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A.G. GancarskiMarch 29, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is back in Northeast Florida, with media hits and fundraising pitches filling his Thursday stop in Jacksonville. Gillum, who appears on WJCT’s First Coast Connect at 9 a.m., has a number of non-press events slated also. Not the least of which, in terms of his campaign’s viability, a fundraiser in Downtown Jacksonville Thursday evening. […]

Peter SchorschMarch 28, 2018

Candidates vying to succeed Rick Scott in the Governor’s Mansion will get a chance to plead their cases to Florida voters in a pair of debates set to take place a few weeks before the Aug. 28 primary elections. The Children’s Movement of Florida and the Florida Press Association announced the debates, to be held […]

Peter SchorschMarch 27, 2018

It’s a great time to be Philip Levine, the former mayor of Miami Beach who is now the for-sure front-runner for the Democratic nomination in Florida’s wide-open gubernatorial race. The latest poll — the second in a week — shows Levine leading former congresswoman Gwen Graham and way ahead of Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum. Entrepreneur […]

Joe HendersonMarch 27, 2018

A new Public Policy Polling survey mirrors the result of a recent Gravis poll that showed former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine has pulled ahead in the Democrats race for the gubernatorial nomination. Crickets everywhere took notice. First, Levine has filled the air waves lately with TV ads, spending an estimated $5 million from his considerable […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2018

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine is leading another poll of Democratic voters. Released Tuesday, a survey of 613 likely Democratic voters from Public Policy Polling (taken from Mar. 13-15) shows Levine ahead of the field. Levine is the choice of 22 percent of those surveyed, slightly leading Gwen Graham at 19 percent, and well ahead of Andrew Gillum (8 […]

Scott PowersMarch 22, 2018

The gubernatorial campaigns of Democratic candidates Andrew Gillum and Philip Levine have announced expansions, with Phillip Jerez and Lindsay Pollard joining Gillum’s team, and Max Flugrath joining Levine’s. On Thursday Gillum’s campaign announced that Jerez would become the campaign’s political director and Pollard, the deputy finance director. Also on Thursday, Levine’s campaign announced that Flugrath was […]

Scott PowersMarch 20, 2018

The Republican gubernatorial campaign for U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis is touting new poll results from Gravis Marketing Tuesday morning that show he has taken the lead. The same poll also is being cited by the Democratic gubernatorial campaign of Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum as it shows him moving up into second place on the Democrats’ […]

Scott PowersMarch 20, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham announced Tuesday that if she’s elected Governor she would support local governments such as Weston and Coral Gables that seek to defy the state’s 2011 law forbidding local gun ordinances. Such a position could put Graham at odds with the Florida Legislature and also potentially with the Attorney General over […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 20, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum addressed a crowd of Jacksonville Democrats Monday evening, his second Northeast Florida foray in three days. Gillum is no stranger to the region; in fact, he was campaigning here even in his pre-candidate phase. Though Gillum’s remarks were familiar to those who have heard his stump speech, they were welcome expressions for Democrats […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, a Democratic candidate for Governor, spoke in St. Augustine Saturday about the importance of the vote of black women — and the importance of “allyship.” Engaged turnout among black women was seen as a contributing factor to the Democrats taking a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama last year; to that end, Gillum […]

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Andrew Gillum slates Thursday fundraiser in Jacksonville

Gubernatorial primary debates set for Aug. 1 and 2 at the University of Miami

Phil Levine comes to the ‘burg; here are a few first impressions

Joe Henderson: Philip Levine leads Dems but it’s too soon to say it matters

Another poll shows Philip Levine leading Democratic primary

Andrew Gillum, Philip Levine announce campaign team expansions

Ron DeSantis’ campaign touts poll showing him on top

Gwen Graham says she’d support local governments defying 2011 gun laws preemption

Andrew Gillum rallies Duval Democrats with familiar themes

Andrew Gillum talks importance of ‘allyship’ with black women in St. Augustine