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A.G. GancarskiNovember 5, 2018

On Monday, plaintiff Marta Madera (on behalf of a variety of activist groups) sought an emergency ruling on Duval County’s failure to provide sample Spanish-language ballots at Early Voting sites. The filing was in the Northern District of Florida, as the failure of Duval to provide such ballots contravened a September preliminary injunction requiring such. The order […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 5, 2018

Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis made his first of five stops Monday morning in Jacksonville with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, in an attempt to drive up election day vote. The visit was especially pivotal given a Democratic lead statewide in ballots cast, including an almost 13,000 ballot lead in Duval County as of the end of voting […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 5, 2018

The two Congressmen representing Jacksonville, Democrat Al Lawson and Republican John Rutherford, have become friends in the last two years. Lawson, whose 5th Congressional District sprawls from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, emphasizes working across the aisle, and in a Republican-held House that has been a useful strategy, especially for the Republican power structure that controls Jacksonville at […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 4, 2018

The Rev. Jesse Jackson decades back was a transformative Democratic candidate for President. Those days are gone, but he’s still working to GOTV. Sunday’s iteration is in Jacksonville. Jackson’s visit has a different vibe than his 2016 visit. While he was hopeful that early voting turnout was juiced, local Democrats on hand were less optimistic, a pessimism […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2018

Florida’s 6th Congressional District, most recently represented by Ron DeSantis, has become a swing district in the most recent election. Democrat Nancy Soderberg and Republican Mike Waltz have, between them, raised more than $5 million for this race in the Daytona-centric district. Soderberg alone hauled in more than $3 million. To the end, the candidates have been raising […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is the only former Republican Party of Florida chair (so far) to run the Northeast Florida city, and Curry’s platform has proven useful to candidates from outside the area. In 2016, when then-candidate Donald Trump rallied in the city, Curry served as an emcee for a portion of the program. Earlier in 2018, […]

Phil AmmannNovember 2, 2018

Election Day is in sight, in Northeast Florida and everywhere else, and we preview the competitive races, as well as the ones decided shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday. For Jacksonville, a lot is riding on this. Mayor Lenny Curry and Sheriff Mike Williams invested real political capital in the gubernatorial campaign of Ron DeSantis. Win, […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 1, 2018

The increasingly expensive race in Westside Jacksonville’s swingy House District 15 is all but over, but Republican Wyman Duggan has a final message for voters. That message, per his latest mailpiece: That “liberal” Tracye Polson has donated to “liberal politicians” like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Bill Nelson. And, what’s more, that she “hosted campaign fundraisers IN HER OWN […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 1, 2018

With days left in state Rep. Jason Fischer‘s re-election bid in House District 16, the Jacksonville Republican scored an endorsement from a former Speaker of that body: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. This is Rubio’s only endorsement in the region this cycle for state House races. “Jason Fischer is a principled conservative who has delivered real results for […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 31, 2018

Both candidates in the November election for Duval County Tax Collector are attempting political comebacks. However, just one has statewide support when it comes to late-game fundraising. Democrat Mia Jones, CEO of Agape Health Services, was formerly on the Jacksonville City Council and a member of the Florida House, rising to Democratic Leader pro tempore in 2014-16. Now, in […]

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No Spanish language sample ballots in Duval County, claims legal filing

Crunch time: Ron DeSantis, Marco Rubio stump to Jacksonville GOP diehards

Al Lawson, John Rutherford expect radical change after House flip

Bringing it home: Jacksonville GOTV Sunday for Jesse Jackson

The race to replace Ron DeSantis in Congress cost $5M

Lenny Curry talks GOP prospects as election nears

Jacksonville Bold for 11.2.18 — Can Jax afford Andrew Gillum?

Direct mail round-up: ‘Liberal’ Tracye Polson has ‘liberal’ friends and ‘liberal’ donors

‘Principled conservative’: Marco Rubio endorses Jason Fischer re-election

Nikki Fried, GOP money buoy Mia Jones in Duval County Tax Collector race