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A.G. GancarskiMay 11, 2015

A media conference call on Monday afternoon with Alvin Brown, which wrapped just five hours before the second debate with Lenny Curry is slated to begin, reveals an incumbent mayor who intends to open up the playbook, by messaging simultaneously about the rewarding experiences of campaigning and governing in a bipartisan way, while drawing voters’ attention […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 11, 2015

The Jacksonville election takes place in less than two weeks, and one trend that has emerged is infighting between the Duval Democratic Party and African-American Democrats, who have salient criticisms of how party business is conducted. Exhibit A: Denise Lee‘s critique of the latest doorknocker from the Alvin Brown campaign escaped official comment from the Brown campaign. […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 10, 2015

Just over a year ago, the biggest Alvin Brown backer in 2011, Peter Rummell, made headlines when he renounced his previous support for the incumbent mayor and signaled his support for Lenny Curry, who had limited name recognition and was perceived by the Jacksonville media as having no real shot at displacing the mayor, whose approval ratings […]

Melissa RossMay 10, 2015

With just ten days left until the May 19th runoff election, Mayor Alvin Brown and his former opponent, Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Bishop, have hit the streets together in the first of several canvassing operations the duo is expected to conduct leading up to Election Day. First stop: Riverside/Avondale, the hipster historic neighborhood Bishop won […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 8, 2015

Driving up to the Gateway Supervisor of Elections office across from the Friday lunchtime GOTV party held by the Duval Dems and Mayor Alvin Brown, I was greeted by smiling faces holding out sheets of paper. Well wishers? Autograph hounds? Nope. Just people handing out Quick Picks and fliers. I got two copies of Corrine’s Quick […]

Melissa RossMay 8, 2015

Jacksonville City Councilman and third-place mayoral finisher Bill Bishop again denied any quid pro quo was discussed with either Mayor Alvin Brown or Lenny Curry before awarding his endorsement to Brown last week. “I get a kick out of that,” said Bishop during an appearance on WJCT’s First Coast Connect. “What I first said is I […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 8, 2015

A doorknocker showing up on the front doors of houses in predominately African-American neighborhoods on the Northside and Northwest Jacksonville, as opposed to predominately white, Hispanic, or Asian-American neighborhoods, makes some tough claims about Republican mayoral candidate Lenny Curry. It calls him “divisive and dangerous,” a “partisan Republican” who “worked to block the voting rights of […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 8, 2015

Lenny Curry opened his Avondale campaign office Thursday, and everyone who was everyone in Curry World was there. Behind-the-scenes guys, such as Peter Rummell and Michael Munz, and former adversaries, such as state Reps. Paul Renner and Jay Fant (who had a contentious GOP primary for the Avondale/Westside seat not too long ago) along with two former mayors with 16 […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 7, 2015

UPDATED at 5:30 p.m. with response from Alvin Brown Campaign: A little more than an hour after Alvin Brown unveiled a series of endorsements that were at once bipartisan and less than surprising, Lenny Curry countered with a meaningful bipartisan endorsement of his own on Thursday afternoon, just steps away from City Hall and in the same Hemming […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 7, 2015

With early voting well under way, Mayor Alvin Brown rolled out a series of endorsements for a Thursday media event, including former GOP Council Presidents Matt Carlucci and Alberta Hipps, LGBT activist Jimmy Midyette, and other leaders from the nonprofit community, along with Republican Councilman Stephen Joost and Democratic Councilman Warren Jones. Critics will say those endorsements come with asterisks. They will […]

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Alvin Brown to go on offense in 2nd debate, attacking Curry’s RPOF Chair tenure

Denise Lee speaks out; Fissures show in Duval Democratic Party

Alvin Brown and Lenny Curry headed to photo finish

Alvin Brown, Bill Bishop go door-knocking

Tom Joyner leads Duval Democrats’ early vote GOTV party

Bill Bishop: No quid pro quo on mayor’s race, no ads on arena

Denise Lee rips into another Alvin Brown ad

John Delaney, John Peyton shred Alvin Brown

Johnny Gaffney endorses Lenny Curry, criticizes Alvin Brown on HRO and blight issues

Alvin Brown gets GOP and LGBT endorsements