Republicans suffered surprising losses in mayoral races in Jacksonville, Fla., and Colorado Springs, dealing a blow to the GOP in two longtime conservative strongholds and highlighting the limits of waging hyperpartisan campaign battles in local races.
to win the mayor’s race. Deegan’s victory flips the mayoral seat of the largest city in the United States that was held by a Republican, in a state in which the Republican governor won reelection by a landslide less than six months ago.
Deegan, 62, and Mobolade, 44, leaned into a message of unity throughout their campaigns, largely ignoring national partisan politics and successfully dodging attacks from their opponents, who tried to paint them as too extreme for their communities.who had endorsed him. Deegan, a former local news anchor turned breast cancer awareness advocate, said hyperpartisan attacks didn’t work against her because people in Jacksonville knew who she was.
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