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A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2018

Democratic Attorney General candidate Sean Shaw excoriated Republican opponent Ashley Moody Wednesday, saying she should be disqualified from the race over donations he believes are dubious. At issue: Moody accepting money from private prison contractor GEO Group. In a news release Tuesday, Shaw deemed taking the money as “disqualifying,” vowing to take steps as Attorney General to investigate abuse […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott has messaged heavily in the Senate race, including an ad released Tuesday spotlighting his post-Michael storm recovery efforts. However, a more effective testimonial came Tuesday evening, when Scott spotlighted a ringing endorsement of his storm management skills from Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Lawson. Lawson, a first-term Democrat representing Florida’s 5th Congressional District, eschewed the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2018

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Since Hurricane Michael became an imminent threat and then made a catastrophic landfall last week, Gov. Rick Scott has been in emergency management mode. That role, familiar for the two-term Republican governor, has insulated Scott from campaign events and inconvenient questions from media about issues ranging from Donald Trump to his blind trust. The Scott campaign has […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2018

Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis burnished his environmental credentials Tuesday, scoring an endorsement from the Everglades Trust. At the same time, another enviro group accused him of trying to “greenwash himself.” The Trust already had endorsed him in the primary over Adam Putnam, who they characterized as a pay-to-play agent of the sugar industry. In contrast, DeSantis […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is dedicated largely to post-Michael recovery these days, and a new ad from his campaign is designed to remind voters of that fact. “With the campaign nearly over, let’s take a behind the scenes peek at both candidates,” the narrator observes. Scott is “leading hurricane recovery, directing relief efforts, and even housing state […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2018

A group of Republican Sheriffs from Central Florida endorsed Republican Ron DeSantis for Governor on Tuesday, spotlighting the alleged “anti-police” radicalism of Democrat Andrew Gillum in the bargain. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd distilled the pro-DeSantis case neatly: “When I looked at this election, I asked myself a simple question that every voter should ask themselves: Do you want […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2018

Florida Republicans released a trio of Spanish-language ads Tuesday on behalf of Gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis. These spots will air in the Tampa, Orlando, and Miami markets. Making the pitches, produced by the Republican Party of Florida, are two prominent Hispanic leaders: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Puerto Rican Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón. Rubio actually cut two spots, with […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2018

Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis, a first-term Democrat, was thwarted by the committee he once chaired Tuesday in a second straight meeting, regarding a resolution of opposition to sell local utility JEA. The sale of JEA has been a discussion point in City Hall off and on for the last year, and Dennis is concerned that […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2018

State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an East Orlando Democrat representing House District 49, will fundraise in Jacksonville Tuesday evening, in another sign of his increasing prominence statewide. The event will be in the tony Avondale neighborhood, hosted by Kevin Clair, the husband of local state House hopeful Tracye Polson. Clair and Polson have become increasingly prominent this cycle, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2018

Jacksonville political veteran Matt Carlucci, a Republican running for City Council in At Large Group 4, was the first candidate in the 2019 cycle to clear $250,000 raised. He did that by the end of March, a signal that Carlucci — a former Mayoral candidate, a previous member of the Council, and most recently, the head of […]

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‘Disqualifying’: Sean Shaw slams Ashley Moody for dubious donations

Al Lawson bonds with Rick Scott over hurricane response

Bill Nelson campaign charges Rick Scott with dodging voters

Sweet deal: Everglades Trust vouches for Ron DeSantis’ environmental record

New Rick Scott ad spotlights storm relief efforts

Central Florida Sheriffs slam ‘anti-police’ Andrew Gillum, back Ron DeSantis

Marco Rubio, Puerto Rican legislator pitch for Ron DeSantis in Spanish-language ads

Deja vu: JEA no-sale resolution iced again in Jacksonville City Council panel

Mr. (Carlos G.) Smith goes to Jacksonville: Re-election fundraiser set

Matt Carlucci leads parade of apparent Jacksonville City Council shoo-ins