Alvin Brown Leads GOP Foes in New Jacksonville Mayoral Poll

A poll from the University of North Florida (UNF) finds Mayor Alvin Brown of Jacksonville, who is running for a second term in early 2015, starts off his re-election bid in solid shape.

Brown garners the approval of 59 percent of those surveyed while 22 percent disapprove of the Democratic mayor. While Browns numbers are good, that is a slip from where he stood last February when 70 percent of those surveyed in a UNF poll approved of him.

Matched up against possible Republican candidates, Brown starts out in the lead. Duval County Sheriff John Rutherford comes closest but Brown still bests him 41 percent to 35 percent. Brown does better against Duval County Property Appraiser Jim Overton, beating him 42 percent to 31 percent. Brown takes 43 percent when matched up against City Councilman Bill Gulliford, 43 percent to 28 percent. Matched against Lenny Curry, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), Brown has his biggest lead, routing him 45 percent to 25 percent.

The poll of 442 registered Duval County voters was taken from Feb. 10-17 and had a margin of error of +/- 4.66 percent.