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A.G. GancarskiMay 14, 2015

As of early Thursday afternoon, nearly 82,000 votes had been cast so far in the Jacksonville runoff election. The Democrats have about a 1,000-vote lead in raw turnout. The polls are all over the place. Internal polls have Lenny Curry up by as many as 6 points, and other polls have Alvin Brown up by a […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 14, 2015

On Thursday morning at J. Gardner Nip Sams Park in Northwest Jacksonville, Mayor Alvin Brown announced two anti-crime initiatives he hopes will combine to limit crime locally this summer. The first initiative: an expansion of the Rec N’ Roll Jax program from eight parks last year to 18 this year. Nip Sams Park is one […]

Phil AmmannMay 14, 2015

As Florida’s fastest growing demographic, the Hispanic vote is often the start – and end – of just about every discussion about politics in the Sunshine State. No matter how crucial that electorate is, strategist Steve Schale cautions that Hispanics are not a “silver bullet,” especially for Democrats. Schale’s latest blog post is the first […]

Mitch PerryMay 14, 2015

David Jolly says he’s excited to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, but confesses he’s still considering entering the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2016. “I would be happy to see the field develop in a way that there was a candidate that I knew I could fully […]

Mitch PerryMay 14, 2015

Marco Rubio is being lauded in some quarters Thursday morning for the way he handled the inevitable question on Iraq that was posed by Charlie Rose at the Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday afternoon. “Not only would I not have been in favor of it, President Bush would not have been in favor of […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2015

The second of three debates between Jacksonville Sheriff’s Candidates Ken Jefferson and Mike Williams, held at Jacksonville University on Wednesday evening, is likely to be the most widely viewed of the three debates. The first one, held a week prior at First Coast News, saw Jefferson on the defensive quite often as the 30 minute discussion veered […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 13, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott has been on a tear lately, shooting off a series of letters to the feds. In the last two days, the governor sent letters to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding Florida’s strained relations with the federal government. Scott sent the VA’s McDonald a letter on Wednesday thanking him […]

Guest AuthorMay 13, 2015

Jeb Bush gave a speech last week that should have received more attention that it did in the 24-7 news cycle. Bush incorporated two important tenets in his message that can unite divergent voters to vote Republican in 2016: the preservation of basic religious freedom within the traditional conservative argument against big government. The former […]

Daniel TilsonMay 13, 2015

President Lyndon Johnson publicly declared “War On Poverty” in 1964. In 2011, Rick Scott took office as Florida governor and began waging secretive, undeclared war on Florida’s poor. Haunted by his own underprivileged upbringing and defined by the drive to overcome it and get rich at any cost, Scott swooped into office in January 2011 […]

Guest AuthorMay 13, 2015

One hundred years ago this month, Babe Ruth strode to the plate and cracked his first major league home run. Twenty years later he would hit No. 714, a milestone that would stand for generations. Over the course of two decades, George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. transformed America’s national pastime from a game of speed into […]

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Could 3rd Jax mayoral debate decide election?

Alvin Brown rolls out anti-crime initiatives

Analysis: What’s up with Florida’s Hispanic vote?

David Jolly’s dilemma: Unimpressed by GOP Senate field, no desire to leave House

Mitch Perry Report for 5.14.15 — Foreign policy fun with Jeb and Marco

A turning point in the Jax Sheriff campaign? Ken Jefferson makes his populist case

Rick Scott puts health care possibilities to HHS chief

Steven Kurlander: Jeb Bush erecting a big revival tent with GOP Christian message

Daniel Tilson: Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Republicans are winning 'War On The Poor'

Richard Crepeau: The clout of Babe Ruth's first homer still felt 100 years later