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A look at Lenny Curry’s transition leadership team

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Reported late on Thursday by multiple outlets, the Lenny Curry transition leadership team gives some insight into what his administration might look like. It is stocked with familiar names and steady hands who have history in Jacksonville and who have been supporters of the mayor-elect. “In the days and weeks ahead, I will be working with the transition leadership team, as well as additional advisers and team members, to implement my plan to restore Jacksonville’s greatness,” said Curry in a press release.…

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Email insights: RPOF says Dems face a ‘serious problem’ after Lenny Curry win

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In beating Alvin Brown in the Jacksonville mayor’s race on Tuesday, Lenny Curry may have shocked the world. But the former Republican Party of Florida chair did not shock the RPOF. according to a memo sent out Wednesday by Florida GOP Executive Director Brad Herold. He described Curry’s victory as “a result of the right leader supported by a carefully, planned-out ground game.” Curry’s victory “creates a serious problem for Democrats” just in time for the 2016 election, the memo asserts. Instrumental in Curry’s…

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Today on Context Florida: Lenny Curry, Big Sugar, free parking and standardized test fail

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Today on Context Florida: Bob Sparks says Lenny Curry’s victory in Jacksonville last night shows Republicans the way to win. The political class is analyzing whether Curry’s win gives Republicans any advantage next year in the quest to capture Florida’s 29 electoral votes or to hold a U.S. Senate seat. Since Jacksonville and Duval County usually go Republican (Barack Obama lost this area twice), a Democrat winning twice in non-presidential election years would certainly give the GOP some cause for concern.…

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Former state GOP chairman elected Jacksonville mayor

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Former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry defeated Democratic incumbent Mayor Alvin Brown on Tuesday with help from powerful friends like Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush. Curry was able to tap into friendships he earned while leading the state GOP as well as party resources to defeat Brown, who four years ago became Jacksonville’s first black mayor and the first Democrat to win the position in 20 years. Brown narrowly won office then by positioning himself…

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Momentum turns toward GOP in Jax election afternoon update

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At the halfway point in Jacksonville’s municipal election, the most recent voter updates shows momentum beginning to turn toward Republican mayoral candidate Lenny Curry. Curry, the former chair of the Repubblican Party of Florida, is in a tight battle with incumbent Democratic Mayor Alvin Brown. According to a statewide business association that is closely following the race, Election Day started with Democrats enjoying a partisan advantage of 5.2 percent. By 9:30 am, that lead dropped to 4.2 percent. As of 1:30 p.m.,…

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Optimism abounds in Jacksonville mayoral campaigns in home stretch

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The polls between Alvin Brown and Lenny Curry keep bouncing around within the margin of error; appropriate, given that their campaigns have been messaging to two different Jacksonvilles in many ways. That’s not their fault. Since consolidation, Jacksonville has always been a city with pretty obvious fault lines, and the smart money is on a 51/49 election. The Brown and Curry campaigns have their GOTV games in high gear. The Curry side hit its 200,000th door today, according to Lenny’s Twitter, and…

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In Jacksonville, Alvin Brown and Lenny Curry headed to photo finish

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Just over a year ago, the biggest Alvin Brown backer in 2011, Peter Rummell, made headlines when he renounced his previous support for the incumbent mayor and signaled his support for Lenny Curry, who had limited name recognition and was perceived by the Jacksonville media as having no real shot at displacing the mayor, whose approval ratings were in the 50s. Since then, things have changed. Curry spent the better part of the year building name recognition while making the case, over…

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