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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 slightly ahead of Republican Lenny Curry. It also shows […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015

The tortuous twists and turns of the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund deal continued in Wednesday night’s Jacksonville City Council meeting, as the latest iteration of the Pension Deal (one that was approved, before a series of revisions from the PFPF and Council, by a 16-3 vote in December) failed to pass. Rejected on […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015

We were the first to report that Republican Jimmy Holderfield, who lost narrowly in Jacksonville’s First Election Tuesday to Mike Williams and Ken Jefferson, is holding off on endorsing either of his opponents at the present time. That said, endorsements now are starting to fall into place. To no one’s surprise who saw their convivial interactions at forums, Lonnie McDonald has […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015

The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce‘s political arm, JAXBIZ, endorsed almost a full slate of candidates in the Jacksonville First Election, and the results were mostly (though not uniformly) positive, with seven candidates winning outright and eight advancing to the May 19 runoff election. The email that the group sent out highlights Mayoral Candidate Lenny Curry and Sheriff hopeful Mike […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015

With Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown advancing to the runoff election, Florida and national Democrats are issuing the expected congratulatory messages. DNC Chair and Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement: “Congratulations to Mayor Alvin Brown on being the top vote-getter in yesterday’s four-way election. I’m particularly pleased by the number of Democrats who participated in […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015

The hotly contested seven-way Jacksonville Sheriff’s Race is down to two candidates now: Democrat Ken Jefferson, who emerged with 37% of the vote, and Republican Mike Williams, the endorsed candidate of Sheriff John Rutherford, who finished in second place with 22% of the vote. The drama of the election was whether Williams or Jimmy Holderfield, the preferred candidate of […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015

Jacksonville’s First Election is now behind us, and with that, we have an opportunity to evaluate the public and internal polling that preceded the Mayoral election. The University of North Florida poll from early March was the public poll that was most cited in the local media, and they polled for both the Mayor’s and Sheriff’s races. […]

Melissa RossMarch 24, 2015

Calling his first-place showing “a great victory,” Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown holds a 5-point lead over challenger Lenny Curry as the two well-funded candidates now advance to a May runoff. Speaking to supporters Tuesday nighty, Brown made a point of emphasizing the bipartisanship of his administration and supporters. “This isn’t about Republicans or Democrats or […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 24, 2015

The fever in the room built all evening and by the time Jacksonville Mayoral candidate Lenny Curry took the stage at about 9, he got the rock star response an electoral winner could expect. And why not? Just hours after many in the Smart Set predicted Mayor Alvin Brown would clear 50 percent to avoid a runoff, […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 24, 2015

With less than three hours until polls close in the Jacksonville “First Election”, it looks like we are approaching parity in terms of party turnout. As of 4:00 PM, the Democrats are still maintaining their advantage, yet the margin (67,005 to 64,621) has tightened since polls opened at 7:00 this morning. If historic trends hold, […]

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First poll of Jax runoff shows Alvin Brown, Ken Jefferson ahead in close races

Bill Bishop, the spiked Jacksonville PFPF deal, and election year politics

Lonnie McDonald endorses Mike Williams for Jax sheriff

Email Insights: Jax Chamber endorsed candidates have “big” Election Night

Email Insights: Dems congratulate Alvin Brown, auguring partisan runoff

Jax Sheriff’s race down to two candidates; Jimmy Holderfield not endorsing

Evaluating the pre-election polls in the Jacksonville mayoral race

Alvin Brown v. Lenny Curry: Takeaways

Lenny Curry surges into May runoff on “GOP Night” in Jax

As final rush to polls commences, Duval Dems hold turnout lead