Times Union: Six in race for mayor; 5 on council get a walk

[Patricia M. McBride]

A complete list of candidates is below the article.

Qualifying ends for city elections on March 22 with runoff in May.

Posted: January 15, 2011 - 12:00am

 

By Matt Galnor

Months of jockeying and posturing are now over, and Jacksonville's next mayor will come from a pool of six candidates.

The field is led by Republicans Mike Hogan, Audrey Moran and Rick Mullaney, along with Democrat Alvin Brown.

Underfunded Democrat Warren Lee and Steve Irvine, who is running without a party affiliation, also qualified.

Five City Council members did not get opponents by Friday's noon deadline and will not have to campaign the next two months. Reggie Brown, Denise Lee, Warren Jones, Stephen Joost and Don Redman each will have another four-year term.

Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland is also unopposed and will be back for another four-year term.

Mullaney, the former city general counsel, has the fund-raising advantage. Hogan, the Duval County tax collector, has the backing of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Moran, president of the Sulzbacher Center for the homeless, also has prominent backers and is reaching out to Democrats to build her base and attract votes many assume would go to Brown, a former Clinton administration aide.

Warren Lee has raised just more than $6,000 in a year, and Irvine, who finished fifth out of six candidates in 1995, told the Times-Union his chances of winning are "absolutely zero."

Mayor John Peyton cannot run again because of term limits. The field has one less person than in 2003, the last time the seat did not have an incumbent running.

Coming off an anti-incumbent push in the November elections, just more than half of the 12 council incumbents drew opponents.

Sheriff John Rutherford has two challengers, including former department spokesman Ken Jefferson.

The election is March 22, with a runoff in May for races where none of the candidates receive more than half the vote.

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Here is a list of candidates who will be on the March 22 ballot. In the races with more than two candidates, if no one gets more than half of the vote, the two top vote-getters will meet in a May runoff. The list does not include write-in candidates. An asterisk denotes incumbent.

MAYOR

Alvin Brown (DEM) Mike Hogan (REP) Steve Irvine (NPA) Warren Lee (DEM) Audrey Moran (REP) Rick Mullaney (REP)

SHERIFF

Soren Brockdorf (NPA) Ken Jefferson (DEM) John Rutherford (REP)*

PROPERTY APPRAISER

Kurt Kraft (DEM) James N. Overton (REP)*

TAX COLLECTOR

Michael L. Corrigan Jr. (REP) Dick Kravitz (REP) Ryan Taylor (REP)

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS

Jerry Holland (REP)*

CITY COUNCIL

District 1 (Arlington) Lindsey Brock (REP) Darryl Fleming (DEM) Clay Yarborough (REP)*
District 2 (Arlington) William H. "Bill" Bishop III (REP)* Stephen Heckel (REP)
District 3 (Southside) Richard Clark (REP)* Mario Rubio (REP)
District 4 (Parts of downtown and Southside) Don Redman (REP)*
District 5 (Southside) Lori Boyer (REP) Jack Daniels (REP) Steve Hyers (REP) Robert "Fritz" VanVolkenburgh (REP)
District 6 (Mandarin) Matt Schellenberg (REP) John D. "Jack" Webb (REP)* Greg Youngblood (REP)
District 7 (Parts of downtown and Northwest Jacksonville) Johnny A. Gaffney (DEM)* Marc McCullough (DEM)
District 8 (Northwest Jacksonville) E. Denise Lee (DEM)*
District 9 (Northwest Jacksonville) Warren A. Jones (DEM)*
District 10 (Northwest Jacksonville) Reginald L. Brown (DEM)*
District 11 (Northside and Westside) Tom Baine (REP) Ray Holt (REP)* Doug Moore (REP)
District 12 (Westside) Joe Andrews (REP) Doyle Carter (REP) Jim Davis (REP)
District 13 (Southside and Beaches) Danny Becton (REP) William "Bill" Gulliford (REP) Dave Smith (DEM) Vanessa Williams (REP)
District 14 (Westside) Kendall G. Bryan Jr. (REP) Jill Dame (REP) Shelton Hull (NPA) Jim Love (REP) Henry Mooneyham (REP) Greg "Hollea" Rachal (REP)
At-Large Group 1 Steve Burnett (NPA) Kimberly Daniels (DEM) David A. Taylor (REP)
At-Large Group 2 John Crescimbeni (DEM)* Paul Martinez (REP) Tom Patton (REP) Vince Serrano (REP)

At-Large Group 3 Stephen C. Joost (REP)*
At-Large Group 4 Greg Anderson (REP) Juan Diaz (REP) Jim Robinson (REP)
At-Large Group 5 Fred Engness (REP) Don Foy (NPA) Sean Hall (REP) Robin Lumb (REP) Robin Rukab (REP) Michelle Tappouni (REP)