Jacksonville mayoral election, 2015

Jacksonville mayoral election, 2015

May 19, 2015 (runoff) March 24, 2015 (blanket)

Nominee Lenny Curry Alvin Brown Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 103,626 98,349 Percentage 51.31% 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.

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.

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]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Declared

• Alvin Brown, incumbent Mayor^[1]

Republican Party

Declared

• Bill Bishop, Jacksonville City Councilman^[3]
• Lenny Curry, former Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida^[4][5]

Withdrew

• Jim Overton, Duval County Property Appraiser and former Jacksonville City Councilman^[6][7]

Declined

• Bill Gulliford, President of the Jacksonville City Council and former Mayor of Atlantic Beach^[1][8]
• Mike Hogan, Chairman of the Florida Public Employee Relations Commission and candidate for Mayor in 2011^[1][9]
• John Rutherford, Duval County Sheriff^[1][10]

Independent Party of Florida

Did not qualify

• Tiffany Wingo, student^[4][11]

Independent

Declared

• Omega Allen, former member of the Northwest Jacksonville Trust Fund Advisory Committee^[4]

Withdrew

• Marvin Kramer, retired attorney and prosecutor^[12][11]

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^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alvin Brown (Incumbent)	78,713	42.64
	Republican	Lenny Curry	70,891	38.4
	Republican	Bill Bishop	30,944	16.76
	Independent	Omega Allen	4,046	2.19
Total votes			184,594	100

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^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lenny Curry	103,626	51.31
	Democratic	Alvin Brown (Incumbent)	98,349	48.69
Total votes			201,975	100

Endorsements

Alvin Brown
Bill Nelson, U.S. Senator (D-FL)[15] Bill Bishop, City Councilman; finished third in the blanket primary[16]

Lenny Curry
Rick Scott, Governor of Florida[17]

References

1. "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. "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. "Sheriff John Rutherford talks politics". News4Jax. February 2, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
11. "Reporting group (Election/Committees) : 2015 Unitary General (5/19/2015)". Duval County Supervisor of Elections. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
12. "Bill Gulliford won't run for Jacksonville mayor". Financial News & Daily Record. July 29, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
13. "Summary Results - Election Night Polling". Duval County Supervisor of Elections. March 24, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
14. "Summary Results - Unofficial Results". Duval County Supervisor of Elections. May 19, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
15. 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.
16. "Bishop endorses Brown for re-election; Curry camp says Bishop reneged on promise to stay neutral". Jacksonville Times-Union. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
17. Nate Monroe (March 30, 2015). "Gov. Rick Scott backs Lenny Curry over Mayor Alvin Brown". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved March 31, 2015.