Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry (Republican Party) was the Mayor of Jacksonville in Florida. Curry assumed office on July 1, 2015. Curry left office on July 1, 2023.
Curry (Republican Party) ran for re-election for Mayor of Jacksonville in Florida. Curry won in the general election on March 19, 2019.
Curry was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Florida. He was one of 99 delegates from Florida pledged to support Donald Trump for three ballots.[1]
Curry is also a former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.[2]
Biography
Curry received his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida. His professional experience includes working as a certified public accountant and co-founding ICX Group Inc., a professional services firm, in 2002. Curry previously served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. He and his wife, Molly, have three children. The family attends Southside United Methodist Church.[2]
Elections
2023
Lenny Curry was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.
2019
See also: Mayoral election in Jacksonville, Florida (2019)
General election
General election for Mayor of Jacksonville
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Jacksonville on March 19, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Lenny Curry (R) | 57.6 | 84,604 |
![]() | Anna Brosche (R) | 24.1 | 35,425 | |
![]() | Omega Allen (Independent) ![]() | 10.5 | 15,465 | |
![]() | Jimmy Hill (R) ![]() | 7.5 | 11,063 | |
![]() | Brian Griffin (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
Johnny Sparks (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 260 |
Total votes: 146,817 | ||||
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2015
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, held elections for mayor and city council on May 19, 2015. A primary took place on March 24, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was January 16, 2015. All 19 city council seats were up for election.[3]
In the mayoral primary, incumbent Alvin Brown (D) and Lenny Curry (R) advanced past Omega Allen (I) and Bill Bishop (R). Brown faced Curry in the general election on May 19, 2015. Curry was the winner.[4][5]
Mayor of Jacksonville, General Election, 2015 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
51.3% | 103,626 | |
Democratic | Alvin Brown Incumbent | 48.7% | 98,353 | |
Total Votes | 201,979 | |||
Source: Duval County Supervisor of Elections, "Official general election results," accessed May 29, 2015 |
Mayor of Jacksonville, Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
42.6% | 78,713 | |
Republican | ![]() |
38.4% | 70,891 | |
Republican | Bill Bishop | 16.8% | 30,944 | |
Nonpartisan | Omega Allen | 2.2% | 4,046 | |
Total Votes | 184,594 | |||
Source: Duval County Supervisor of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed May 29, 2015 |
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Presidential preference
2016 presidential endorsement
✓ Curry endorsed Marco Rubio for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[6]
- See also: Endorsements for Marco Rubio
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Curry was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Florida. He was bound to Donald Trump.
Delegate rules
In Florida, delegates to the national convention were selected at congressional district conventions and the state executive meeting. All 99 delegates were bound for three ballots at the Republican National Convention to the winner of the statewide primary.
Florida primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Florida, 2016
Florida Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
Jeb Bush | 1.8% | 43,511 | 0 | |
Ben Carson | 0.9% | 21,207 | 0 | |
Chris Christie | 0.1% | 2,493 | 0 | |
Ted Cruz | 17.1% | 404,891 | 0 | |
Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,899 | 0 | |
Jim Gilmore | 0% | 319 | 0 | |
Lindsey Graham | 0% | 693 | 0 | |
Mike Huckabee | 0.1% | 2,624 | 0 | |
John Kasich | 6.8% | 159,976 | 0 | |
Rand Paul | 0.2% | 4,450 | 0 | |
Marco Rubio | 27% | 638,661 | 0 | |
Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,211 | 0 | |
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45.7% | 1,079,870 | 99 | |
Totals | 2,361,805 | 99 | ||
Source: The New York Times and Florida Department of State |
Delegate allocation
Florida had 99 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 81 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 27 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide vote received all of Florida's district delegates.[7][8]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the candidate who won the state's primary.[7][8]
Noteworthy events
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Curry announced on January 4, 2022, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.[9]
Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
Curry was mayor of Jacksonville during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in Jacksonville, Florida, began downtown on Saturday, May 30, 2020.[10] On May 31, Mayor Lenny Curry (R) instituted a curfew.[11] The national guard was not deployed.
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of Florida, "Florida GOP announces 99 delegates," May 14, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 City of Jacksonville, "About Mayor Curry," accessed June 14, 2017
- ↑ Duval County Supervisor of Elections, "Upcoming Elections," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Duval County Supervisor of Elections, "Official 2015 Candidate List," accessed January 19, 2015
- ↑ Duval County Supervisor of Elections, "2015 Official Election Results," accessed May 19, 2015
- ↑ First Coast News, "Mayor Curry endorses Marco Rubio for president," February 22, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ First Coast News, "Jacksonville Mayor Curry returns to work after isolation as a result of positive COVID test, says city," January 10, 2022
- ↑ First Coast News, "Activists gather in Jacksonville for protest against police treatment of African-Americans in city, across country," May 30, 2020
- ↑ News 4 Jax, "Mayor considers another curfew after weekend of Jacksonville protests," June 3, 2020
- ↑ Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020
- ↑ Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020
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