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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 11, 2018

In the race to succeed Republican Jim Love on the Jacksonville City Council, Love’s fellow Republican Randy DeFoor retained her cash on hand lead after August receipts. But in what could be a preview of a runoff election, Democrat Sunny Gettinger is keeping pace. As of the end of August, DeFoor had roughly $145,000 on hand between her […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

Liberal PAC End Citizens United on Monday filed a FEC complaint against Governor Rick Scott, his Senate campaign and New Republican PAC. The charge: “illegal coordination resulting in excessive in-kind campaign contributions to Scott’s Senate campaign from New Republican PAC.” “New Republican PAC ran television ads within the 120 day period following Scott’s tenure as […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

Jacksonville City Councilwoman Joyce Morgan faces a former two-term Councilman, Bill Bishop, in her re-election bid. After one month of running an active campaign, Morgan, a Democrat representing the Arlington area, has taken the cash lead over the stalled-out operation of Bishop, who is just three years removed from drawing nearly 20 percent citywide in the Mayor’s […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott continued his “Make Washington Work” bus tour Monday morning with a Jacksonville stop. As opposed to a previous stop, which saw Scott change his schedule in apparent aversion to protesters of HB 631, a controversial beach access law that the Governor signed then suspended weeks later, the Jacksonville appearance at Mac Papers on […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

Democrat Tracye Polson is confident in her ability to take what is now a Republican-held seat in House District 15, and that confidence will only be bolstered after the latest financial reports in the race. During the period from Aug. 24 to 31, Polson stretched her lead over Wyman Duggan, a Republican lobbyist whose backing from […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

For the city of Jacksonville, serving a summons on now suspended Councilwoman Katrina Brown apparently takes time. In May, the city filed suit against Brown, a first-term Democratic member of the Council’s Finance Committee, for breach of guaranty, relative to a defaulted loan of $380,000 to the Browns’ family business, CoWealth LLC. [COJ v Katrina Brown]. […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

As Gov. Rick Scott continues to stump for Senate, his influence over policy in the state capital appears to be waning. The latest example of such: incoming Senate President Bill Galvano and the Joint Legislative Budget Commission snubbing Scott’s request to move $58 million from the state’s school safety “guardian program” to hire more campus police officers. “We are less […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

State Sen. Aaron Bean, whose district encompasses Nassau and part of Duval County, crossed the $200,000 cash on hand threshold as of his latest finance report. Bean brought in $2,525 to his campaign account and $6,666 to that of his Florida Conservative Alliance political committee between Aug. 24 – 31. He has just over $100,000 in his campaign […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 8, 2018

Over a week after saying that electing Andrew Gillum governor would “monkey this up,” Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis is still defending his choice of words even on friendly media outlets. Saturday saw the Congressman from Marineland on Fox News Channel with Neil Cavuto, when the longtime host asked DeSantis if he regretted using a turn of phrase […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 8, 2018

Incoming Senate President Bill Galvano, a Bradenton Republican, sees positives in the state’s latest long-range financial outlook, per a memo released Friday. Galvano describes the outlook as “steady and consistent with prior budget and economic snapshots” from recent years, with “modest surpluses in the current and upcoming fiscal year, followed by shortfalls in the out-years that would […]

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Randy DeFoor retains cash lead over Sunny Gettinger in Jacksonville City Council race

New elections complaint for Rick Scott ‘New Republican’ PAC

Jacksonville City Councilwoman Joyce Morgan is establishment choice for re-election

Rick Scott says Democrats want ‘big government socialism’

Tracye Polson builds HD 15 cash lead over flatlining Wyman Duggan

Summons glitch reveals more inconsistencies in Katrina Brown story

Rick Scott ‘very disappointed’ in school safety funding snub

After latest fundraising report, Aaron Bean has $200K on hand for re-election bid

‘Monkey this up’ flap a ‘nothingburger,’ says Ron DeSantis

Bill Galvano upbeat about state budget picture