Jacksonville mayoral race: Democrat Donna Deegan defeats Republican Daniel Davis

Democrat Donna Deegan defeated Republican Daniel Davis within the Jacksonville, Florida, mayoral election on Tuesday.

Deegan was projected because the winner over Davis simply after 7:30 p.m. native time, shifting the workplace again into Democratic management for the primary time since 2015. Deegan beat Davis 52% to 48%, with solely a margin of 8,680 votes.

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"We made historical past tonight. It's a model new day," Deegan stated throughout her victory speech on Tuesday.

The previous tv anchor had beforehand run for Florida's 4th Congressional District in 2020 however misplaced to Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL).

Crime was one of many key problems with the marketing campaign, with native information station News4JAX reporting on dueling marketing campaign commercials that includes regulation enforcement. The commercial endorsing Davis featured Sheriff T.Ok. Waters, whereas an commercial criticizing Davis for "dividing" town featured former Jacksonville Sheriff Nathaniel “Nat” Glover.

With the loss by the GOP candidate, Jacksonville will not be the most important metropolis within the nation with a Republican mayor. The Republican mayor of Fort Value, Texas, Mattie Parker, will maintain that title as soon as Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry's time period expires in July.

Duval County, the place Jacksonville is positioned, has been a swing county in recent times within the Sunshine State. The county narrowly went for Joe Biden within the 2020 presidential election and Andrew Gillum within the 2018 gubernatorial election but in addition went narrowly for Donald Trump within the 2016 presidential election and strongly for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) within the 2022 gubernatorial election.