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2022 Jacksonville Sheriff special election

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%.

Lakesha Burton (Democrat), assistant chief of the Jacksonville Sheriff's department
T. K. Waters (Republican), chief of investigations of the Jacksonville Sheriff's department
Wayne Clark (Democrat), former assistant chief of the Duval County School Police Department (endorsed Burton)
Tony Cummings (Democrat), Army Military Police Corps veteran, candidate for sheriff in 2015 and runner-up for sheriff in 2019
Ken Jefferson (Democrat), retired police officer, former WJXT crime and safety analyst and runner-up for sheriff in 2015
Mathew Nemeth (Republican), chief of special events of the Jacksonville Sheriff's department (endorsed Waters)

A televised debate was held at Jacksonville University on August 10.

Poll source	Date(s)administered	Samplesize	Marginof error	LakeshaBurton (D)	WayneClark (D)	TonyCummings (D)	KenJefferson (D)	T.K.Waters (R)	Undecided
University of North Florida	August 8–12, 2022	491 (LV)	± 5.9%	39%	4%	5%	8%	41%	3%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	86,298	46.71
	Democratic	60,583	32.79
	Democratic	25,943	14.04
	Democratic	6,494	3.51
	Democratic	5,432	2.94
184,750	100.00

Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	180,285	55.12
Democratic	146,785	44.88

Official campaign websites

LaKesha Burton (D) for Sheriff
Wayne Clark (D) for Sheriff
Tony Cummings (D) for Sheriff
T.K. Waters (R) for Sheriff

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