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A.G. GancarskiAugust 27, 2018

According to the final poll of the Democratic race for governor, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine has faded with voters, down by 10 with a day left to go. However, polls weren’t driving his itinerary for at least part of Monday. In the wake of a weekend bookended by high-profile mass shootings after a high-school football game Friday […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 27, 2018

According to the final poll of the Democratic race for Governor, Gwen Graham looks poised to be the nominee. While a seven-point poll lead on election eve would normally be cause for celebration, Graham on Monday was considering Duval County’s desolation after a weekend bookended by high-profile mass shootings after a high-school football game Friday night and […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 26, 2018

One of the most competitive races on a Jacksonville ballot Tuesday: HD 14’s Democratic two-way between challenger Paula Wright and incumbent Kim Daniels. Notable: this is an open primary, so Republicans and NPAs can vote — and on both sides, GOP donors are expressing preferences. Wright, backed by establishment Democrats (Sen. Audrey Gibson, state Rep. Tracie Davis, and Jacksonville City […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 26, 2018

Months back, former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown launched a Democratic primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Al Lawson. The idea was to take back a “Jacksonville seat” from the Tallahassee Democrat — U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown lost to Lawson, months before an even more catastrophic loss (numerous guilty verdicts in a federal fraud trial). The laconic Lawson was blunt […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 25, 2018

A triple shooting in Jacksonville at a football game between Lee and Raines High Schools left one dead, two wounded, and brought forth lamentations of the violence that seem all too familiar. With the amount of people there, we should have many witnesses. If you heard chatter, observed anything, please contact JSO at 904-630-0500 or […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 25, 2018

After an interesting summer in both parties’ primaries in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, some clarity in the cash race has emerged as early voting continues. And after the pre-primary reports were released Aug. 8, it was clear that the fundraising headed up to the primary reflected the realities of how the field is shaking out, […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 24, 2018

Though Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam faces a sizable deficit in our latest poll of the GOP Governor’s race against U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, sources familiar with the campaign’s thinking relate that Putnam has a short list of five potential Lt. Gov. picks, all of whom are Republican women. Topping the list: Attorney General Pam Bondi, one of Putnam’s highest-profile […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 24, 2018

The three-way Republican race in Westside Jacksonville’s House District 15 between Wyman Duggan, Joseph Hogan, and Mark Zeigler started slowly. But with Early Voting wrapping up this weekend, the race has devolved into a series of recriminations and character assassinations, with two relatively underfunded candidates scoring some hits against the candidate backed by pillars of the Jacksonville Establishment ranging […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 24, 2018

Former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, per recent polling of the Democratic side of the Florida Governor’s race, is in the game as Early Voting wraps up in just two days. A recent tracking poll from SEA Polling and Strategic Design, shows Levine leading former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham 26 percent to 25 percent among all Democrats […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 24, 2018

The Latin Builders Association endorsed Gov. Rick Scott for Senate Friday in Coral Gables, lending the imprimatur of a group 7,500 members strong. Per a statement from the Scott campaign, tax cuts and the elimination of so-called “burdensome regulations” drove the endorsement. Eric Montes de Oca, President of the Latin Builders Association, lauded “Scott’s commitment to […]

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‘Pissed off’ Philip Levine slams NRA, no-show Republicans after Jacksonville weekend carnage

‘Your time is over’: Gwen Graham’s message to NRA’s Marion Hammer

GOP cash factors into HD 14 Dem primary war between Paula Wright, Kim Daniels

Down 20 points in polls, Alvin Brown rallies his Jacksonville base

Democratic gubernatorial candidates decry triple-shooting at Jacksonville high school

Frontrunners emerge in race to replace Ron DeSantis: Nancy Soderberg, Mike Waltz lead in cash, polls

Pam Bondi atop list of LG possibilities for Adam Putnam, say sources familiar

HD 15 Republicans slog through brutal primary, with strong Democrat awaiting in general

Philip Levine confident during final Early Voting push

Latin Builders back Rick Scott Senate bid