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A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2018

On three separate occasions, U.S. Rep. and GOP candidate for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis co-sponsored Fair Tax legislation. The bill, a favorite in some conservative circles (even as National Review-types such as Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru diverge), would overhaul federal taxation as we know it “by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2018

“Anybody but Charles”: that’s the message from the National Rifle Association regarding former state Rep. Charles McBurney‘s bid for a judgeship in Florida’s 4th Circuit. A mailer in Duval County mailboxes this week reprises a number of charges against McBurney, with the idea of stopping his current electoral bid for a judgeship just as the gun […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2018

Tuesday in Tampa, the Indivisible Project endorsed Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum for Florida Governor. Gillum, a Democrat, has gotten the support of progressive billionaires George Soros and Tom Steyer and his NextGen America. Leah Greenberg, the co-founder of the Indivisible Project, was on hand with national political director Maria Urbina to confer the endorsement. The local Tampa chapter of Indivisible will be […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2018

It remains to be seen if the results of one straw poll in Florida’s 6th Congressional District are predictive of the August ballot, but the campaign that won is trumpeting those results nonetheless. Republican Mike Waltz, with 30 percent of the total vote (65 votes in all), won the poll, finishing ahead of his GOP opponents, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2018

State Rep. Kim Daniels, a first-term Democrat in Northwest Jacksonville’s House District 14, has been fined for filing a campaign finance report late earlier this summer. Daniels missed the deadline for the June 29 report, per the Division of Elections, with the report eventually filed on July 7, resulting in a fine of $450.96. That report […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2018

A poll released Tuesday shows that if the Democratic primary were held today in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, former U.S. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg would defeat both her male opponents. The survey from St. Pete Polls gave Soderberg 30 percent support, more than opponents Steve Sevigny (10 percent) and John Upchurch (13 percent) combined. However, there is still room for movement; 46 […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2018

In yet another sign that the House District 15 bid of Democratic nominee Tracye Polson is getting interest from well outside Jacksonville, the campaign touted on Tuesday an endorsement from a United States Senator. First-term Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen endorsed Polson in the race to succeed outgoing Rep. Jay Fant, citing first-hand knowledge of what the candidate brings […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 23, 2018

The Democratic primary battle in Florida’s 5th Congressional District between U.S. Congressman Al Lawson and former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is heating up. And ICE is one reason why. Last week, Lawson found himself voting with Republicans (and against many Democrats) on a key issue: the future of the controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Lawson was just one of […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 23, 2018

Though controversy has yet to subside over the appointment of Republican Terrance Freeman to a perennially Democratic seat on the Jacksonville City Council, the defense strategy from Freeman and the city of Jacksonville is beginning to coalesce. Brenda Priestly-Jackson, a Democrat and former Duval County School Board chair who was passed up for the appointment to fill […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 23, 2018

The pitched GOP gubernatorial primary battle between Rep. Ron DeSantis and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam increasingly is pivoting on which campaign can malign the other side’s donors. In Jacksonville Saturday morning, DeSantis devoted a lot of time to slamming the sugar industry, a position assumed after over $5 million was devoted to negative ads against the congressman […]

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Adam Putnam, Ron DeSantis camps spar over federal ‘Fair Tax’ bill

For NRA, opposing Charles McBurney for judge is as easy as ABC

Indivisible latest national progressive group to back Andrew Gillum for Governor

Mike Waltz wins Flagler County CD 6 hob nob straw poll

Kim Daniels dinged for late campaign finance report

Survey shows Nancy Soderberg the favorite with CD 6 Dems, though undecideds loom

Chris Van Hollen endorses Tracye Polson in HD 15

ICE heats up primary fight between Al Lawson, Alvin Brown

Defense firms up for Terrance Freeman appointment to Jacksonville City Council

GOP campaigns for governor slam each other over dicey donors