Election 2015 Liveblog!

[Cheshire Cat]

Curry did better than anticipated and it's kind of scary considering the campaign he ran and his lack of platform or understanding.  To me this is an indicator the the GOP tactics of money and fear still hit their mark in Jacksonville.  Some you you would never expect what I am about to say but in a race between Brown and Curry, I hope Brown wins.  We can't afford 8 years of Curry.  I am also very proud of Bill Bishop and the race he ran.  He was working with about 80,000 or so and Brown and Curry both topped 2.1 million.  Considering that extraordinary gap of funding he did himself and his followers proud with 28,829 people who believed in him.  He remains the most qualified candidate to my view who ran the cleanest campaign.

The take away in this race is also the fact that there remains an inherent power in the position of incumbent, even with weak leadership.

[vicupstate]

Bill Bishop just gave his concession speech and did not endorse either of the other candidates. Heading to Councilman Jim Love's home to congratulate him on his victory.

He fought a great fight. Do you think Bill Bishop needs to endorse Brown or Curry?  What would be his benefit?  I'm good with him not endorsing anyone in Mayor race.

The GOP hierarchy will put the vise on him to endorse Curry. If he truly wants to run in 2019, he may give in to the pressure to do so, whether he truly wants to or not.   

[Cheshire Cat]

I'm not sure anything Bill says or does in terms of endorsements will matter. Disenchanted partisans tend to go home after a loss.

I'm not sure he needs to endorse anyone, but I disagree with his "disenchanted partisans go home".  I think a large percentage of Bill Bishops vote were conscience voters, interested in local politics. I feel many will go to one side in voting, not staying home.

His voters were conscious voters and to my eye it looks like 16% of the active voters in Jacksonville are looking at all aspects of a candidate outside of party and funding.  That is a good thing. 

[vicupstate]

I'm not sure anything Bill says or does in terms of endorsements will matter. Disenchanted partisans tend to go home after a loss.

I'm not sure he needs to endorse anyone, but I disagree with his "disenchanted partisans go home".  I think a large percentage of Bill Bishops vote were conscience voters, interested in local politics. I feel many will go to one side in voting, not staying home.

I interpreted that comment to mean that disenchanted partisans will 'come home' to their respective party, not 'stay home' and not vote.  Only Husky can say for such though.   

[Cheshire Cat]

Suddenly the room has gone silent as Curry is speaking at his campaign.  Its weird, he's clearly the opponent for everyone in the room and everyone took him very seriously until he said that his wife was his 'lover'.  You could kind of see the cringe running through the entire room.

Hes wanting to cut a deal with Bishop (except that he claimed that he'd been working as a council person from the past four years (its been eight)

Oh my Gawd.  Hahaha 

[Cheshire Cat]

I'm not sure anything Bill says or does in terms of endorsements will matter. Disenchanted partisans tend to go home after a loss.

I'm not sure he needs to endorse anyone, but I disagree with his "disenchanted partisans go home".  I think a large percentage of Bill Bishops vote were conscience voters, interested in local politics. I feel many will go to one side in voting, not staying home.

I interpreted that comment to mean that disenchanted partisans will 'come home' to their respective party, not 'stay home' and not vote.  Only Husky can say for such though.   

They might depending upon how disenchanted they are.  My guess is that Bill pulled lot's of moderates and some Dems as well.  The Dems will go back to Alvin in most cases but the disenfranchised Republicans?  Not sure they will flock back.   This city cannot afford 8 years of a tight fisted right wing GOP power group .  I do think that shadow pull of war between Clinton folk and Bush folk showed itself in todays vote and in the major campaign funds collected.

[Cheshire Cat]

Ben how about you use you copying skills and list the district races for everyone. 

look up!  He already did!

I see the At Large races he posted but not the individual district races, perhaps the district races are much further back.  Will check.

[Cheshire Cat]

Have to say that the new partnership with Ben America, Jim Minion and the young politicos over at the Riverside house has been flipping amazing.  Very awesome reporting all day, thanks to the hard work and graphical skills of Jeff, Ben and company.

Ben, you guys rock!

I think its safe to say that we probably did the most informed, accurate coverage of the election all day.

Again, Diane, thanks for your dogged posting and fact accumulation!

Also Devlin Mann, thanks for getting the photos of the Number Cruncher location earlier!

Thanks again Stephen.

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[edjax]

One Dem and one Rep in my HH. Both votes went to Bishop. In the runoff most likely both will now go to Brown.

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