Cummings adds name to list for 2023 Jacksonville sheriff race news4jax.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news4jax.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
And then there were 4: Waters files to run for Jacksonville sheriff news4jax.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news4jax.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Former JSO chief, school police officer, announces run for sheriff news4jax.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news4jax.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two Republican members of the City Council, Matt Carlucci and Al Ferraro, have already filed. JAX Chamber president Daniel Davis has not yet announced a campaign but has been actively fundraising for his own political committee, pulling in an astonishing $2 million-plus since the start of the year. He is widely anticipated to run.
Deegan would fill a role local Democrats have been in woefully short supply of the past several years: A credible candidate with the ability to raise money and compete in a citywide race.
And a recent survey from the University of North Florida demonstrated another valuable asset Deegan brings to the race: Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of name recognition right out of the gate. In a hypothetical matchup among seven candidates, Deegan won the most support, with 19 percent, in a May survey of 1,263 registered Duval County voters.