Jacksonville, FL, Elects A Democratic African American Mayor!

David Nir at Daily Kos reports on the mayoral election in Jacksonville, Florida: Democrat and former Bill Clinton aide Alvin Brown, an African American, has been elected mayor in one of the most conservative major cities in America.

Indeed, the last time a Dem won the job was twenty years ago. Brown won by 1,536 votes after absentees and provisionals had been counted, which means there won't be a recount. Republicans had expected to win "handily" and even sent Marco Rubio in to take a premature victory lap with Hogan. Oops.