Jacksonville mayoral race set to narrow to two candidates Tuesday
Jacksonville’s “elite eight” field of mayoral candidates will be reduced dramatically Tuesday, with the First Election likely to set up a runoff.
Polls have shown Democrat Donna Deegan and Republican Daniel Davis are favorites to finish in the top two slots. If those surveys are truly predictive, the former television journalist and the current Chair of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce will square off in the May 16 General Election.
However, six other candidates are running. With roughly half of the votes left to be cast on Election Day (if the March elections in 2015 and 2019 are predictive), candidates like former Senate Democratic Leader Audrey Gibson, Republican City Council members LeAnna Cumber and Al Ferraro, Republican former lawyer Frank Keasler Jr., independent Omega Allen and write-in Brian Griffin all will, at the very least, complicate preliminary calculations.
The mayoral race began long before this year. As far back as 2015, Davis was telling people he intended to run for Mayor once incumbent Lenny Curry was term-limited. The Westside Republican, running under the “Jacksonville Grown” tagline, has been the strongest fundraiser in the race, with roughly $6 million brought in between his campaign account and his Building a Better Economy political committee.
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