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A.G. GancarskiJuly 20, 2018

Cannabis concerns and the sugar industry were among the contributors to Sen. Rob Bradley’s Working for Florida’s Families political committee, which brought in $125,000 last week. Surterra Texas, a cannabis company doing business in Florida’s medical marijuana program, ponied up $25,000 to the committee of the head of Senate Appropriations. U.S. Sugar dropped in another […]

Staff ReportsJuly 20, 2018

In this market, we periodically hear remarks about fundraising reports. Often, people seek publicity for candidates who do not have the slightest interest in raising money. It’s hard for media to garner interest in a candidate who has no clue on how to target (or even reach) a constituency. Others wonder why there are so […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 20, 2018

The Northeast Florida Builders’ Association released a raft of endorsements for state House and Senate Thursday, choosing incumbents in every regional race but two. NEFBA went with a Democratic primary challenger, Paula Wright, over incumbent Kim Daniels in House District 14. This could boost Wright’s insurgent bid, one where Daniels has a 10-1 cash on hand advantage […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018

Constituents in Jacksonville City Council District 10 had an opportunity Thursday to meet the man Gov. Rick Scott appointed to represent them. Terrance Freeman, a Republican who up until last week lived in Mandarin in southern Duval County, met his new constituents (in a 19 percent Republican district) at the Legends Center, at the same location suspended […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018

Staff, including reporters, photographers, copy editors and desk editors at the Florida Times-Union, voted Thursday to unionize the newsroom, under the NewsGuild-CWA. The next move: Staff will begin negotiating a contract with GateHouse Media. Two other GateHouse shops at the Lakeland Ledger and Sarasota Herald-Tribune have already organized. Longtime reporter Steve Patterson noted previously that the newsroom has “lost […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018

The Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police endorsed reliable career politicians Thursday for countywide offices. Jacksonville City Councilman Doyle Carter got the nod for Duval County tax collector besting fellow Republicans Lake Ray and Jim Overton and Democrat Mia Jones. And Jerry Holland will be backed by the blue in his reelection bid for Duval property appraiser, a cakewalk race against […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry defends the way Terrance Freeman, a Republican, was appointed to represent the city’s predominately Democratic Council District 10. Curry said he had nothing personally to do with Freeman’s selection. Gov. Rick Scott last week picked Freeman to replace District 10’s suspended federal indictee Reggie Brown. The governor also picked Democrat Ju’Coby Pittman to replace suspended Katrina Brown in […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 18, 2018

A prominent national group supporting the election of military veterans to public office weighed into a Jacksonville City Council race Wednesday. VoteVets, a self-styled “progressive” group that touts endorsements of both Democrats and Republicans, backs Democrat Jimmy Peluso in Jacksonville City Council District 14. “Having our veterans represented in office could not be more critical than […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 18, 2018

With the Republican primary just six weeks away, candidate Wyman Duggan released the first television ad in the competitive three-way GOP primary in House District 15. Central to the ad: one of his key supporters, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. Curry vouches for “principled conservative” Duggan, stressing the importance of “having conservatives we can trust fighting for our […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 17, 2018

After two quarters, former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is behind incumbent U.S. Rep. Al Lawson in the money race in Florida’s 5th Congressional District. Brown announced Friday that he had raised over $165,000 in Q2, and had $144,360 cash-on-hand. Lawson, per his FEC report, kept pace with $136,514 raised — and more importantly, holds the COH edge […]

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St. Petersburg City Hall. Image via WikiCommons.

Rob Bradley’s political committee added $125,000 last week

Jacksonville Bold for 7.20.18 — Cash is king.

Northeast Florida builders back Paula Wright, Wyman Duggan for Florida House

Tough crowd: Constituents hammer newly appointed Jacksonville City Councilman Terrance Freeman

Florida Times-Union newsroom unionizes, third Florida GateHouse property to do so

Jacksonville police union backs Doyle Carter, Jerry Holland in county races

Lenny Curry defends Terrance Freeman’s appointment to Jacksonville City Council by Rick Scott

Vets group backs Jimmy Peluso for Jacksonville City Council

Who you know: Wyman Duggan ad highlights Lenny Curry connection

GOP money on both sides of CD 5 Dem primary between Al Lawson, Alvin Brown