Associated PressOctober 29, 2020
13min295
No Democrat for President won Jacksonville since Jimmy Carter. Will that change?
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Associated PressOctober 29, 2020
A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016
5min291
It was only a matter of time until a candidate for the House of Representatives from Florida’s 4th Congressional District opposed Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s key initiative this summer: getting a yes vote on the referendum to authorize an extension of the half-cent “Better Jacksonville Plan” to pay for the $2.7 billion unfunded liability on the […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 12, 2015
2min153
One of the controversies related to tonight’s Jacksonville mayoral debate was related to the decision not to include Omega Allen, the NPA candidate who got 2% in the recent University of North Florida poll. Despite the best efforts of Republican Lenny Curry, who wrote an open letter requesting her inclusion, debate organizers stuck to their guns and […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 12, 20152min121
One of the controversies related to tonight’s Jacksonville mayoral debate was related to the decision not to include Omega Allen, the NPA candidate who got 2% in the recent University of North Florida poll. Despite the best efforts of Republican Lenny Curry, who wrote an open letter requesting her inclusion, debate organizers stuck to their guns and […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 7, 2015
4min165
It is official: Lenny Curry won the Mayoral Straw Poll at the First Coast Tea Party Hob Nob going away, thus raising more questions about the viability of Bill Bishop, the other Republican in the race. The numbers we are hearing: Curry got 61%, Bill Bishop just 21%, and Alvin Brown and Omega Allen got 13% and 5% […]
Ryan RayFebruary 6, 20152min181
The Northeast Florida Builders Association (NEFBA), a powerful consortium of Duval County-based homebuilders and contractors, has just come out in favor of Lenny Curry‘s bid to become mayor of Jacksonville. NEFBA announced its support for Curry on Friday. It comes amid a flurry of endorsements for Curry, including that of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce-backed group […]