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A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2017

October brought big scores to some Northeast Florida campaigns and committees. Here’s the seat-by-seat rundown. State Senate Senate District 4’s Republican incumbent Aaron Bean brought home the bucks. October saw $36,000 come into Bean’s coffers: $24,000 to his campaign account, and another $12,000 to his committee, “Florida Conservative Alliance.” All told, Bean has roughly $78,000 […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2017

Two recently-filed Republican candidates for Jacksonville City Council seats set the pace for the growing field of hopefuls in October. ____ The biggest haul: District 5 hopeful LeAnna Cumber, who brought in $101,775 last month in her bid to succeed termed-out Lori Boyer. While $12,000 of Cumber’s receipts came from a personal loan, Cumber’s support came from […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2017

It looks like there will be a competitive race for the Jacksonville City Council District 14 seat after all. Last month saw Earl Testy file as the second Republican in the field, joining Randy DeFoor in the race to succeed Jim Love in the district that runs from Riverside through Avondale and Ortega toward NAS […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 12, 2017

While Corrine Brown, Ronnie Simmons and Carla Wiley have sentencing hearings this week in federal court, their fates won’t be known until December 4. The Court will take what is heard in the hearing “under advisement and will reconvene on Monday, December 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m..” Brown also now faces a hard limit on character witness speaking […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 11, 2017

When it comes to proper sentencing for 18 felony counts related to wire and mail fraud, tax evasion, and fallacious financial disclosures, the feds may want prison, but Corrine Brown wants “restorative justice.” A 19-page sentencing memorandum, one which may have benefited from a robust round of copy editing, contends that Brown’s good works should exonerate […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 10, 2017

The race to replace Rep. Jay Fant in Jacksonville’s House District 15 comes down, as of now, to Democrat Tracye Polson and Republican Wyman Duggan. Both have no primary opposition yet. And both are amassing strong nest eggs for the path forward. Polson presents a legitimate Democratic candidate in a seat that didn’t see a Democrat run in […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 10, 2017

October was a good month for incumbent House District 19 Rep. Bobby Payne. His primary opponent withdrew, a Libertarian opponent’s questionable past surfaced, and he almost doubled his cash on hand. Payne raised $25,300 total; all told, he has raised $55,346 this cycle, and has almost $52,000 cash on hand. Payne’s contributions mostly come from donors […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 10, 2017

Whispers about a primary challenge to Jacksonville Republican State Rep. Jason Fischer have abated, yet the first-term legislator continues to rake in the bucks. Fischer cleared over $17,000 in October, between his campaign account and that of his political committee, “Conservative Solutions for Jacksonville.” Fischer has almost $62,000 cash on hand, with over $28,000 in the […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 10, 2017

Sen. Aaron Bean faces no 2018 ballot opposition for his Jacksonville area Senate seat, yet the Republican continues raising money anyway. October saw $36,000 come into Bean’s coffers: $24,000 to his campaign account, and another $12,000 to his committee, “Florida Conservative Alliance.” All told, Bean has roughly $78,000 of hard money, and $102,000 in committee coffers: […]

Phil AmmannNovember 10, 2017

Northeast Florida is winning — bigly. Check the scoreboard. Or read the articles in this week’s edition. The next leader of the Senate Democrats — Jacksonville’s own Audrey Gibson. The new budget chief in the Senate — Fleming Island’s own Rob Bradley. And yeah, there were … things … that happened … to allow both […]

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The port strike is over — Christmas is saved! Image via AP.

NE Florida fundraising round-up: Paul Renner shines; HD 15 is competitive

LeAnna Cumber, Rory Diamond pace October fundraising in Jax City Council races

Second Republican, Earl Testy, files for Jax Council District 14 seat

Corrine Brown witnesses limited Thursday; December sentencing for ‘One Door’ 3

‘Restorative justice’, probation: Corrine Brown’s sentencing goal

Tight money race to replace Jay Fant in HD 15

Bobby Payne hauls in $25K for HD 19 re-elect bid

Jason Fischer rakes in $17K in October

$36K October fundraising for unopposed Aaron Bean

Jacksonville Bold for 11.10.17 — November reign