Donna Deegan defeats Daniel Davis for Jacksonville mayor

The former First Coast News anchor captures the office with 52% of the vote.

  • By Daily Record Staff
  • | 8:11 p.m. May 16, 2023
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Mayoral-elect Donna Deegan shows off a victory T-shirt at her election watch party May 16 at Estrella Cocina Downtown in the VyStar Credit Union campus.
Mayoral-elect Donna Deegan shows off a victory T-shirt at her election watch party May 16 at Estrella Cocina Downtown in the VyStar Credit Union campus.
Photo by J. Brooks Terry
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Donna Deegan, the former First Coast News anchor and founder of The Donna Foundation, will be Jacksonville’s next mayor.

She defeated Republican Daniel Davis, JAX Chamber president and a former two-term City Council member and Florida House representative, in the May 16 runoff election.

Supporters of Jacksonville mayoral candidate Donna Deegan gather May 16 at Estrella Cocina for her election watch party.
Photo by J. Brooks Terry

With all 186 precincts reporting, Deegan held a 52% to 48% lead. She captured 112,583 votes to 103,903  for Davis. Voter turnout was 33%.

Her victory is historic – Deegan will be the first woman to be elected Jacksonville mayor.

She will be the first Democratic mayor since Alvin Brown in 2011. Republican Lenny Curry, who defeated Brown in 2015, is term-limited after eight years in office.

Deegan will take office July 1.

For more about Donna Deegan's victory, click here

 

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