House District 13 forum slated for next Monday

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House District 13 Democrats can look forward to a forum next Monday evening.

Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church is scheduled to host the candidate event at 6:30 p.m. July 25.

One candidate, Fleming Island’s J.R. Gaillot, has confirmed, saying the forum is “wonderful news.”

House District 13, located in Jacksonville and typically regarded as a safe Democratic seat, is in play this year, as incumbent Reggie Fullwood faces 14 federal counts: 10 for wire fraud, four for failure to file federal tax returns.

Fullwood, who will have a special status conference in his federal trial this Tuesday at 3 p.m., faces Gaillot, former Duval County Deputy Elections Supervisor Tracie Davis, and Lee Brown in the Democratic primary.

The winner of that scrum will face a Republican, either Pastor Mark Griffin or financial analyst Keith Walters.

The race, as of now, is wide open, in terms of money.

Fullwood has just $3,000 on hand. Davis, meanwhile, is the clubhouse leader on the Democratic side, with $8,500 in the bank as of July 8.

On the GOP side, Griffin has $19,000 on hand. Walters sits at less than $4,300 on hand, giving him a cash flow problem to go along with his name ID challenge.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski



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