5 candidates vying for the city council seat vacated after Tommy Hazouri’s death

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Seat formerly occupied by Tommy Hazouri sits bare pursuing his decease connected Saturday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A peculiar predetermination for the Jacksonville City Council spot vacated by Tommy Hazouri, who died earlier this month, is acceptable for December and at slightest 5 radical are attempting to tally for the unfastened spot.

So far, 2 candidates person qualified successful the peculiar predetermination for City Council At-Large Group 3 up of the Friday deadline: James Jacobs and Tracye Polson, some Democrats.

Three Republicans person besides filed to tally but haven’t qualified yet: John Barnes, Nick Howland and Howland “Howdy” Russell.

Republican Matthew Schellenberg besides filed to tally but withdrew due to the fact that helium is ineligible, he told Florida Politics.

Polson, a objective societal idiosyncratic who had an unsuccessful tally for the authorities Legislature, has the backing of different high-profile Democrats successful Duval County.

Jacobs ran for predetermination to the Duval County School Board to represent District 3 but mislaid successful the superior successful 2020.

Howland, is the enforcement manager of The Fire Watch, a radical that helps veterans successful crisis. He has been endorsed by U.S. Rep. John Rutherford and authorities Rep. Wyman Duggan, Florida Politics reported.

Barnes is simply a member of the Duval Soil and Water Conservation District and Russell is caller to authorities and has a three-decade vocation increasing edifice chains and franchise businesses, according to the Jax Daily Record.

The predetermination volition beryllium held connected Dec. 7.

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