Jacksonville, Florida, one of the most Republican cities in America, has
just elected Alvin Brown, an African American Democrat, as Mayor. No
recount. He won. And he did it by handily beating a teabagger.

From the Jax newspaper:

Holland: No way for Mike Hogan to catch Alvin Brown
With 50 votes to go, Democrat leading by 1,700 votes
Posted: May 18, 2011 - 2:10pm
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By The Times-Union

Unless something that has never happened before happens, Alvin Brown is
Jacksonville's next mayor.

Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland just said that Brown leads
Republican Mike Hogan by 1,700 votes with fewer than 50 to be counted,
making it "outside the realm" of a recount. That would mean Brown is the
first Democrat to be elected mayor in the city in a generation and the
first African-American mayor, ever.

Holland said by state statute he can't officially certify the results
until 5 p.m. Thursday. That's when the 12 voters who cast disputed
provisional ballots need to have shown their identification to the
elections office, Holland said.

At 2:40 p.m., after the first group of provisional ballots were counted,
Brown's 603-vote lead over Hogan had dropped slightly, to 585.

Hogan won 60 percent of the precincts, with an average margin of 62
percent to 38 percent. However, Brown's margin of victory in the
precincts he won was 76 percent to 24 percent. More than 190,000 votes
were cast.

Brown spoke to the public and media at about 4 p.m. at the Lakewood
Winn-Dixie, and earlier in the day the Hogan campaign sent this email out:

"Judy and I are so grateful to all of you for your love and support as
we await the final results from the Supervisor of Elections. We want
every legal vote to count and trust that the process and officials in
place will ensure that democracy is served."

Read more at Jacksonville.com:
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2...#ixzz1Mkzn96TC