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A.G. GancarskiAugust 20, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry made another late-game endorsement in a statewide race Monday, backing Rep. Baxter Troutman for Agriculture Commissioner. This endorsement indicates the value of relationships. Curry’s chief of staff Brian Hughes had been running the Troutman campaign before Hughes took a city job. Now, the operation is run by another Jacksonville op, Carlo Fassi. The timing of the endorsement’s […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 20, 2018

The Democratic race in House District 14 between incumbent Rep. Kim Daniels and Duval County School Board chair Paula Wright continues to get more interesting as the primary approaches. Wright, whose campaign account fundraising has been lackluster ($25,085 raised through Aug. 10; just over $12,000 on hand) is enjoying a television ad buy from the New Direction Now […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2018

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In St. Augustine Friday, Gov. Rick Scott promoted the latest jobs numbers. “The private sector,” said Scott, “has created 26,000 new jobs. We have added 211,000 jobs in the last 12 months … almost 1.6 million private sector jobs” in the last 7½ years. Noting that unemployment is now 3.7 percent, Scott said Florida’s job growth rate […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2018

State Rep. Tracie Davis and former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown both ran, and lost, as Democrats on the Duval ballot in 2015. Davis lost her elections supervisor race in March; Brown lost the mayorship in May. That link, however, was not enough for Davis to endorse Brown for Congress. On Friday, she broke with her fellow […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2018

As primary opponent Andrew Gillum stumps with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Gwen Graham is reminding Democratic voters of her own progressive bona fides ahead of a South Florida GOTV tour with teachers. A media release from Graham’s campaign says a new ad spotlights Graham’s positions on “Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, Clean Energy — after defeating the NRA and a Republican incumbent.” […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott‘s finances continue to be a focus this summer, as the Governor runs for Senate. The latest revelations came from the Miami Herald this week, which reported that Scott, who killed Florida’s chance at federally funded high-speed rail early in his term, has investments in a credit fund run by the parent company of All […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2018

An ongoing narrative this election season is Sen. Bill Nelson‘s claims that Russians are interfering in Florida elections. Nelson, at varying points, has claimed that “Russians are in the records” of local supervisors of elections, and that they are “continuing” with tactics employed in 2016. Nelson’s likely opponent in the Senate general election, Gov. Rick Scott, and […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 16, 2018

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis snagged three new gubernatorial endorsements Thursday from Brevard County, as the Northeast Florida Congressman continues to build momentum during GOP primary early voting. Sen. Debbie Mayfield, Rep. Randy Fine and County Commissioner John Tobia endorsed after a roundtable regarding algae blooms in the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon. Mayfield noted that “Ron is a […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 16, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis visited an afterschool program in Jacksonville Thursday, and even before the formal endorsement, Curry made it clear he aligned with DeSantis. At one point during the tour, he used the phrase “brothers from a different mother.” Curry, during a subsequent media availability, removed all suspense and endorsed […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 16, 2018

In the GOP campaign for Governor, it wasn’t too long ago that Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam was left for dead. Putnam suffered what appeared to be a mortal wound when President Donald Trump came to Florida for U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis. And then there were polls showing DeSantis up by 20 points. Some discussed the idea of Putnam […]

A.G. Gancarski

Lenny Curry backs Baxter Troutman for Ag Commissioner

Grab the popcorn: Kim Daniels, Paula Wright race heats up

Rick Scott rejects claims that job growth is predominately in low-wage sectors

Tracie Davis says Al Lawson is ‘the right man’ in CD5

Gwen Graham touts progressive bona fides in latest ad

Rick Scott says conflict of interest claims regarding All Aboard Florida are ‘absurd’

On Russian election interference claims, Rick Scott wants Bill Nelson to ‘come clean’

Ron DeSantis snags Brevard endorsements from Debbie Mayfield, Randy Fine

‘Brothers from a different mother’: Lenny Curry endorses Ron DeSantis

‘The old he-coon walks’: Adam Putnam channels Lawton Chiles in Lake City