Lenny Curry

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Lenny Curry

Republican Party

Prior offices

Mayor of Jacksonville

Successor: Donna Deegan

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Education

Bachelor's

University of Florida

Personal

Religion

Christian: Methodist

Contact

Personal website

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.

Curry is also a former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.

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.

Elections

2023

See also: Mayoral election in Jacksonville, Florida (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
	Submit photo	Johnny Sparks (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	260

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2015

See also: Jacksonville, Florida municipal elections, 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.

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.

Mayor of Jacksonville, General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lenny Curry	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
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Alvin Brown Incumbent	42.6%	78,713
	Republican	Lenny Curry	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.

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

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Florida, 2016 and Republican delegates from Florida, 2016

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
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
Donald Trump	45.7%	1,079,870	99
Totals		2,361,805	99
Source: The New York Times and Florida Department of State

Delegate allocation

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016 and 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

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.

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.

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on January 4, 2022

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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.

Events and activity following the death of George Floyd

See also: Events following the death of George Floyd and responses in select cities from May 29-31, 2020

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. On May 31, Mayor Lenny Curry (R) instituted a curfew. The national guard was not deployed.

To read more about the death of George Floyd and subsequent events, click [show] to the right.

On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officers arrested Floyd, a Black man, after receiving a call that he had made a purchase with a counterfeit $20 bill. Floyd died after Derek Chauvin, a White officer, arrived at the scene and pressed his knee onto Floyd's neck as Floyd laid face-down on the street in handcuffs. Both the Hennepin County Medical Examiner and an independent autopsy conducted by Floyd's family ruled Floyd's death as a homicide stemming from the incident. The medical examiner's report, prepared by Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson, said that it was "not a legal determination of culpability or intent, and should not be used to usurp the judicial process." On April 20, 2021, Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in relation to Floyd's death. Floyd's death was filmed and shared widely, leading to activity regarding racism, civil rights, and police use of force. The first events took place in Minneapolis-St. Paul on May 26. An event in Chicago organized by Chance the Rapper and Rev. Michael Pfleger took place the same day, making it the first major city outside of Minneapolis to host an event in response to Floyd's death.

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Preceded by -	Mayor of Jacksonville 2015-2023	Succeeded by Donna Deegan (D)