1995 Jacksonville mayoral election

1995 Jacksonville mayoral election
April 11, 1995
May 9, 1995
 
Candidate John Delaney Jake Godbold
Party Republican Democratic
First round 55,361
32.42% 		55,902
32.74%
Runoff 81,058
50.95% 		78,047
49.05%
 
Candidate Tommy Hazouri Harry Reagan
Party Democratic Democratic
First round 38,289
22.42% 		6,767
13.44%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Ed Austin
Republican

Elected mayor

John Delaney
Republican

The 1995 Jacksonville mayoral election took place on May 9, 1995, following a primary election on April 11, 1995. The election was the first one to take place following the passage of a referendum in 1992 that provided for unitary elections, in which all candidates appeared on the same ballot regardless of party.

Incumbent Mayor Ed Austin, who was elected in 1991 as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party in 1994, declined to seek re-election. Austin's chief of staff, Republican John Delaney, ran to succeed him. Former Mayors Jake Godbold and Tommy Hazouri and City Councilman Harry Reagan ran as Democratic candidates. Godbold placed first in the primary with 33 percent of the vote, followed by Delaney with 32 percent. In the general election, Delaney narrowly defeated Godbold, 51–49 percent, becoming the first Republican to be elected Mayor since 1887.

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