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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 12, 2016

December fundraising in HD 11 revealed Donnie Horner ahead of the pack, followed by Sheri Treadwell, and four Republicans lagging behind. Horner’s $5,400 December pushed total funds raised up to $89,800. The bulk of his contributions were from Jacksonville attorneys. Horner has spent just over $15,000, including $4,641 in December. $3,912 of that went to Data Targeting. […]

Bill RuftyJanuary 12, 2016

The state of Florida is sitting on a building it cannot sell, but won’t give it to a local municipality which says it needs it. In his final year in the Florida House due to term limits, Winter Haven Republican Rep. John Wood said he and members of the Polk County delegation will be fighting […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 12, 2016

Rep. Matt Caldwell raised more than $18,000 toward his re-election campaign in December, boosting his fundraising totals to more than $135,000 since September 2014. The sum is significant since Caldwell and three other Lee County lawmakers are currently running unopposed. Campaign finance reports, due to the state’s Division of Elections on Monday, show Caldwell raised […]

Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2016

Democratic State Rep. Victor Torres filed Monday to run for the state Senate in the seat that would be vacated by state Sen. Darren Soto, and Torres’ daughter, Democrat Amy Mercado, filed to run to replace her father in the House of Representatives. Torres, completing his second term, was the first to file to run […]

Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2016

The year 2015 ended with little competitive balance in campaign money among Central Florida candidates running for Florida House of Representatives seats as incumbents, when they have any competition at all yet. One exception, in Seminole County’s House District 30 has incumbent Republican state Rep. Bob Cortes raising more than $101,000 for his campaign. Yet […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2016

Ahead of the first Jacksonville City Council reading of the Human Rights Ordinance (HRO) expansion bills, the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality held its second news conference with faith leaders on Monday, a cold day in Springfield’s Klutho Park. The statement that 102 faith leaders of the Abrahamic faiths signed: Love and respect for one’s fellow […]

Drew WilsonJanuary 11, 2016

A Democrat who led protests during the black bear hunting season last year has filed to run for Senate District 11 seat according to Florida Division of Elections records. Real estate investor and former League of Women Voters Vice President Chuck O’Neal filed to run for the seat Jan. 8, just two months after announcing […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2016

Welcome to the Congressional District 6 GOP race, Brandon Patty. One campaign, that of former New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer, has already taken notice. Charles Steen, political director for the Adam Barringer campaign, offered a quote on Monday zinging Patty and his backers for not living in CD 6. “We welcome Brandon Patty to the race and look […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2016

With one candidate having raised just $275 in December, and the other with zero for the seventh month in the past eight, questions swirl about HD 12. Don Redman was your $275 man, and despite a year of active fundraising, he has yet to cross the $10,000 barrier. Richard Clark zeroed out, again, which will […]

Melissa RossJanuary 11, 2016

When Mitt Romney said “Corporations are people, my friend,” at the 2011 Iowa State Fair, Citizens United was just over a year old. That U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing corporate personhood would go on to spark a national grassroots movement that its founders say is winning over both conservatives and liberals, who believe in the idea of […]

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HD 11 money race paced by Donnie Horner, Sheri Treadwell

John Wood says state needs to let go of Nora Mayo Hall

Lee County lawmakers boost their re-election coffers in December

Victor Torres files for state Senate; daughter Amy Mercado for his House seat

Bob Cortes’ impressive campaign cash haul almost matched by Ryan Yadav’s self-loans

Jax faith leaders call for HRO expansion

Bear-hunt activist Chuck O’Neal files as Democrat for SD 11

Adam Barringer CD 6 campaign zings Brandon Patty for not living in district

December fundraising fails to clear up HD 12 picture

“Move to Amend” rolls through Florida with pushback to Citizens United ruling