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A.G. GancarskiJuly 16, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott, who collected an endorsement from the National Federation for Independent Businesses in Jacksonville Monday, addressed the controversial appointment of Terrance Freeman to the Jacksonville City Council. Days after the appointment, questions about Freeman’s residency and when the appointment took effect continued to resonate. Freeman was appointed on Tuesday by Gov. Scott, per Communications Director John […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 16, 2018

U.S. Congressman John Rutherford, if cash-on-hand is any indication, will cruise to re-election in Florida’s 4th Congressional District. The first-term Jacksonville Republican raised $106,447 in Q2, spending $46,730, and ended Q2 with $360,466 on hand. Rutherford got checks from a variety of Jacksonville businessmen, such as former Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver, as well as corporate citizens, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 16, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham is finally going up on television in Jacksonville and West Palm Beach. Per a media release from her campaign: “The new ad, ‘Lessons,’ introduces Graham as a mother, former PTA president, congresswoman, and daughter of popular former Governor and Senator Bob Graham. Like her previous ads, the new spot contrasts 20 […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 16, 2018

On Monday morning, as District 10 Republican Jacksonville City Councilman Terrance Freeman settled in for his first committee meeting after being named last week to the board, a group of Duval County Democrats is asking for emergency relief from Gov. Rick Scott‘s appointment. If granted, that relief would stop Freeman from taking action as a councilman until legal […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 16, 2018

Hot on the campaign trail for Florida Governor, Philip Levine offers a political truism: Six weeks can be “an eternity.” Anything can happen. Firmly in the top-tier of Democratic hopefuls in the race, the former Miami Beach mayor swung through Jacksonville over the weekend, part of a three-city tour of the state. Saturday afternoon, Levine met with […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 16, 2018

Almost a year after the events in Charlottesville led former Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche to urge an inventory and potential relocation of Jacksonville’s Confederate monuments and markers. a seven-person committee on that body will mull “historical remembrance.” “As we continue to have a dialogue about long-term planning for our city’s future, it is essential […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 14, 2018

Friday the 13th was an unlucky day for former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown. His Q2 fundraising was $165,000, a modest number compared to many Democratic campaigns, and a seeming letdown, given Brown’s active courtship of Jacksonville money. Brown, running for the Democratic nomination in Florida’s 5th Congressional District, only had to walk a few blocks from his […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 13, 2018

Just before the end of candidate qualifying, incumbent state Rep. Kim Daniels drew a primary challenge for her House District 14 seat from Duval County School Board chair Paula Wright. Daniels, a first-term lawmaker from Jacksonville, answered the challenge with her best fundraising of the cycle in the two weeks between June 22 and July 6: $26,412, bringing […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 13, 2018

State Sen. Audrey Gibson is the most prominent Jacksonville Democrat thus far to weigh in against the appointment of a Republican (Terrance Freeman) to represent a historically Democratic Jacksonville City Council seat. Six weeks ago, Councilman Reggie Brown was indicted, along with colleague Katrina Brown, for a scheme to defraud, via misappropriated economic development funds. The two were […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 13, 2018

In Florida’s 5th Congressional District, the Democratic primary is continuing to heat up. Hours before a Friday evening co-appearance in Jacksonville of incumbent U.S. Rep. Al Lawson and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Lawson’s primary opponent — former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown — issued a statement decrying algae blooms in the St. Johns River, and linking Lawson to […]

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Murkiness still surrounds precise timing of Terrance Freeman appointment to Council

John Rutherford dominates Democratic challenger in CD 4 money race

Gwen Graham buys TV time in Jacksonville, West Palm Beach

Duval Dems move to remove Terrance Freeman from Jacksonville City Council

Philip Levine: In politics, six weeks is ‘eternity’

Jacksonville City Council special committee to mull ‘historical remembrance’

Nancy Pelosi endorses Al Lawson’s re-election — in Alvin Brown’s hometown

GOP interests, donors power Democrat Kim Daniels fundraising in HD 14

Audrey Gibson decries ‘shenanigans’ around Terrance Freeman Jacksonville City Council appointment

Alvin Brown decries algae blooms, says Al Lawson is a Big Sugar pawn