A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2022
5min0
Republicans seek to flip another Democratic seat on the Jacksonville City Council.
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A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2022
Staff ReportsJanuary 10, 2020
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A.G. GancarskiDecember 9, 2016
4min238
A talking point among some members of the Republican Party of Duval County: an “audit” dated March 31, 2016. The word “audit” is in quotes, given that the sole document circulating among at least some party insiders is a one-paragraph memo saying that the party couldn’t get its “audit” of 2015 completed three months into […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 25, 2016
6min364
What’s in a poll? When it’s a University of North Florida/Florida Times-Union poll that shows incumbent state attorney Angela Corey slated to lose by 32 points, quite a bit. In what could be framed as one of the most stunning primary upsets of an incumbent in Florida political history, Corey has just 20 percent of the […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2016
3min231
Attorney General Pam Bondi is in the news this week for soliciting a donation from Donald Trump concurrent with a considered, then scuttled, 2013 investigation of Trump University. Next week, she will be in the news for soliciting donations in a different context — the re-election campaign of Angela Corey, the incumbent Republican State Attorney in Florida’s 4th […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 4, 2016
3min417
Rumors of a shakeup at the top of the troubled re-election campaign for State Attorney Angela Corey this week permeated Jacksonville’s political circle. The rumors, it turns out, had some truth. Campaign manager Alexander Pantinakis, who controversially filed the paperwork for a write-in opponent Kenny Leigh in Tallahassee, “resigned a few days ago,” he told FloridaPolitics.com. […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 31, 2016
16min354
Is a write-in candidate actual competition? What if the paperwork for the write-in was filed by the incumbent’s campaign manager to close the GOP primary? Can a sham candidacy be defined? These were the questions posed Tuesday in a Jacksonville courtroom, regarding a challenge to the write-in candidacy of Kenny Leigh, an avowed supporter of incumbent […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 26, 2016
2min226
Reliable sources tell FloridaPolitics.com that First Coast Values, a political committee supporting Melissa Nelson, has launched a “six-figure” ad buy to introduce the former assistant state attorney to 4th Circuit voters as she challenges for the job of state attorney. The ads are said to be positive, introducing the candidate at the very time incumbent Angela Corey has […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 25, 201611min309
One might think, given the fact that 4th Circuit Public Defender Matt Shirk and State Attorney Angela Corey are in competitive GOP primaries, they might debate their opponents. While there’s still plenty of time for that to happen, it’s not happening Wednesday afternoon. The embattled incumbents, each facing challenges from members of their own party, will instead debate each other. […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016
5min203
Despite repeated protests from State Attorney Angela Corey’s re-election campaign that her campaign manager filing the election paperwork for a write-in candidate was “perfectly legal and write-in candidates have filed in multiple races across the state,” evidence continues to mount that her campaign’s position in this matter is the most laughable of farces. Consider the latest data point. On May […]