The 2015 Jacksonville mayoral election took place on March 24, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida.
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Runoff results by precinct Curry: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Brown: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Curry/Brown tie: 50% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] He was narrowly defeated by Republican Lenny Curry by a margin of 5,285 votes.[2]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Omega Allen (I) |
Bill Bishop (R) |
Alvin Brown (D) |
Lenny Curry (R) |
Other | Undecided |
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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 | % | |
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Democratic | Alvin Brown (incumbent) | 78,713 | 42.64% | |
Republican | Lenny Curry | 70,891 | 38.40% | |
Republican | Bill Bishop | 30,944 | 16.76% | |
Independent | Omega Allen | 4,046 | 2.19% | |
Total votes | 184,594 | 100.00% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Alvin Brown (D) |
Lenny Curry (R) |
Undecided |
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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 | % | |
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Republican | Lenny Curry | 103,626 | 51.31% | |
Democratic | Alvin Brown (incumbent) | 98,349 | 48.69% | |
Total votes | 201,975 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Alvin Brown (D) |
Bill Gulliford (R) |
Undecided |
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University of North Florida | February 10–17, 2014 | 442 | ± 4.66% | 43% | 28% | 29% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Alvin Brown (D) |
Jim Overton (R) |
Undecided |
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University of North Florida | February 10–17, 2014 | 442 | ± 4.66% | 42% | 31% | 27% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Alvin Brown (D) |
John Rutherford (R) |
Undecided |
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University of North Florida | February 10–17, 2014 | 442 | ± 4.66% | 41% | 35% | 24% |