The 20% voter turnout was higher than what Supervisor of Elections Mike Hogan originally expected. He’d planned on 10 to 15%.
for the Jacksonville City Council At-Large Group 3 seat, Republican Nick Howland clinched 51% of the vote to his Democratic opponent Tracye Polson, who received 48% of the vote.
Notably, the 20% voter turnout was higher than what Supervisor of Elections Mike Hogan originally expected. He’d planned on 10 to 15%. More than 131,000 people took part in the special election.According to data from the Supervisor of Elections Office, Democrats held an advantage over Republicans in mail-in and early voting -- with 37,173 voters. That’s compared to 33,000 Republican voters.
“One of the big storylines from today is that Republicans turned out today,” said News4JAX political analyst Rick Mullaney. “And this is consistent with what you’ve seen in Duval County in the past and what’s going on nationally and that is the early voting and mail-in voting tends to go Democratic.”“A bit of a spotlight on Duval County because it is a purple urban district trending blue.
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