The 2015 Jacksonville mayoral election took place on March 24, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida.

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. He was narrowly defeated by Republican Lenny Curry by a margin of 5,285 votes.

Candidates Democratic Party Declared Alvin Brown, incumbent Mayor

Republican Party Declared Bill Bishop, Jacksonville City Councilman Lenny Curry, former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida

Withdrew Jim Overton, Duval County Property Appraiser and former Jacksonville City Councilman

Declined Bill Gulliford, President of the Jacksonville City Council and former Mayor of Atlantic Beach Mike Hogan, Chairman of the Florida Public Employee Relations Commission and candidate for Mayor in 2011

Independent Party of Florida Did not qualify Tiffany Wingo, student

Independent Declared Omega Allen, former member of the Northwest Jacksonville Trust Fund Advisory Committee

Withdrew Marvin Kramer, retired attorney and prosecutor

Primary election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize error Omega Bill Alvin Lenny Other UndecidedUNF 546 2% 11% 37% 25% <1% 25% January 23–25, 2015 1,247 — 8.9% 37.9% 30.6% 15.7% 6.8%

Results

Runoff Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror AlvinBrown (D) LennyCurry (R) UndecidedSt. Pete PollsSt. Pete Polls March 25, 2015 1,076 ± 3.0% 49.4% 46.1% 4.5%St. Pete PollsSt. Pete Polls January 23–25, 2015 1,247 ± 2.8% 41.5% 45.3% 13.2%University of North FloridaUniversity of North Florida February 10–17, 2014 442 ± 4.66% 45% 25% 30%

Results

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror AlvinBrown (D) BillGulliford (R) UndecidedUniversity of North Florida February 10–17, 2014 442 ± 4.66% 43% 28% 29%

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror AlvinBrown (D) JimOverton (R) UndecidedUniversity of North Florida February 10–17, 2014 442 ± 4.66% 42% 31% 27%

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror AlvinBrown (D) JohnRutherford (R) UndecidedUniversity of North Florida February 10–17, 2014 442 ± 4.66% 41% 35% 24%

Endorsements

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