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A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2015

On Monday morning, the United Christians of Florida announced its endorsements in the 2015 Duval County, Jacksonville city elections. Missing from that docket: recommendations in the mayoral race and in At Large Group 1. The group endorsed Mike Williams for sheriff, Geoff Youngblood and Sam Newby for At Large Groups 3 and 5, and Mike Anania, Al Ferraro, Reggie Gaffney, and Pat Lockett-Felder in […]

Mitch PerryMay 4, 2015

Plant City Republican Josh Burgin, who been on the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) since February 2012, said Monday that he will leave the agency on July 1 to pursue a degree at the Harvard School of Government. “Three years ago, you gave me a specific charge to ‘protect the taxpayer,'” Burgin wrote last […]

Ryan RayMay 4, 2015

Southwest Florida businessman Gary Price announced on Monday that he will seek the District 23 Senate seat being vacated by the departure of Garrett Richter due to term limits. In an exclusive conversation with SaintPetersBlog, Price said he will look to leverage his extensive municipal government background – he served on the Naples City Commission for […]

Melissa RossMay 4, 2015

As early voting gets under way in Duval County, the Orlando-based Florida Family Action PAC has sent out a voter guide advising socially conservative residents as they to go the polls to choose a new Jacksonville City Council. “These City Council candidates OPPOSE granting special rights based on ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ and SUPPORT […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2015

As of Monday morning, the first early voting count trend, combined with voting by mail, remains Republican, which bodes well in theory for Lenny Curry and other Republicans down the ticket. With a little more than 29,000 votes recorded as of 10:45 a.m., GOP voters had cast almost half: 14,491. The remainder is split between Democrats […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 4, 2015

Critics of the so-called “school-to-prison pipeline” could be on their way to a huge victory in Hillsborough County. According to The Tampa Tribune, State Attorney Mark Ober has shifted his position on addressing first-time juvenile marijuana offenders with civil citations instead of criminal charges. Ober’s opposition last year helped kill efforts to include misdemeanor marijuana possession on […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2015

With Election Day on May 19, there are surprises to be found in the Jacksonville mayoral fundraising and spending reports for candidates and their PACs. Some surprises are there for the viewing The first big one: As of March 31, the most recent numbers available, Alvin Brown‘s Taking Jacksonville to the Next Level PC was close […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2015

In a Jacksonville sheriff’s race where both sides have had plenty of dirty laundry from their personal lives aired in recent weeks, the latest is a lawsuit from 2002 that found Democrat Ken Jefferson to be in contempt of court for failure to pay child support. FloridaPolitics.com has obtained a copy of the 2002 court order, which […]

Mitch PerryMay 4, 2015

Although some fear a Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton presidential contest in 2016 is inevitable, it would be very unique in one respect. According to research conducted by an official with the University of Minnesota’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, a Clinton/Bush matchup would be the first time in 120 years that […]

Mitch PerryMay 4, 2015

For more than three decades, the seven-member Hillsborough County Commission has consisted of representatives from four single-member districts and three at-large seats. The county is much larger now, and a lot of people think its composition needs to change to reflect that growth. In the past few years, there have been two futile attempts to add […]

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United Christians of Florida don’t endorse for mayor in Jacksonville elections

Josh Burgin leaves HART board to attend Harvard

Gary Price announces run state Senate run in District 23

Florida Family Action PAC urges Jax voters to support anti-HRO candidates

Republicans lead in Duval’s early voting

Hillsborough State Attorney Mark Ober shifts position on juvenile pot charges

Jacksonville mayoral fundraising, spending reports show GOP trend

Ken Jefferson 2002 contempt of court notice surfaces

Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton race would be unique

Panel to consider new ideas to change Hillsborough BOCC setup