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« on: May 19, 2015, 06:07:46 PM »

http://news.wjct.org/post/live-blog-jacksonville-general-election-live-coverage#.VVvBXZ1ZEfI.twitter

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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2015, 06:09:12 PM »

http://www.news4jax.com/politics/jacksonville-election-results/33061810
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« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2015, 06:18:30 PM »

Alvin Brown (DEM)   
49.1%   70,185

Lenny Curry (REP)   
50.9%   72,763

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« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2015, 06:23:05 PM »



Lenny Curry (R): 50.9%
Alvin Brown (D): 49.1%
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« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2015, 06:31:36 PM »

AoSHQDD called for Curry, and Curry's margin has widened.

RIP in peace FLDems.
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« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2015, 07:31:31 PM »
« Edited: May 19, 2015, 07:42:42 PM by SJoyce »

Is Florida the biggest state where the largest city votes Republican?

Harris went Republican in '04.



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« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2015, 07:51:32 PM »

Is Florida the biggest state where the largest city votes Republican?

Harris went Republican in '04.



Bob Buckhorn is smiling tonight.

Even though Houston probably went Democratic...

Presumably, but then so did the old (pre-'68) city of Jacksonville. If you're going strictly by municipal boundaries, then yes, Jacksonville would be the largest, but it's very much an apples-to-oranges comparison because Jax ate all of its suburbs.
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« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2015, 09:56:08 PM »

Wow, what a defeat. I kind of felt like Curry was going to win, but its still surprising to see the incumbent mayor losing.
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« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2015, 11:58:16 PM »

Congratulations to Lenny Curry and the people of real Jacksonville ! He was  a good chairman in FL, and being Mayor of FL's largest city will hopefully help rally GOP in 2016 to win FL, a great victory
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« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2015, 12:02:01 AM »

Congratulations to Lenny Curry and the people of real Jacksonville ! He was  a good chairman in FL, and being Mayor of FL's largest city will hopefully help rally GOP in 2016 to win FL, a great victory
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« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2015, 12:26:16 AM »

Congratulations to Lenny Curry and the people of real Jacksonville ! He was  a good chairman in FL, and being Mayor of FL's largest city will hopefully help rally GOP in 2016 to win FL, a great victory

Because that 49% of Jax residents who voted for Brown (most of whom are minorities) were only pretending to be full US citizens and residents of the city with equal rights! How silly of them!
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« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2015, 01:16:00 AM »
« Edited: May 20, 2015, 01:23:20 AM by Dereich »

Alvin Brown overwhelmingly won "Real Jacksonville". Unless, of course, only suburban and exurban voters are "real". This shouldn't have much of an impact on any future election, except maybe to point out that 2% of the city's electorate won't vote for a religious/tea party nutjob but will support literally any other Republican put in front of them.

Anyway, Curry ran a godawful campaign, which is hilarious since he's supposed to be better than anybody at that as leader of the FLGOP. He came off during the campaign as untrustworthy, bland, unwilling to make unpopular and necessary decisions, and tone deaf. Mayor Brown and Bill Bishop were both more energetic and dynamic personalities. Curry won because Brown's domineering personality combined with a lack of accomplishments kept some of his biggest supporters from last time (the business community, rich whites) from embracing his campaign to the extent that they did last election. The final choice was between someone who never went beyond generic R or an incumbent who was perceived to care more about his image than the city. I think the lesson here is that for even an above average Democrat to win here they need to have a fatally flawed Republican opponent. That lesson could probably apply for most statewide races as well.

I'll be interested to see what Brown does next. From what I understand, his initial mayoral campaign was more about laying the groundwork for a run against Corrine Brown. I hope he does go that way; Corrine is just an awful Congresswoman and Brown would be immeasurably better.

Also, just in case any is interested, the race for Sheriff ended similarly: Williams, the white Republican, beat Jefferson, the black Democrat, by about the same margin. That race is a bit easier to explain: the Republican was the next in line at the sheriff's office and the Democrat had no leadership experience. 

My precinct voted Alvin Brown (DEM) 27.51% Lenny Curry (REP) 72.49%. I voted for Curry (couldn't justify a vote for Brown, even if Curry is awful) and voted for Jefferson for Sheriff.
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« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2015, 02:23:16 AM »

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« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2015, 02:24:38 AM »

I'll play a song on the world's smallest violin for Alvin Brown. All that sucking up to Rick Scott got him nothing in the end.
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« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2015, 01:28:10 PM »

Turnout was actually higher than last time.
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« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2015, 01:47:28 PM »

As usual, Matthew Isbell, one of my favorite FL gurus, has great analysis (with maps!).
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« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2015, 03:32:13 PM »

Wow, the FDP really has mastered the art of losing winnable races.
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« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2015, 08:50:13 AM »

Decent turnout for a US mayoral election.
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