“Everyone said it could not be done in Jacksonville, Florida,” said Democrat Donna Deegan won the Jacksonville mayor’s race. “We did it because we brought the people inside.”
Democrat Donna Deegan won the Jacksonville mayor’s race Tuesday night, a shocking upset that hands Florida Democrats a major shot of energy less than six months after they were trounced in the 2022 midterms and considered left for dead by the national party.
With all of the city’s 186 precincts reporting, Deegan had a 52% to 48% advantage over Davis, who was vying to replace current Republican Mayor Lenny Curry, who was term-limited. Deegan is a former TV anchor in the city with significant name recognition. After she left TV, she went on to found a nonprofit group that focuses on breast cancer research. She will be the city's first female mayor.
Jacksonville mayoral candidate Donna Deegan speaks during introductions Thursday, April 20, 2023 at UNF’s Fine Art Center, Lazzara Performance Hall, in Jacksonville, Fla. Democratic candidate Donna Deegan and Republican candidate Daniel Davis faced off in their first head-to-head televised debate as they vie for the job of mayor for the city of Jacksonville.
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