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A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2018

Sen. Bill Nelson has consistently said that he would ramp up his advertising after the primary election, and on cue comes what his campaign is billing as a “massive” ad buy. The campaign is feisty, noting that “Nelson’s launching the ads after Rick Scott and his allies wasted over $40 million attacking him on TV without changing the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2018

After a weekend bookended by high-profile mass shootings after a high-school football game and a Madden video game tournament, Jacksonville leaders are looking for solutions. One such solution was advanced Wednesday in a meeting of City Council members and non-profit leaders: budget enhancements in the form of grants for organizations devoted to prevention and intervention. The Mayor’s Office […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2018

Tuesday was very arguably a mixed bag for Mayor Lenny Curry‘s political interests, as endorsements of Frank White and Baxter Troutman in the AG and Ag Commissioner races went for naught. However, many of the big bets Curry made paid off. And the remaining ones will show the strength of his political operation if they pay off … and […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2018

Results are coming in from Florida’s 6th Congressional District, and the general election to succeed Rep. Ron DeSantis will be a battle between Democratic candidate Ambassador Nancy Soderberg and Republican nominee Mike Waltz, a former Green Beret, White House senior staffer, and current military contractor and Fox News commentator. In the Democratic primary, Soderberg downed Ormond Beach […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2018

U.S. Rep. Al Lawson won the Democratic primary Tuesday for Florida’s 5th Congressional District. Lawson held off former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown’s challenge in Duval, only losing there by roughly 20 points, while racking up prohibitively strong margins out west. Lawson won all seven other counties in the district. Lawson won in total 60 percent to […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2018

In the hottest primary race of all of the Jacksonville area state House battles, lawyer/lobbyist Wyman Duggan won Tuesday over yacht broker Mark Zeigler and Joseph Hogan (son of Elections Supervisor Mike Hogan), in the GOP primary to succeed Rep. Jay Fant in House District 15. Duggan, supported by the Jacksonville establishment (including multiple ads featuring […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2018

Voting machine issues are cropping up in Jacksonville precincts as Election Day continues. And “unscanned ballots,” some worry, may add drama to the count this evening. The problem: the width of some ballots, mostly but not exclusively NPA, is too broad for the tabulation machine. However, Supervisor of Elections Mike Hogan expressed confidence, saying the size […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2018

Those who cover Gov. Rick Scott have long since committed to memory his stories of overcoming childhood adversity to become Governor of the state. His latest ad, already running throughout the state, spotlights that story about Scott, the likely Republican nominee for U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson. It includes references to Scott growing up in […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2018

Mercifully, primary Election Day is upon us in Northeast Florida, the culmination of months of spirited campaigning, big time spending, and the occasional calumny or two. And now that it’s finally Tuesday, we will see the resolution of a number of narratives that have percolated for these many months. Moving from the top of the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 27, 2018

Some enthusiasm still exists in Jacksonville’s City Hall when it comes to expanding the use of jail inmates for municipal work projects. As we reported earlier this year, Jacksonville City Council members were examining the concept of using inmate work crews for remediation of municipal blight, even as prison strikes call attention nationally to what can […]

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‘Massive’ ad buy signals new phase of Bill Nelson re-election bid

Jacksonville seeks fresh thinking after high-profile weekend killings

November will tell the tale of the strength of the Lenny Curry ‘machine’

Nancy Soderberg, Mike Waltz emerge from crowded CD 6 primaries

Al Lawson downs Alvin Brown in Democratic primary

Wyman Duggan, Kim Daniels, Aaron Bean, Cord Byrd win Jacksonville primaries

Duval County vote count could have ‘delay’ after ballot size snafu

Rick Scott spotlights childhood adversity in latest ad

Northeast Florida primary narratives poised for resolution

Jacksonville continues to mull expanded inmate work crews