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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 11, 2018

After the August primary, the race for Duval County tax collector is now a binary affair, with Democrat Mia Jones and Republican Jim Overton headed for a November clash. While Jones enjoyed a strong plurality (46 percent) of the August vote (as the sole Democrat in the race), Overton barely emerged from a field of three Republicans, […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 11, 2018

Former Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, the Democratic nominee in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, continues to build a fundraising advantage after last month’s primary. Soderberg’s campaign crossed the $2 million threshold on the strength of over 7,500 contributions this election cycle, a campaign release trumpeted Monday. “We continue to be blown away by the grassroots support driving our […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 11, 2018

In the race to succeed Republican Jim Love on the Jacksonville City Council, Love’s fellow Republican Randy DeFoor retained her cash on hand lead after August receipts. But in what could be a preview of a runoff election, Democrat Sunny Gettinger is keeping pace. As of the end of August, DeFoor had roughly $145,000 on hand between her […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

Jacksonville City Councilwoman Joyce Morgan faces a former two-term Councilman, Bill Bishop, in her re-election bid. After one month of running an active campaign, Morgan, a Democrat representing the Arlington area, has taken the cash lead over the stalled-out operation of Bishop, who is just three years removed from drawing nearly 20 percent citywide in the Mayor’s […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

Democrat Tracye Polson is confident in her ability to take what is now a Republican-held seat in House District 15, and that confidence will only be bolstered after the latest financial reports in the race. During the period from Aug. 24 to 31, Polson stretched her lead over Wyman Duggan, a Republican lobbyist whose backing from […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

For the city of Jacksonville, serving a summons on now suspended Councilwoman Katrina Brown apparently takes time. In May, the city filed suit against Brown, a first-term Democratic member of the Council’s Finance Committee, for breach of guaranty, relative to a defaulted loan of $380,000 to the Browns’ family business, CoWealth LLC. [COJ v Katrina Brown]. […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 10, 2018

A new poll from Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, the Democratic nominee in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, shows her within one point of Republican Mike Waltz in a district Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2016. The poll was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and showed Waltz earning 47 percent of the vote to Soderberg’s 46 […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

State Sen. Aaron Bean, whose district encompasses Nassau and part of Duval County, crossed the $200,000 cash on hand threshold as of his latest finance report. Bean brought in $2,525 to his campaign account and $6,666 to that of his Florida Conservative Alliance political committee between Aug. 24 – 31. He has just over $100,000 in his campaign […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 7, 2018

State Rep. Jason Fischer, a first-term Republican from Jacksonville, faces a general election challenge — and judging from the first week of post-primary fundraising, he takes it seriously. Between his campaign account and that of his political committee, Conservative Solutions for Jacksonville, Fischer brought in $11,000 in the week leading up to Aug. 31, giving him roughly […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 7, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has raised over $2.5 million for his re-election bid next year, after $221,000 in August receipts between his campaign account and that of his Jacksonville on the Rise political committee. Curry’s campaign account took in $33,000 of that number; it now has $428,730 raised, with over $414,000 on hand. The committee raked in […]

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Anna Maria Island home after Hurricane Milton.

Jim Overton leads Duval Tax Collector cash race

Nancy Soderberg touts big fundraising, poll momentum in Congressional bid

Randy DeFoor retains cash lead over Sunny Gettinger in Jacksonville City Council race

Jacksonville City Councilwoman Joyce Morgan is establishment choice for re-election

Tracye Polson builds HD 15 cash lead over flatlining Wyman Duggan

Summons glitch reveals more inconsistencies in Katrina Brown story

Poll: Nancy Soderberg neck and neck with Mike Waltz

After latest fundraising report, Aaron Bean has $200K on hand for re-election bid

Jason Fischer kicks off general election with $11K one-week fundraising

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry over $2.5M raised for re-election bid