Curry is an American politician,accountant,and businessman serving as the 8th mayor of Jacksonville,Florida. He assumed office on July 1,2015,after defeating incumbent Alvin Brown in the city's 2015 mayoral election. He was re-elected in 2019. A Republican,Curry formerly served as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and co-founded the professional services firm ICX Group.
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.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 6,2018,alongside a gubernatorial election,elections to the U.S. House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson ran for re-election to a fourth term,but was narrowly defeated by Republican Governor Rick Scott. The election was the closest Senate race in the state's history.
The 2019 Jacksonville mayoral election was held on March 19,2019,to elect the mayor of Jacksonville. Incumbent mayor Lenny Curry won a majority of votes to win a second term in office.
Presidential primaries and caucuses are being organized by the Republican Party to select the delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention scheduled to be held between February and June 2024 to determine the party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The elections will take place in all 50 U.S. states,the District of Columbia,and five U.S. territories.
Florida's 13th House District elects one member of the Florida House of Representatives. The district is represented by Tracie Davis. This district is located in Northeast Florida,and encompasses part of the First Coast,as well as the central part of the Jacksonville metropolitan area. The district covers central Duval County and Downtown Jacksonville,as well as the western half of the Arlington neighborhood. The district is located entirely within Jacksonville,though it only contains part of the city center. As of the 2010 Census,the district's population is 158,781. This district is majority-minority.
The 2023 Jacksonville mayoral election will be held on March 21,2023. Incumbent mayor Lenny Curry is term limited and ineligible to run for reelection.
The 2022 Jacksonville Sheriff special election was held on August 23,2022,to elect the next sheriff of Jacksonville,Florida,United States. Incumbent sheriff Pat Ivey,previously the undersheriff,was appointed interim sheriff by Governor DeSantis after his predecessor Mike Williams resigned. Ivey was not a candidate in the election. As no candidates received more than 50% of the vote in the general election,a runoffwas held on November 8,2022,coinciding with the regularly scheduled elections in Florida. T.K. Waters ultimately won the race with 55% of the vote compared to Burton's 45%.
