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riversedge

(70,293 posts)
Wed May 17, 2023, 01:29 AM May 2023

Florida Democrats win Jacksonville mayor's race, dealing blow to DeSantis

Source: the hill



by Jared Gans - 05/16/23 9:20 PM ET



Democrats are projected to flip control of the mayor’s office in Jacksonville, Fla., the largest city in the country with a GOP leader, according to CNN and NBC.

AP projected that Democrat Donna Deegan defeated Republican Daniel Davis to succeed Mayor Lenny Curry (R), who is term-limited. Deegan, who will be the city’s first female mayor, won against Davis in a runoff on Tuesday after the two candidates advanced from a blanket primary earlier this year.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) endorsed Davis back in March.

Deegan worked in broadcast journalism as an anchor at First Coast News and created a foundation, called the DONNA Foundation, in 2003 to support medical providers and patients and survivors of breast cancer after her own battles with the disease, according to her campaign’s website. ...............................

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4007704-florida-democrats-win-mayors-race-in-jacksonville-dealing-blow-to-desantis/







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Florida Democrats win Jacksonville mayor's race, dealing blow to DeSantis (Original Post) riversedge May 2023 OP
Hell yes!!!🙌🏾That's a flip from red to blue!!!😤 Shoutout to my fellow #PostcardsToVoters tweeps riversedge May 2023 #1
Life is hell, when you're a demon. C Moon May 2023 #2
Very good! ZZenith May 2023 #6
Oh bc mini mussolini endorsed Cha May 2023 #3
Gov will sign bill outlawing Jacksonville tomorrow. ZonkerHarris May 2023 #4
"Don't Say Jacksonville" bill on the fast track to the governor's desk. Aristus May 2023 #17
A D kicked Tiny D in his tiny d. Sky Jewels May 2023 #5
W00000t! 👍 electric_blue68 May 2023 #7
Plus six [D] City Council members! Fritz Walter May 2023 #8
FlaDems countryken May 2023 #9
If the party isn't organizing off DeSantis like the national party did off of Trump Trenzalore May 2023 #10
Democrat Donna Deegan defeated Daniel Davis? Blues Heron May 2023 #11
Yes, we FL Democrats do need to highlight Good versus Evil, Evil being Ron DeSatan! machoneman May 2023 #12
Soon to be known as Ron DeSadness truthisfreedom May 2023 #15
The problem with FL melm00se May 2023 #13
Woohoo!!!! lark2 May 2023 #14
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #16

riversedge

(70,293 posts)
1. Hell yes!!!🙌🏾That's a flip from red to blue!!!😤 Shoutout to my fellow #PostcardsToVoters tweeps
Wed May 17, 2023, 01:37 AM
May 2023


Hell yes!!!🙌🏾That’s a flip from red to blue!!!😤

Shoutout to my fellow #PostcardsToVoters tweeps that wrote for this election. ❤️❤️❤️

Donna Deegan to become the next mayor of Jacksonville | http://firstcoastnews.com


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Cha

(297,574 posts)
3. Oh bc mini mussolini endorsed
Wed May 17, 2023, 02:05 AM
May 2023

Davis? lol

FYI.. St Pete has a Dem Mayor, too.. where my nephew lives and his fiance.. and where I'm gong the last of Sept to the Wedding.

TY!

Fritz Walter

(4,292 posts)
8. Plus six [D] City Council members!
Wed May 17, 2023, 05:31 AM
May 2023

And a Dem Property Appraiser whose opponent bragged about his moRon DeSepsis endorsement throughout the campaign.
Well done!



countryken

(114 posts)
9. FlaDems
Wed May 17, 2023, 06:56 AM
May 2023

I celebrate the election of Deegan. Her breast cancer advocacy and fundraising for her foundation is known by practically everybody in Jacksonville. She overcame Davis' omnipresent scary ads that featured distorted images of her, highlighting her participation in a BLM rally, and the fact that her foundation received COVID funds. She is generally very popular in Jax for good reason.

However, the Florida Democratic party has been incredibly inept for the past 25 years, and while I'm hopeful that Nicki Fried can lead it into an era of effectiveness, and perhaps a few much needed wins over awful GOP candidates, the jury is still out.

Deegan won due to her name recognition and general popularity in Jax. Perhaps the FlaDems can learn something from her, but I'm not ready to give them credit for this.

Trenzalore

(2,331 posts)
10. If the party isn't organizing off DeSantis like the national party did off of Trump
Wed May 17, 2023, 07:04 AM
May 2023

Then there has to be great incompetence.

I live in PA but from what I've read from Florida, his anti-woke agenda isn't the most popular thing going in Florida right now. Particularly since he ignores problems such as the rising cost of homeowners insurance and natural disasters to focus on it.

melm00se

(4,994 posts)
13. The problem with FL
Wed May 17, 2023, 07:58 AM
May 2023

is that metro areas (Tampa, Jax, Miami and Orlando) show blue but the rest of this place is so red it damn near fluoresces.

We need a strong message that resonates better with people in those red cities/towns/counties.

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