With more than a year before qualifying, at least one potentially significant challenger to Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan is testing the waters against the first-term Democrat.

Political perennial Jerry Holland , a Republican who was elected without opposition to again be Duval County Elections Supervisor in 2023, has not been shy about saying he’s looking at the race.

And a new phone poll suggests he has a shot.

The survey, commissioned for Holland last month by political consultant Matt Justice , shows Holland leading Deegan 47% to 41% in a head-to-head ballot test.

To get to that two-way contest, Deegan and Holland would have to clear a multicandidate First Election, a blanket Primary where all candidates compete and the top two emerge, unless one gets a majority of the v

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