1987 Jacksonville mayoral election

The 1987 Jacksonville mayoral election took place on May 26, 1987. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Jake Godbold was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term.^[1] Former State Representative Tommy Hazouri won the Democratic primary against former State Representative John Lewis, and faced City Council President Henry Cook, the Republican nominee, in the general election. Hazouri defeated Cook in a landslide, winning 75 percent of the vote to Cook's 25 percent.

• Tommy Hazouri, former State Representative^[2]
• John Lewis, former State Representative^[2]
• Doug Milne, attorney^[3]
• Dick Burroughs, former chief of staff to Governor Bob Graham, former Secretary of the Florida Department of Business Regulation^[3]
• Sinclair W. Wilcox, traffic signalman^[3]

The primary runoff between Hazouri and Lewis was sharply negative, with Lewis telling the Florida Times-Union that Hazouri, who was born in the United States to a Lebanese-American family, could not be mayor because he was an "Arab." Hazouri attacked Lewis for his divisiveness, arguing, "He cannot provide the kind of leadership I can provide. Who can best bring the entire community together and not divide the community? Who can best work with the Legislature and the business community and all the citizens of Jacksonville?"^[5] Hazouri ultimately defeated Lewis by a wide margin.

City Council President Henry Cook was the only Republican candidate to file and won the nomination unopposed.^[7]