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2015 Jacksonville mayoral election
The 2015 Jacksonville mayoral election took place on March 24, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida.
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. He was narrowly defeated by Republican Lenny Curry by a margin of 5,285 votes.
Declared
- Alvin Brown, incumbent Mayor
Declared
- Bill Bishop, Jacksonville City Councilman
- Lenny Curry, former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida
Withdrew
- Jim Overton, Duval County Property Appraiser and former Jacksonville City Councilman
Declined
- Bill Gulliford, President of the Jacksonville City Council and former Mayor of Atlantic Beach
- Mike Hogan, Chairman of the Florida Public Employee Relations Commission and candidate for Mayor in 2011
Did not qualify
- Tiffany Wingo, student
Declared
- Omega Allen, former member of the Northwest Jacksonville Trust Fund Advisory Committee
Withdrew
- Marvin Kramer, retired attorney and prosecutor
| Poll source | Date(s)administered | Samplesize | Margin oferror | OmegaAllen (I) | BillBishop (R) | AlvinBrown (D) | LennyCurry (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% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 78,713 | 42.64% | |
| Republican | 70,891 | 38.40% | |
| Republican | 30,944 | 16.76% | |
| Independent | 4,046 | 2.19% | |
| 184,594 | 100.00% |
| Poll source | Date(s)administered | Samplesize | Margin oferror | AlvinBrown (D) | LennyCurry (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% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 103,626 | 51.31% | |
| Democratic | 98,349 | 48.69% | |
| 201,975 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic |
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