“I made a decision when we got into this race that, no matter what happened, no matter what the landscape was like, we were going to lead with love over fear,” Deegan said. He said he'd sign some gross loyalty pledge to the bigoted Moms for Liberty regarding education, medical care, and “moral upbringing of their children.”ĭuring her victory speech, Deegan held up a photo of her grandfather and talked about the "five generations of love" her family had for Jacksonville. Yet Davis did embrace DeSantis-style positions on the LGBTQ community. Davis, chief executive of the local chamber of commerce, was considered a business-friendly "normal" Republican, and he'd crushed Deegan in fundraising by a margin of four-to-one. Republicans can't spin this as a fluke victory because Deegan ran against a MAGA extremist soft-focus loon like Kari Lake. It's OK if she starts measuring the drapes.) (Parker technically only won the Democratic nomination for mayor, but Democrats account for 85 percent of the city's electorate. Cherelle Parker made similar history in Philadelphia last night. She is also Jacksonville's first woman mayor. Now, that's Fort Worth, Texas (935,508).ĭeegan, a former local TV anchor and founder of a breast cancer research organization, whooped Davis 52 to 48 percent. Jacksonville was also the most populous city (954,614) in the US with a Republican mayor. Jacksonville has elected only one Democratic mayor, Alvin Brown, since 1993. The current Republican mayor, Lenny Curry, is term-limited out of office, and Davis was considered a favorite to win the Republican stronghold. The clubs in South Florida have been very good to me, but I would hopefully get more run at the other clubs around the state.Florida has lately been a source of ongoing woe, so I admit I was a little choked up last night when Democrat Donna Deegan defeated Republican Daniel Davis in the Jacksonville mayoral race. RC: Honestly, I hate contests because it’s impossible to judge anyone’s hour act from 7 minutes. Nothing out of the ordinary.ĪB: What would winning the Florida’s Funniest Comedian contest mean to you? He didn’t enter the building until the show had already started, but did have plenty of time to gather his thoughts before taking the stage.ĪB: Where do you see your comedy in five years?ĪB: Where did you perform in the first round of Florida’s Funniest? What do you remember from that show? Heavy traffic on the drive from Miami relegated Cruz to being one of the last comics to arrive at the semifinal show. 28 Florida’s Funniest finals at the Palm Beach Improv. It’s not surprising that Cruz advanced from Miami to the east division semifinals, then to the Dec. In his nearly two-and-a-half decades performing, Cruz has appeared on Latino television comedy specials, including for HBO, won the 105.9 FM comedy contest at the SoBe Comedy Fest in 2012, featured six times at Comedy Central’s South Beach Comedy Festival and toured nationally with Ralphie May three times.Įven with all those credits, this is the first time Cruz entered the Florida’s Funniest Comedian contest. Unlike most of the more than 200 overall contest applicants, Cruz has already built a name for himself in comedy. WEST PALM BEACH – When Florida’s Funniest Comedian contest announced its Miami first round competitors, one name made other comics take notice: Ricky Cruz.
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