The Duval County property appraiser's race is the only constitutional officer contest in an election cycle focused on replacing Mayor Lenny Curry.
for a rematch of the runoff race she lost to Waters in November. Voters in that race chose someone to fill the rump term created by former Sheriff Mike Williams vacating his job when he moved out of the county before he was scheduled to leave office.
But Burton said last week that she wasn’t sure she would again challenge Waters, who won handily two months ago. At a news conference this week, Burton said she’d decided that “the single most important thing right now is for our sheriff to be focused on making our city safer and not focused on a campaign. A campaign that, quite frankly, I cannot win.”
The appraiser’s race will pit Morgan, a Democrat and retired television news anchor, against two Republicans in a March 21 unitary election where all voters choose between candidates regardless of political affiliation. If no one gets a majority of the votes, a runoff will be held May 16. Morgan, who represents Arlington’s Council District 1, has celebrated her role as the first African-American and first female candidate for the appraiser’s seat,
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