>> JACKSONVILLE RESIDENTS HAVE ELECTED A NEW SHERIFF. >>KENT JUSTICE: REPUBLICAN TK
WATERS WAS DECLARED THE WINNER
JUSTIN HOURS AFTER JUST AN
HOUR AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED,
YOU GOT 55% OF THE VOTE.
DEMOCRAT LETICIA BURTON GOT
45% OF THE VOTE AND NEXT.
WELL, AS COVERING LOCATION,
BURTON CAMPAIGN. BUT FIRST,
LET’S GO TO ASHLEY HARDING,
WHO IS LIVE WITH THE TK WATERS
CAMPAIGN. ASHLEY.
>>JOY PURDY: HEY, TOM AND
MARY. YES, THINGS ARE REALLY
QUIETED DOWN RIGHT HERE. BUT
THIS IS QUITE A CHANGE FROM
WHAT WE SAW JUST A LITTLE
WHILE AGO. THERE’S SO MUCH TK
WATERS SAID THAT HE WALKED
INTO TONIGHT FEELING REALLY
GOOD THAT HE WOULD BECOME THE
NEW SHERIFF IN THE END OF THE
TAKING 55% OF THE VOTE OVER
HIS CHALLENGER. LOOK, HE
SHOULD BURDEN. HE SAID HIS
PRIORITY FIRST AND FOREMOST IS
TO REDUCE POLLEN COMING. MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYBODY HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE FEELS SAFE TO
LIVE HERE. ALSO SAID IT’S JUST
REALLY GOOD TO TO COME OUT ON
TOP IN TO TRULY WHEN THIS IS
WHAT HE TOLD ME IN A
ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW
AFTERWARD.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU COME INTO
THESE THINGS BEING A FIRST
TIME CANDIDATE. YOU DON’T YOU
DON’T KNOW REALLY WHAT TO
EXPECT. I HAVE SOME SERIOUS
HOPE’S. WE HAD A GOOD RESULT
GROUP WHEN WE HAD A WE HAD A
VERY STRONG FEELING ABOUT
TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE CAME
INTO WITH IT. I EXPECT
PATIENTS AND WE CAN. WE CAN WE
THAT?
>> I THINK CAMPAIGNED ON THIS
MORE TRANSPARENCY WITH THE
CHANCE TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR
PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. WELL,
FOR ALMOST ALL Y’ALL SESSION
WE WANT ALL BECAUSE WE WANT TO
BUILD A PARTNERSHIP, JUST
THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. YES. TELL
THAT STORY IS TOLD WHAT ALSO
DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. HUNDREDS
AND THOUSANDS AND 1000 TIMES A
DAY. I THINK IT’S VERY
IMPORTANT TO GET.
>> SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW THERE’S
A LOT MORE GOING ON THAN JUST
THAT SHARE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE. BUILD MAKE A
LARGER SO THAT WE CAN SHARE
INFORMATION WITH IT GET THINGS
OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WITH A LOOK ALL THINGS ALL
START TOP-DOWN, A LOOK AT
EVERYTHING. WE’LL SEE WHAT WE
NEED TO
>>JOY PURDY: IN TK WATERS, OF
COURSE, THANKED HIS FAMILY,
HIS FRIENDS, HIS SUPPORTERS,
AND THOSE HERE IN JACKSONVILLE
WHO DID CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN
HIS FAVOR. REMEMBER THIS IS
TECHNICALLY NOT OVER. WATERS
WILL SERVE THE REMAINDER OF
MIKE WILLIAMS TERM AND THEN
WILL BE ANOTHER ELECTION NEXT
SPRING FOR THAT FULL FOUR-YEAR
TERM. WATER SAYS HE IS ALREADY
LOOKING AHEAD TO THAT
REPORTING LIVE. ASHLEY HARDING
CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>>MARY BAER: ASHLEY, THANKS.
DEMOCRAT LETISHA BYRD SAYS SHE
CALL TK WATERS TO CONGRATULATE
HIM ON HIS WIN NEWS. 4 JAX
REPORTER ANNE MAXWELL WAS
CENTER WATCH PARTY TONIGHT IS
JOINING US LIVE NOW.
>>JOY PURDY: MARY, THE WATCH
PARTY ENDED EARLY HERE
TONIGHT. AND WHILE THIS WAS
CERTAINLY NOT THE RESULT LIKE
HE SHOULD, BURTON AND HER
SUPPORTERS WANTED, SHE SAID
SHE STILL REALLY PROUD OF THE
CAMPAIGN. SHE RAN AND SHE
THANKED HER SUPPORTERS FOR ALL
THE WORK THEY PUT IN. SHE DID
NOT SAY SHE’S GOING TO RUN
AGAIN THIS SPRING FOR A FULL
FOUR-YEAR TERM. SHE SAYS SHE
JUST DOESN’T KNOW YET. SHE
HASN’T THOUGHT ABOUT IT YET.
SHE DID TAKE SOME TIME AT THE
PODIUM HERE AND WHEN SHE
ANNOUNCED TO HER SUPPORTERS
THAT SHE HAD CONCEDED TO TK
WATER, SHE HIT BACK AT THE
CAMPAIGN HERE AND SHE SAID IT
WAS BASED ON FEAR AND LIES AND
MISINFORMATION. SHE ACCUSED
THE OTHER SIDE OF TAKING THE
LOW ROAD AND SPENDING MORE
TIME ATTACKING HER CHARACTER
RATHER THAN LAYING OUT THEIR
PLAN FOR JACKSONVILLE’S
FUTURE. BUT NONETHELESS, SHE
SAID SHE CALLED TK WATERS TO
CONGRATULATE HIM AN OFFER ANY
SERVICES THAT SHE ANY
SERVICES, ANY TO HELP HIM IN
HIS NEW ROLE. TAKE A LISTEN TO
WHAT SHE SAID EARLIER.
>> AS HE MOVES INTO HIS NEW
ROLE, I KNOW. I’M NOT ONLY
ENCOURAGE HIM TO KEEP HIS
COMMITMENT TO CHANGE. BUT ALSO
FOR HIM. I HELPED TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN. BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING
ANYWHERE.
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ANYWHERE. ♪ BECAUSE I REMAIN COMMITTED TO
YOU. THE PEOPLE. THAT’S WHY I
GOT IN THIS RACE TO SERVE YOU
IN WHATEVER CAPACITY YOU HAVE
ME IN.
>>MARY BAER: SAY SHE IS STILL
FIRED UP AGAIN. NO WORD FOR
SURE YET ON WHETHER SHE’S
GOING TO RUN AGAIN IN MARCH.
NOT THAT FAR AWAY. SHE ALSO
TOLD HER SUPPORTERS THERE’S
STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE
IN JACKSON, THOUGH, THE
VIOLENT CRIME, ITS DIVISION.
AND SHE ALSO URGED THEM TO
HOLD THE NEW SHERIFF TK WATERS
ACCOUNTABLE AS HE STEPS INTO