PHOTOS: Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan has emotional, historic and memorable inauguration
Marilyn Vaca, Manager of Content and Coverage, Jacksonville
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Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
City of Jacksonville
Donna Deegan Inauguration at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, July 1, 2023
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayor Donna Deegan was sworn in as the first woman mayor in Jacksonville on July 1, 2023. The ceremony brought up emotional moments in her life, tributes to her family and included an optimistic look ahead.
Deegan spoke about her three-time battle with breast cancer. She spoke about her family and about the city she loves so much, saying Jacksonville is in her DNA.
She was sworn in with the same Bible as her late cousin and former Jacksonville mayor Tommy Hazouri. Deegan’s former co-anchor, Shannon Ogden, at First Coast News was the inauguration emcee.
Read Mayor Deegan’s Inaugural Speech
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