Ahead of re-election bid, Donna Deegan announces new slate of town hall meetings

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan is scheduling another round of meetings with constituents, talking policy in various neighborhoods in the city during February and March.

Per a release from her office, the first-term Democrat will “discuss her administration’s efforts to make housing and health care more affordable, shore up underserved neighborhoods, and improve infrastructure across the city.”

All meetings begin at 6 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m.

The first one, on February 3, is at William Raines Senior High School.

On Feb. 17, Deegan will go to Westside High School.

Two days later, she’s talking to Beaches constituents at Fletcher.

On Feb. 26, Deegan will be at Wolfson High School on Jacksonville’s Southside.

On March 3, the Mayor is at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts.

From there, she’s at Mandarin High on March 12, Springfield Middle on March 24, and Fort Caroline Middle School of the Arts on March 31.

The meetings come as Deegan prepares to run for her second and likely final term in office. With no serious opposition yet to file, she is well-positioned.

The Duval for All political committee, formed in 2024, reported raising $413,250 in the last three months of 2025, bringing the total raised to $1,419,970. Just $152,173 has been spent to date.

Pollsters tested messaging that appeared to be on Deegan’s behalf late last year, but the political committee’s records don’t make explicit how that effort was funded.

The poll tested Deegan head-to-head against various potential Republican candidates, including House Speaker Pro Tempore Wyman Duggan, Duval County Elections Supervisor Jerry Holland and Jacksonville City Council member Rory Diamond.

That survey came after the Tyson Group’s survey earlier this year showed Jacksonville voters would prefer a generic Republican to a generic Democrat in a ballot test stripped of meaningful markers like name recognition and the power of incumbency.