15 Facts About Lenny Curry

Lenny Curry was born in Key West to parents Linda and Roy Lenny Curry.

Lenny Curry later grew up in Middleburg, Florida and graduated from Middleburg High School.

On June 3,2014, Lenny Curry filed to run in the Jacksonville mayoral election in 2015.

Lenny Curry said he decided to enter the race because beginning in late 2012 and early 2013, he began hearing about leadership troubles under incumbent Democratic mayor Alvin Brown.

On March 19,2019, Lenny Curry was re-elected to a second term as mayor of Jacksonville in the 2019 election.

Lenny Curry won a majority of the votes in the blanket primary, and was therefore re-elected without a runoff election.

Lenny Curry had co-chaired the Jacksonville host committee for the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was, for a period, planned to be held in Jacksonville.

On June 22, Lenny Curry stated that he would not implement a mask mandate in the city of Jacksonville one week later on June 29,2020 he did implement a mandate.

Lenny Curry implemented a work from home order on March 23,2020.

In 2021, again amid rising case numbers, Lenny Curry refused to implement a mask mandate and instead encouraged residents to get the new Covid-19 vaccine to control the spread.

Lenny Curry himself tested positive for Covid-19 on January 4,2022, despite being vaccinated.

Lenny Curry claimed to work closely with Sheriff Mike Williams throughout his tenure.

In 2021 controversy arose about the residency status of Williams and Lenny Curry refused to comment on the matter.

In 2019, responding to the rising crime rates, Lenny Curry implemented a new bystander intervention program called Cure Violence.

In 2022, Lenny Curry was criticized for rising homicide rates in the city despite blaming his predecessor for such high rates during his 2015 campaign.