Cinnamon rolls and Matt Caldwell: Clay County hosts breakfast for candidate

Matt Caldwell

State Rep. Matt Caldwell, the Republican nominee for Agriculture Commissioner, will feed and be feted by a collection of Clay County Republicans Friday morning.

Caldwell, a Republican from Fort Myers, will address the group at Orange Park’s “Grumpy’s Restaurant” at 8 a.m.

A list of Republican notables will be on hand, including Clay County Commissioners Mike CellaGayward Hendry, and Gavin Rollins.

Caldwell is in what appears, at least in polling, to be a close race with Democrat Nikki Fried.

Recent polling shows Fried up two points on Caldwell (inside the margin of error); however, there is evidence that Caldwell (or forces aligned with him) are testing messaging in the Jacksonville market.

Cawton covers government for the Jacksonville Daily Record.

Caldwell has challenged Fried to a “contest of ideas” in debates; however, as often seems to happen, the candidates can’t seem to agree on debate moderators or scheduling.

Though Fried held a cash on hand lead soon after the primary, the money edge proved ephemeral.

Caldwell’s coffers brim with new lucre (over a million dollars since the primary), and Fried’s fundraising has stalled.

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


One comment

  • Push Poll - Reefer Madness

    September 28, 2018 at 9:51 am

    I got the same push poll in Tallahassee and the speaker could barely pronounce simple words. We can only hope this latest “reefer madness” technique backfires. Its 2018 people!!!

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