Photo of Joe Carlucci provided successful quality release.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Joe Carlucci, a lad of Councilman Matt Carlucci, announced Monday that he’s moving for the Jacksonville City Council spot that covers District 5.

In a quality release, Joe Carlucci said his priorities volition absorption connected increasing the economy, attracting caller jobs and tourism to the community.

“I americium excited for the accidental to assistance constitute the adjacent section for our city. Jacksonville’s families and businesses desperately privation to spot honest, energetic enactment and imaginativeness successful City Hall – with much collaboration. I’m committed to being an accessible dependable for our community,” Carlucci said successful a prepared statement.

Jacksonville’s District 5 stretches from the Southbank eastbound to Cesery Boulevard and covers areas southbound to Sunbeam and Old St. Augustine roads.

Joe Carlucci is the proprietor of a Brightway Insurance agency, which is headquartered successful District 5. He’s held enactment positions with the San Marco Merchants Association, JAX Chamber and Champs. He and his woman unrecorded successful the Miramar vicinity with their 2 children.

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“I’m raising my kids present and I’ve lived present and proceed to privation to unrecorded present for the remainder of my days and the remainder of my life,” Joe Carlucci told News4JAX. “So it’s thing that I truly privation to, you know, proceed to propulsion the advancement on.”

His father, Matt Carlucci, announced successful December helium would no longer beryllium moving to go the adjacent politician of Jacksonville successful 2023. Carlucci said helium is alternatively focused connected seeking re-election for City Council At-Large, Group 4 -- the spot helium presently holds.

Named aft his gramps who besides served arsenic a Jacksonville City Council member, Joe Carlucci says he’s his ain man.

“I respect my dad. I emotion my dad,” Joe Carlucci said. “He’s done a batch of large things for this city, and, but astatine the aforesaid time, we person our ain opinions. And we respect that astir each other.”

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LeAnna Cumber is the existent District 5 assembly subordinate and tin tally for re-election adjacent year.

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