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A.G. GancarskiAugust 8, 2016

FloridaPolitics.com’s weekly look at State House campaign fundraising in the Jacksonville area races for the state Legislature reveals more spending than donor outreach. **** House District 11: Sheri Treadwell, Cord Byrd, and Donnie Horner are all pretty close in cash-on-hand at this point. Treadwell, the leading fundraiser in this race, has just over $46,000 on hand, with $5,005 raised […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 8, 2016

Robin Hood, Little John, and Maid Marian were nowhere to be found Saturday in Sherwood Forest. To be clear, we’re talking about the Northwest Jacksonville neighborhood … not the fabled fictional hideout. The House District 14 race between Kim Daniels and Leslie Jean-Bart has become increasingly personal with each passing week, but Saturday saw a new milestone. The allegation […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2016

Rep. Corrine Brown opened her Jacksonville campaign headquarters Sunday, but the media was more interested in her federal trial and her other challenges. She delivered hot quotes on that, relating her situation to the trial of Marissa Alexander. “As horrible as this is for me, I’ve learned a lot,” Brown said, saying prosecutors were spending […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2016

“It’s my first day over here,” Rep. Corrine Brown said to our question on Saturday about the challenges of campaigning in Baker County, “but I worked with this region before.” In 1982, elected to the state House, Brown found herself battling Gov. Bob Martinez, who wanted to close the MacClenny hospital, which dealt with psychiatric issues. “We […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 6, 2016

America is the land of second chances. Even for correctional officers fired for getting overly physical with an inmate. Former Nassau County deputy corrections officer Andrew Sasser, fired after pushing and striking an inmate in July 2015, has resurfaced as a political consultant for 4th Circuit State Attorney candidate Wes White. Copblock offered a narrative of the account, pictured […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 6, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has appointed 8th Circuit State Attorney Bill Cervone to investigate Jacksonville Judge Mark Hulsey, claims the candidate running against Hulsey for the seat, toward a potential grand jury investigation. The claim was confirmed by the Governor’s Office Saturday. Judicial candidate Gerald Wilkerson confirmed to FloridaPolitics.com that he was interviewed by Cervone. Hulsey has been under scrutiny by the Judicial Qualifications Commission […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 6, 2016

What if you called a candidate forum and only one candidate came? That was the dilemma the Baker County Press forum encountered Saturday morning, when its forum of candidates in Congressional District 5 was no-showed by all three Democrats, leaving Republican nominee Glo Smith with the crowd of roughly 200 to herself. Rep. Corrine Brown was slated to attend, but with […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 6, 2016

House District 10, which extends from Baker County west past Live Oak, and the Georgia line out to White Springs, is the embodiment of a Blue Dog Democrat district. With 8,000 more Democrats than Republicans, yet a decidedly rural, conservative bent, this is Old Florida. And there are two competitive primaries. Republican incumbent Elizabeth Porter takes […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 5, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry served as master of ceremonies at Wednesday’s Donald Trump event. And though he didn’t have much to say after Trump discussed Jacksonville’s “devastated” economy and businesses looking to leave the First Coast to do business overseas, Curry still got to hear from citizens, who sent messages to his mayoral email account using some of the most pointed language […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 5, 2016

Rep. Corrine Brown is involved in two existential battles: a fight against 22 federal counts related to her allegedly fraudulent charity One Door for Education. And a fight for re-election in a district that has been radically redrawn since her last bid for re-election. Brown is fighting a two-front war. And, unfortunately for her, the […]

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Frontrunners in Jacksonville area State House races maintain positions as July ends

Squabble in Sherwood Forest between HD 14 Democratic campaigns

Corrine Brown: Federal prosecutors ‘make it up as you go’

Corrine Brown makes her play in Baker County

Wes White political consultant was once a cop fired for police brutality

Political opponent says there is open state investigation of Judge Mark Hulsey

Glo Smith says God’s ‘audible voice’ told her to run for Congress

‘Springs are like your liver’: HD 10 hopefuls make their pitches in Baker County

Blistering feedback for Lenny Curry on Donald Trump event

Corrine Brown’s two-front war