LeAnna Cumber

In March 2022, Cumber announced a formal run for Mayor of Jacksonville in 2023, after incumbent Lenny Curry's term expires.

LeAnna was elected to the Jacksonville City Council, representing District 5, in January 2019 with no opposition and assumed office on July 1, 2019. Her current term ends in June 2023. She serves as Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Transportation, Energy & Utilities Committee.

In September 2019, in response to rising levels of crime in and around the City’s internet cafes, Cumber presented legislation calling for all simulated gambling devices to be declared illegal immediately. The bill passed in October 2019. Protestors took to the streets in San Marco carrying signs and calling for Curry "to reverse his decision on adult arcade closures". They also demanded the resignation of Councilwoman Cumber. One protestor called it "political corruption with special interests" and that it was "a direct attack on minority workers."

Since 2010, Cumber has been the CEO of LeAnna Cumber & Associates, a transportation-consulting firm that provides assistance to private transportation companies and state and local governments in securing public grants and financing.

After graduation from law school, Cumber went to work for the California Women’s Law Center where she advocated for policy changes in domestic violence and family law before moving to Washington D.C. in 2002 where she began a career focused on transportation and homeland security policy. She is a member of the bar in both Washington, D.C. and California.

In 2001, Cumber received her Juris Doctor degree from the USC Gould School of Law. While in law school, she worked with prisoners in the California Institute for Women, and federal maximum and minimum security facilities. She represented clients in civil matters ranging from child custody to parole hearings.

LeAnna M. Gutierrez Cumber (born February 3, 1973) is an American politician, lawyer and former teacher serving as a member of the Jacksonville City Council in Florida. Cumber previously served as a legislative counselor for the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Transportation during the Presidency of George W. Bush.