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A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2016

The Jacksonville area is make or break for Sen. Marco Rubio in his Senate race, and he had a welcome opportunity for a Jacksonville-centric news item Tuesday, when the United States Navy announced three new ships will call Mayport Naval Station home. One of those ships,the USS Thomas Hudner, is a destroyer. The other two, the USS Wichita and USS […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2016

The Aug. 30 primary effectively was the election for a few Northeast Florida Republican candidates for the state House. Democratic candidates were not fielded in safely Republican House Districts 11, 12, 15, and 16; the Republicans now opposed only by write-in candidates. Yet these all-but-elected Republicans keep raising money, as campaign finance reports for the period […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2016

With two weeks until the election and polls swinging his way, Rep. Keith Perry has opened up a serious cash-on-hand advantage over Rod Smith in the Senate District 8 race. As of Oct. 14, Perry had $107,000 on hand, an almost four-to-one edge over Smith, who has just over $27,000 on hand. In the most recent reporting period […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2016

Neither U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown nor her chief of staff Ronnie Simmons are required to be at Tuesday’s status conference in their federal trial. However, in the light of potential motions filed last week, Tuesday’s status conference nonetheless may offer a preview of what will happen for the next few months leading up to the trial. The defense listed […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2016

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Donald Trump‘s visit to St. Augustine on Tuesday earned him one round of blowback, via claims that he’d “ghosted” on an interview with Action News Jax. The second round came a bit later, when his tweeted-out claim he was “endorsed” by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Public Information Office came under scrutiny. The Sheriff’s Office denied […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2016

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump packed the St. Augustine Amphitheater on Monday. And he gave a one-on-one interview with one Jacksonville television station. But he passed up on another opportunity. And ironically, given his fuming about Hillary Clinton’s close ally Donna Brazile making Clinton aware of questions before a town hall event weeks back, it’s alleged because Trump was unable, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2016

With time running short in the battle to succeed Corrine Brown as the representative from Florida’s 5th Congressional District, both Republican Glo Smith and Democrat Al Lawson continue to raise money. Smith, who had $11,908 on hand as of her October quarterly report, nearly doubled that sum via five donations made between Oct. 22-24 totaling $11,100. Lawson, meanwhile, had almost […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2016

On Monday in Jacksonville, Gov. Rick Scott and Mayor Lenny Curry convened to discuss response to and recovery from Hurricane Matthew. In the fourth floor of Jacksonville’s Emergency Operations Center, Scott and Curry met along with a panoply of other state and city stakeholders. Media was allowed to observe a couple minutes of that meeting, in which the governor […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2016

Technically, neither Florida Gov. Rick Scott nor Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry have ever lost an election. Scott was elected governor twice and Curry was elected mayor once in their only bids for elected office. Both men, however, have invested significant political capital in the candidacy of Donald Trump for president, and most expectations are that Trump will lose “big […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2016

In recent debates and interviews with this outlet, HD 13 Democrat Tracie Davis has discussed being trusted by both sides of the aisle. Davis’ latest campaign finance report, spanning the gap between Oct. 8 and Oct. 14, shows that trust for Davis, who just got into the race as a general election candidate in early October. […]

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Marco Rubio lauds new ships at Mayport

Nominally opposed NE Florida state House candidates keep fundraising

Keith Perry widens money and momentum lead in SD 8 race

Status conference in Corrine Brown trial slated for Tuesday

St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office denies it endorsed Donald Trump

Donald Trump team ‘ghosted’ Jax reporter, ducks scheduled interview

Glo Smith, Al Lawson continue fundraising in CD 5 contest

Rick Scott, Lenny Curry talk Hurricane Matthew response, recovery

Rick Scott, Lenny Curry less than emphatic in stretch run support of Donald Trump

Bipartisan backing finds Tracie Davis, but Mark Griffin holds HD 13 money lead