A.G. Gancarski, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2018

U.S. Congressman Ted Yoho, a quintessential Freedom Caucus Republican, looks poised for re-election to a fourth term from Florida’s 3rd district. There won’t be a fifth. “You can bank on that,” he told us Friday afternoon in Orange Park, after a campaign town hall. But he’s likely not done this year, if metrics are predictive. As […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 20, 2018

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, New Jersey’s best hope for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination, is spending Saturday in Florida. His first stop of the day found him at Edward Waters College in New Town, where he was part of the HBCU’s Homecoming Parade, along with supporters of Florida’s top Democratic candidates: Sen. Bill Nelson and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2018

Suspended Jacksonville City Councilors Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown are staring down a 38-count conspiracy to defraud. The pair is accused of extracting hundreds of thousands of dollars for personal use from a Small Business Administration-backed loan provided for Katrina Brown’s family’s barbecue sauce plant. The two Democratic Council members have presented a united front, maintaining their innocence. Until now. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2018

With early in-person voting beginning as early as Monday in parts of Florida, the two major party gubernatorial candidates believe they will turn out their base. On Friday afternoon, the campaign of Republican Ron DeSantis released its voter engagement numbers, which paint the picture of a campaign that found its moorings in recent weeks after a […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2018

One Democrat who wants to be Florida Governor and another who may want to be United States President will walk together in a Jacksonville parade Saturday morning. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum will be joined by United States Sen. Cory Booker at the Edward Waters College parade. Gillum, who resumed campaigning in Jacksonville on Thursday, will hold his […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum returned to the trail Thursday, his first active campaigning since Hurricane Michael. The Tallahassee Mayor resumed his campaign with a rally at a Jacksonville church, his first of two stops in the city Thursday afternoon, with a fundraiser in between the two public events. It’s not a moment too soon for […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2018

Entrepreneus from the Republican-leaning National Federation of Independent Businesses backed in a letter Friday the tax policies of Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis. This is a chaser to NFIB’s September endorsement of DeSantis, the “clear choice for small business owners in the Governor’s race.” The language, and concerns, were similar: DeSantis will maintain the status quo. And […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2018

Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty, and Washington counties are all still facing existential challenges regarding recovery from Hurricane Michael. On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott rolled out an Executive Order outlining the way forward. Supervisors of elections in the affected counties can extend early voting, beginning next Monday. Poll watchers have until Oct. 26 to […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2018

Gambling concern bestbet is one of Jacksonville’s most politically connected businesses. Its interests were boosted Thursday when the local Chamber of Commerce weighed in against Amendment 3. Per a media release, passing the amendment “will eliminate local voter control and could retroactively unauthorize existing gambling, putting hundreds of jobs in Jacksonville at risk.” The “unnecessary” […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2018

While the race for Governor between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Ron DeSantis is too close to call in public polls, it’s a landslide with law enforcement. The latest example of LEOs leaping to support the Republican: Thursday’s endorsement of DeSantis by the Florida Association of State Troopers. “As a Congressman, Ron DeSantis was a staunch supporter of […]

A.G. Gancarski

Ted Yoho’s final two years could bring drug policy breakthroughs

Cory Booker makes Florida swing for Andrew Gillum, Bill Nelson

Defendants to sever in Jacksonville City Council fraud case

Ron DeSantis, Andrew Gillum both confident in voter engagement

Walk it like they talk it: Andrew Gillum, Cory Booker in Jacksonville parade

After the storm: Andrew Gillum resumes campaigning

‘Don’t turn back the clock’: Republican businesses warn against Gillumnomics

Extended early voting, but no fax or email ballots for storm-ravaged counties

Jax Chamber backs bestbet, balks at Amendment 3

State troopers latest cops to back Ron DeSantis