Terrance Freeman for City Council receives most votes in Jax elections

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (FLV) – Terrance Freeman, president of the Jacksonville City Council, won an overwhelming reelection to at-large group 1 on Tuesday with the highest votes of any singular candidate citywide.

Unofficial results found Freeman, a Republican, reaching 100,264 votes with nearly all counted, or 65.13%.

His opponent, Libertarian Eric Parker, received 53,683 votes, or 34.87%.

The candidate who garnered the second most votes was Republican Ron Salem for at-large group 2, with 88,049 votes.

Freeman’s race involved two candidates; other races, like the mayoral and other city council races, will move to head-to-head runoffs.

In the mayoral race, there were seven candidates dividing the approximately 167,000 votes. Republican Daniel Davis received 24.73% of the tally, or 41,492 votes, and Democrat Donna Deegan received 39.43%, or 66,160, according to current results.

Republicans breached 50% of the overall vote share for mayor.

On the morning of the election, Freeman spoke with Florida’s Voice and said the city council has “smart, common sense, conservative principles.”

“Biggest thing is keeping our city moving in a direction that’s gonna make it great not only today, but great for the generations to come,” Freeman said.

Freeman talked about his priorities going forward.

“The biggest thing is managing the city budget like we do at home, we want to make sure that we’re not spending more than we’re bringing in,” Freeman said.

Freeman’s other priorities, he said, are supporting law enforcement and keeping citizens safe.

“It’s government’s number one job is to keep our citizens safe. And to getting Sheriff Waters in, making sure that our first responders, the men and women who run to the fight when everyone else is running from it, making sure they have the technology needed in today’s times to keep us safe,” Freeman said.