Jacksonville Mayoral Election
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Probably not. DeSantis endorsed, but didn’t campaign for him. Rick Scott only made one visit. It’s almost like the party didn’t care. Still, not a bad night.
As much as any of us over 40 can complain about the youth, they are the ones that are going to save this country
New Yorkers moving to Florida. Californians moving to Arizona. Those states had enough democrats to spare.
I haven’t seen the breakdown on that. R’s outperformed in numbers, but I’m guessing independents broke D.
Wasn't a fan of Curry or Brown before him. Deegan is a Hazouri, and was on the news forever. I am sure that helped her.
I think the youth will be more likely to cut defense spending than the crudgy old types. And granted I live in a college town, but they don't seem to care about more taxes for infrastructure and education. Most of them want a wealth tax on billionaires. Not too crazy IMHO
People are tired and annoyed as **** at the squawking MAGAs that are now face of GOP. They have 16 months to figure it out.
Jacksonville… the city Florida doesn’t want. The city Georgia doesn’t want.
Yeah she has name ID… that helps more than it should in elections.
Being a familiar face from tv seems like an increasingly proven pathway to elected office.
Trump, Lake, Hinson, deepen...ect.
Could be bad if Tucker Carlson and Hannity types went politics.
Trump, Lake, Hinson, deepen...ect.
Could be bad if Tucker Carlson and Hannity types went politics.
Deegan was just on “Morning Joe”....she has an interesting story and tells it well. Another ex-anchorman hits the political jackpot. We are truly becoming a television generation/ society!
Ronnie Rayguns was just the tip of the iceberg...
Ronnie Rayguns was just the tip of the iceberg...
Has it really increased though? Reagan, Arnold, Jesse the Body, and Jerry Springer come to mind. You're right, it could get worse with those extreme guys.
How does the political hierarchy work between the city and county with them sharing boundary lines? Does the mayor answer to the county commission?
Wasn't Jerry Springer the mayor of Cincinnati before he was on TV? All the others got into politics after.
Are you suspecting that Deegan is a Republican plant?
Springer doesn't count because his political career was before his TV career. That is actually fairly typical although most seem to go the pundit or news route, not the talk show route.
Arnold and Jesse were around the same time but there was a lot of time between Reagan and that too. So that's 3 examples from like maybe 20 years of time. Now we have like half a dozen examples in the last 8 years.
No, but other Rs have done this. Expect to see a ton of Rs running as Dems in 2024. They've exhausted what they can do with gerrymandering and voter suppression.
I'm not so sure about this. Only case seems to be that state rep in Maryland(I think it was Maryland but not sure) which was weird but from my understanding she wasn't just some freshman state rep, she had been a Dem state rep for a long time before. Seems less likely a Republican plant and more likely that something suddenly flipped her ideology.
Does a former state representative and city council member not have name ID?
There have been at least four as of April. This isn't a one off. It seems strategic.
They are one and the same. It might as well be called Jacksonville County.
Yeah, I said those were off the top of my head. There are plenty more. Al Franken, Clint Eastwood, Sono Bono are three more that come to mind.
Didn't know that Clint Eastwood was in politics but I guess he was the mayor of a tiny town in the 80's.
But that barely counts. I mean it wasn't even a full time gig and his salary as mayor was $200 a month (which to his credit he donated).
But fair enough Al Franken and Sonny Bono count.
I understand that but are there two separate governmental constructs? One for the county and another for the city? Is there both a Mayor and Chairman of the BCC?
