RIGHT NOW. HE HAS 60% OF THE VOTE. TOUGH READS, 35% WITH 2 OTHER CANDIDATES FAR BEHIND.
THAT’S WITH 90% REPORTING IN.
WE HAVE REPORTERS ALL ACROSS
JACKSONVILLE TONIGHT COVERING
THE RACES THAT MATTER MOST TO
YOU.
>> KENT JUSTICE HAVE BEEN
SPEAKING WITH OUR ROUNDTABLE
OF POLITICAL EXPERTS,
NEWSFOURJAX POLITICAL ANALYST
RICK MULLANEY. GOVERNMENT LAW
ATTORNEY CHRIS HAND AND WE
WILL CATCH UP WITH THEM A
LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE
BROADCAST. IN THE MEANTIME, WE
BEGIN, THOUGH, WITH NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER SCOTT JOHNSON, WHO’S
JOINING US LIVE IS BEEN AT
SHERIFF CANDIDATE WHO CAME
WATERS HEADQUARTERS ON THE
SOUTH SIDE. SCOTT, PRETTY
QUIET THERE. NOW. I WOULD
GUESS
>> YEAH. AND JUST THE LAST FEW
MINUTES THAT WRAPPED UP, TOM.
BUT THEY KEPT GOING FOR QUITE
A WHILE. IT’S PRETTY JUBILANT
MOOD OVERALL YEAR AS TK WATERS
HANDILY LEADS THE COMPETITION
BUT DOES NOT WIN OUTRIGHT.
ABOUT 47% OF THE VOTE, NOT THE
50% HE NEEDED TO TAKE THIS
HOME AND BE THE NEW SHERIFF.
HE NOW HAS TO GO TO A RUNOFF
IN NOVEMBER WITH LOCATION.
BURTON, WHO WELL BEHIND HIM,
THOUGH. SO HE FEELS PRETTY
CONFIDENT GOING INTO THE
NOVEMBER ONE ON ONE AGAINST
LOCATION. BURTON HIM. REMEMBER
HE WAS ONE REPUBLICAN AGAINST
FOR DEMOCRATS. SO WE WILL NOW
ESSENTIALLY HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE
IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL. NOW
WATERS IS SAYING HE DOES FEEL
CONFIDENT AND HE SAYS IT HAS
BEEN A STRONG CAMPAIGN SO FAR.
>> SPENT TIME ALL OVER TAKING
CARE OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
SAME. NO MATTER WHERE YOU
LIVE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU
BELIEVE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR
POLITICAL AND I’M READY TO DO
THAT FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THIS
COMMUNITY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND I’M
HERE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE
IN THE CITY AND WE’VE DONE IT.
I’VE VISITED HOUSES AS AN
ASSISTANT TO I’VE DONE THINGS
AND CREATE AND DEVELOP
PROGRAMS FOR OUR IN OUR CITY
OR OUR AT-RISK YOUNG MEN THAT
WAS USED TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE
CARE OF DO THAT.
>> I’M TK WATERS RAN TONIGHT.
HE WILL HAVE TO RUN AGAIN IN
NOVEMBER. AND THEN THE
ORIGINAL SHERIFF’S RACE BEFORE
MIKE WILLIAMS RETIRED DUE TO
THIS CONTROVERSY OVER HIM
LIVING OUT OF THE COUNTY WAS
NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TILL NEXT
SPRING. SO HE’LL HAVE TO RUN
AGAIN THEN. SO HE COULD
ESSENTIALLY BE RUNNING 3 RACES
IN THE SPAN OF THE YEAR. HE
SAYS HE’S UP FOR THE FIGHT AND
FEELS HE WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER
AND BE JACKSONVILLE’S NEXT.
SHERIFF ARE NOW WHERE A LOT ON
THE SOUTH SIDE. SCOTT JOHNSON
CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>>MARY BAER: THANK YOU, SCOTT.
AND NOW WE HEAD TO NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER G’S HARRIS WHO IS
LIVE AT LIKE HE SHOULD
BURTON’S HEADQUARTERS IN EAST
ARLINGTON G’S. SHE’S ALREADY
PLANNING TO CAMPAIGN TOMORROW.
>> YES, MISS BURTON TILL BE
ONE-ON-ONE. SHE PLANS ON
BEGINNING THE REST OF THIS
CAMPAIGN PROCESS TO MORROW.
THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT 78 DAYS
THEY’RE NOT WASTING ANY TIME
TO GET TO THAT POINT. SO YOU
CAN ANTICIPATE HER CAMPAIGNING
SOMEWHERE TOMORROW IN DUVAL
COUNTY. ALSO, WHEN I SPOKE TO
HER ONE-ON-ONE, SHE SAID SHE’S
COMMITTED TO BRINGING THE
COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER. IT
WAS AN ENERGY OF VICTORY AND
CELEBRATION JUST A COUPLE OF
HOURS AGO. THE BURTON SAYS
IT’S ALSO TIME TO GET BACK TO
WORK.
>> SHE TOLD ME SHE HAS NEVER
STOPPED WORKING AND THAT
CONTINUES AS SHE IS IN THE
RUNOFF FOR SHERIFF. YOU’RE
GOING INTO THE RUNOFF. HOW
DOES IT FEEL RIGHT NOW? WHAT
WORDS CAN DESCRIBE WE ARE
EXCITED.
>> I’VE BEEN ON THE CAMPAIGN
14 MONTHS. WORKING DILIGENTLY
EVERY SINGLE DAY. I’VE BEEN
TALKING TO PEOPLE ALL OVER OUR
CITY AND IN CERTAIN AREAS OF
OUR CITY. THERE’S A SENSE OF
HOPELESSNESS AND I WANT TO
BRING HOPE TO THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND TAX. SO I’M
JUST EXCITED THAT THE VOTERS
CHOSE ME TO GO TO THE AND
WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT THE CHASE
ACCOUNT.
>>JOY PURDY: HE ALSO SAYS SHE
FEELS LIKE THERE’S BEEN A LOT
OF DIVISION IN THE CITY, BUT
SHE IS FOCUSED ON BRINGING
DUVAL COUNTY BACK TOGETHER. SO
NOW WE WILL SEE IN 78 DAYS IF
IT IS SHE WHO WILL THEN BECOME
THE NEXT SHERIFF OR TK WATERS.
BACK TO YOU.
>>MARY BAER: DENISE, THANKS.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM KEN
JEFFERSON WHO CAME IN 3RD
BEHIND WATERS IN BURTON,
EARNING 14% OF THE VOTE.
>> WHAT’S GOING PLAY RIGHT
WHAT IS WHAT HAPPENING? WHAT
WE’RE ABLE NATURE AND WHEN
THAT TIME COMES, REMEMBER.
WE’VE GOT ANOTHER RACE IN
MARCH. IT’S NOT OVER TO
>>MARY BAER: AND HERE’S A LOOK
AT HOW THE OTHER 2 CANDIDATES