Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry | |
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| 8th Mayor of Jacksonville | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Alvin Brown |
| Chair of the Florida Republican Party | |
| In office September 23, 2011 – May 31, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | David Bitner |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Dougher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leonard Boyd Curry July 19, 1970 Key West, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Molly Lefeber (m. 2005) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Florida (BS) |
Leonard Boyd Curry (born July 19, 1970) is an American politician, accountant, and businessman serving as the 8th mayor of Jacksonville, Florida. He assumed office on July 1, 2015, after defeating incumbent Alvin Brown in the city's 2015 mayoral election. He was re-elected in 2019. A Republican, Curry formerly served as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and co-founded the professional services firm ICX Group.
Early life and education[]
Curry was born in Key West.[1] He later grew up in Middleburg, Florida and graduated from Middleburg High School. Curry began his higher education at St. Johns River Community College, then transferred to the University of Florida and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in accounting.[2]
Career[]
From 1994 to 2002, he practiced as a certified public accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 2002, he co‐founded a Jacksonville-based professional services firm, ICX Group Inc., providing finance and accounting consulting, executive recruiting, and staffing services.
On June 3, 2014, Curry filed to run in the Jacksonville mayoral election in 2015. He said he decided to enter the race because beginning in late 2012 and early 2013, he began hearing about leadership troubles under incumbent Democratic mayor Alvin Brown.[3]
On March 19, 2019, Curry was re-elected to a second term as mayor of Jacksonville in the 2019 election. His major competitor was Anna Brosche, who earned 24% of the vote, while Curry got 58%. He won a majority of the votes in the blanket primary, and was therefore re-elected without a runoff election.
Curry had co-chaired the Jacksonville host committee for the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was, for a period, planned to be held in Jacksonville.[4][5] Despite Curry having declared that no city taxpayer funding would go towards hosting the Republican National Convention, the city spent several hundred thousand dollars in preparations.[6]
Personal life[]
He married his wife, Molly, in 2005. They have three children.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Cassidy, Austin (August 30, 2010). "Meet Lenny Curry: The Republican Party's Quarterback for 2010". Jacksonville Observer. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ Monroe, Nate (March 5, 2015). "Curry transformed from minor player in GOP politics to formidable Brown challenger". Florida Times-Union. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ a b Marilyn Young (June 3, 2014). "The story behind Lenny Curry's decision to run for Jacksonville mayor". Financial News & Daily Record. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ Gibbons, Timothy (19 June 2020). "32 state, local leaders named to Jacksonville Republican convention host committee". www.bizjournals.com. Jacksonville Business Journal. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Meet the Jacksonville Host Committee for the Republican National Convention". WJXT. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Harrison, Haley (16 October 2020). "Jacksonville RNC Committee has nearly $840,000 leftover. Where is it going?". firstcoastnews.com.
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- 1970 births
- 21st-century American politicians
- American accountants
- Florida Republicans
- Living people
- Mayors of Jacksonville, Florida
- People from Key West, Florida
- People from Middleburg, Florida
- State political party chairs of Florida
- University of Florida alumni