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A.G. GancarskiMarch 30, 2015

On the Facebook page of Bill Bishop for Mayor, there is a short message: “Join Bill Bishop for a special announcement tomorrow at 3pm on the steps of City Hall at the beautiful St James Building on Hemming Plaza.” There are, of course, three potential outcomes, all of which come with attendant risk. If Bishop […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 30, 2015

Just a week ago, as the Jacksonville First Election approached, I was hearing from people regarding the question of whether or not Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown could clear 50 percent against Lenny Curry, Bill Bishop and Omega Allen. There was a school of thought that his campaign was surging at exactly the right time, and that Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2015

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Another news cycle brings another round of drama to the Northeast Florida LGBT Leadership PAC, whose chairwoman, Carrington Mead, has stepped down amid pressure from other PAC members. They are said to see her as an obstacle to negotiations with the Mayor’s Office to get an executive order protecting LGBT community members from workplace discrimination. Mead […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2015

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With 16 Jacksonville City Council seats up for grabs on Tuesday (three candidates ran unopposed), there were obviously winners and losers to be found across the board. This post will evaluate the five At Large races, looking at who might have outperformed expectations and who didn’t achieve what seemed possible before the election. A separate […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2015

The binary Duval County SOE race between Republican Mike Hogan and Democrat Tracie Davis went Hogan’s way by about a 9-point margin. Despite Hogan besting Davis, who ran her first campaign after 13 years working in the Supervisor of Elections office, including four as deputy supervisor under Republican Jerry Holland, it’s hard to say there were any losers in […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2015

Those who know Jacksonville mayoral candidate Lenny Curry know he leaves very little to chance, and that includes enlisting volunteers well ahead of the May 19 runoff election against Mayor Alvin Brown. In an email sent Thursday, Team Curry lets people know they “are entering the last stretch of our race — a runoff against Mayor […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 26, 2015

As we’ve reported all day, the big news out of the Jacksonville mayoral race is the poll that we commissioned Wednesday concerning the runoff elections for mayor and sheriff. It’s the first poll to address the new reality of the two top-of-the-ticket races. The automated phone poll of 1,076 likely voters from St. Pete Polls, with […]

Melissa RossMarch 26, 2015

Surprising some, Jacksonville is on a new New York Times list showing the metro areas with the largest population of LGBT residents. San Francisco is No. 1 (no surprise), followed by Portland, Ore.; Austin, Texas; and New Orleans. Jacksonville is the only Florida city to make the list, with 4.3 percent of the population falling […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 26, 2015

The Lenny Curry campaign was quick to respond to the St. Pete’s Poll on the Jacksonville mayoral race, but we’re still waiting to hear from the Alvin Brown campaign. “Tuesday night Alvin Brown led by just 4.2. This poll says it’s now 3, and when you factor in undecideds and MOE, it looks like a tie. If you told […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 26, 2015

A new automated phone poll of 1,076 likely voters from St. Pete Polls is the first to address the 2015 Jacksonville runoff election for sheriff and mayor. The poll, with a 3 percent margin of error, shows a tight mayoral race with incumbent Democrat Alvin Brown very slightly ahead of Republican Lenny Curry. It also […]

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Bill Bishop to endorse for Mayor tomorrow?

Loser of the week? Notes on Alvin Brown’s perception problem

Carrington Mead resigns as chair of Jax-area LGBT PAC

Jax At Large council races: winners and losers

In Duval Supervisor of Elections race, there were no losers

Email Insights: Lenny Curry asks for volunteers

Alvin Brown campaign responds to first poll of Jax runoff voters

Jacksonville found to be “gayest” city in Florida

Lenny Curry campaign reacts to Jax runoff election poll

Mayoral race tight in first poll analysis of Jacksonville runoff election