2011 Jacksonville mayoral election

2011 Jacksonville mayoral election
March 22, 2011 (blanket)
May 17, 2011 (runoff)
Turnout192,952 votes (Runoff)
 
Candidate Alvin Brown Mike Hogan
Party Democratic Republican
First round 37,747
24.73% 		52,072
34.12%
Second round 97,307
50.43% 		95,645
49.57%
 
Candidate Audrey Moran Rick Mullaney
Party Republican Republican
First round 33,003
21.62% 		23,598
15.46%
Mayor before election

John Peyton
Republican

Elected mayor

Alvin Brown
Democratic

The Jacksonville mayoral election of 2011 determined the Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida. A blanket primary with six candidates together on the same ballot took place March 22, 2011. Incumbent Republican Mayor John Peyton was term limited, and, as a result, could not seek reelection to a third term in office. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff election between the top two vote-getters, Republican Mike Hogan and Democrat Alvin Brown, took place on May 17, 2011. In a close race, Brown defeated Hogan to become Jacksonville's first African-American mayor.

The runoff saw Brown win the narrowest election in Jacksonville mayoral history. Brown had widely been considered an underdog.

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