Election Results Recap for May 19, 2015

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Received our thank you letter from Anna:

THANK YOU!

Dear X and O

Words cannot adequately express the depth of my gratitude for your support, prayers and friendship.  Tuesday night was an amazing night and there are so many of you who played a role in this great campaign.

I have met so many people during this experience and look forward to working for you and addressing the issues that are important to Jacksonville and all of Duval County.  I am blessed and honored to be elected to serve this great City and please know that my door is always open to all.

Onward, upward, and excited to get to work!

Sincerely,

Anna (her signature)

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Happy Birthday!  -From Lenny Curry

Yep,today received in the mail a Happy Birthday post card from Lenny Curry.   3428 Beach Blvd.


I simply must acknowledge this savvy campaign effort, which utilized public records to access voter's birth dates that fell within the campaign cycle.
Is Mr. Curry really My Buddy!.....will I receive a card next year?

Likely "off thread"- apology.

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In the Alvin Brown race, apparently Rusty Mead, who had formerly been a part of the LGBT coalition, was encouraging people to not vote for mayor, and I think that was a factor.

If Alvin had simply embraced and publicly met with the LGBT community that would have given him another couple of thousand votes.

Kim Scott was a factor in this election.

Calivin Burney was a factor as well (something that was made vividly clear to us last night at the Mike Williams victory party)

The treatment of Theresa Price hurt him.

Refusing to answer Delores Weavers phone calls after he became mayor cost him.

But I think no other issue cost him as many votes as the HRO.

He pissed off Republican straight allies and LGBT people alike by treating the issue as though it was a conference of death eaters and The Gays were just another name for he who shall not be named.

If I had to pick a single issue that it boiled down to for Alvin it would be the HRO and his weird non answers after confronted about it.

It was more influential on the race than Curry's campaign was, I suspect.

A couple of days past election and there is discussion about lackluster black vote. Thoughts?