A.G. Gancarski, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

A.G. GancarskiAugust 2, 2018

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan‘s vision for the Jacksonville Shipyards redevelopment was unveiled Thursday morning, via a news release from the team. A 490,000-square-foot riverfront convention center (a long-standing local wish list item) and a 350-room hotel will be included on the site, according to the release. In April 2017, Khan’s Iguana Investments was approved to […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 2, 2018

Sen. Audrey Gibson, a Jacksonville Democrat poised to lead the Senate caucus after November’s elections, seeks $10 million for the former employees of a contaminated wood treatment plant. Jacksonville’s Fairfax Street Wood Treaters, according to Gibson’s claims bill (SB 52), used chromated copper arsenate to treat wood from 1980 to 2010. Employees of the plant were […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2018

Amb. Nancy Soderberg, one of three Democrats competing for the party’s nomination in east-central Florida’s 6th Congressional District, trumpeted endorsements from five Congressional incumbents Wednesday. Reps. Charlie Crist, Val Demings, Ted Deutch, Lois Frankel and Darren Soto all back the Clinton administration alumna. Soderberg was “honored” and “humbled” to get the endorsements from the five, all of whom extolled […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2018

Sen. Marco Rubio took an unprecedented step Wednesday, opposing the National Defense Authorization Act in protest of the NDAA’s omission of penalties against Chinese telecom giant ZTE. “I have never opposed an NDAA, and I have supported every single one of them, despite the fact that they didn’t have everything I wanted or everything I liked — […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2018

Donald Trump’s rally in Tampa on Tuesday was intended to galvanize supporters of the President and his endorsed candidates, gubernatorial hopeful U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis and senatorial aspirant Gov. Rick Scott. The rally was notable also for elements that extend beyond the parameters of mainstream politics. One such element: “QAnon,” which to some observers achieved critical mass […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2018

As the gubernatorial campaign of Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam moves forward, the former Republican front-runner finds his operation in the awkward position of warring with prominent elements on the right. Wednesday, Putnam’s camp spotlighted U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis garnering support from the Koch brothers. Hours before President Donald Trump‘s rally supporting DeSantis’ campaign in Tampa, Trump blasted the “globalist” […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2018

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State Sen. Aaron Bean and state Rep. Cord Byrd both face primary challenges, a measure of the pitched nature of Nassau County politics. However, it appears they will have unmatchable resources in those ballot-box battles. Bean, after raising $6,950 over the two weeks ending July 20, has roughly $98,000 in his campaign account. His committee account has another […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2018

Sen. Marco Rubio, who only a few years ago was the shining star of movement conservatives in the presidential race, spent part of Wednesday morning discussing the “unique challenges and opportunities that young conservatives face in America” with Young Americans for Freedom. The address, as pitched by his press shop, had a bittersweet quality: Rubio’s own […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2018

For roughly an hour Tuesday night, Donald Trump worked the crowd at the Florida State Fairgrounds, in his element in a state he won in 2016 and clearly wanting to call the shots in the 2018 elections. A central question coming into the event was how much the President would say on behalf of U.S. Rep. Ron […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 31, 2018

The symbiotic relationship between Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and the city’s public safety unions was memorialized anew Tuesday, with the police and fire unions both endorsing Curry’s re-election. The Fraternal Order of Police endorsement lauded Curry for “budgets that give us the tools we need to do our jobs” and “the resources we need to take […]

A.G. Gancarski

Shad Khan’s Jacksonville Shipyards redev plan includes convention center, hotel

Wood treatment plant contamination drives $10M Audrey Gibson claim bill

Congressional incumbents back Nancy Soderberg in CD 6 primary

Worries over China compel Marco Rubio to vote no on defense bill

Asked to condemn Donald Trump rally agitators, Sarah Sanders goes after the media instead

In latest swipe at right, Adam Putnam camp makes issue of Ron DeSantis’ Koch support

Aaron Bean, Cord Byrd build cash leads over primary challengers

Marco Rubio lauds Ronald Reagan, laments Democratic socialism in speech to young conservatives

Adam Putnam, the forgotten man at Donald Trump Tampa rally

Jacksonville police, fire unions want four more years of Lenny Curry