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A.G. GancarskiJuly 6, 2016

State Sens. Aaron Bean, Rob Bradley, and Audrey Gibson don’t have to worry about opposition this election cycle. Yet all three of them had notable campaign finance activity ahead of the June 24 qualifying date. Interesting spends in some cases. Strategic donations in others. And one $500 expenditure to a school of dance. **** Sen. Bean, a Fernandina Beach […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 28, 2016

The Arlington neighborhood of Jacksonville is like a former beauty queen who lost her looks. The strip malls look rough now — half empty in many cases, and the retail trends downmarket. The neighborhoods look rough — more renters than previous years, more owner-occupied homes headed into foreclosure, despite the strong macroeconomic numbers that would seem to […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 24, 2016

You might want to call them instant winners. As of 5 p.m. Friday, a dozen Florida Senate candidates appeared to win their elections when the qualifying period ended without them drawing opposition. Newcomers Lauren Book and George Gainer were among those candidates who did not draw an opponent. Gainer, a Bay County Republican, ran unopposed […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 24, 2016

The state Senate races in Northeast Florida have already been decided, as incumbents Aaron Bean, Rob Bradley, and Audrey Gibson have been elected without opposition. Sen. Bean, whose name was briefly linked with a run in the 4th Congressional District race, had resources for a competitive campaign if one had happened. As of his May campaign finance […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 2, 2016

State Sen. Audrey Gibson told FloridaPolitics.com on Wednesday that she is “very seriously considering” a run for chair of the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee. Current chair Neil Henrichsen will not be running for re-election to head of the often-fractious committee. If Gibson is to run for chair and win, she expects to “turn the dial up” with […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2016

On Friday, Rep. Corrine Brown couldn’t make it to Jacksonville’s monthly Tiger Bay gathering. Her opponents in Congressional District 5, Al Lawson and L.J. Holloway, were there however. Notable for two candidates with no area name recognition: neither went on the attack against the absent incumbent. Indeed, neither mentioned her. Nor her legal troubles. Instead, they kept it […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 16, 2016

On Monday, the New Florida Majority and allies, including a state senator, held a press conference in front of the Duval County Supervisor of Elections office to protest closed primaries in the 4th Judicial Circuit races for public defender and state attorney. The biggest name of those allies, Sen. Audrey Gibson, noted drily that “the [television] cameras […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016

Florida Sen. Audrey Gibson raised no money for her District 6 re-election campaign in April. The Jacksonville Democrat likewise raised no money in February or March. Why has Gibson has stopped fundraising? In December and January, Gibson had been fundraising, bringing in over $14,000 in those two months. Since then, however, there has been nothing. Whether the […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2016

Among the most prized industry endorsements of candidates in Northeast Florida: those from NEFAR, aka the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors. FloridaPolitics.com has received a list of the endorsements made thus far. In the state Senate races, there are no real surprises. Incumbents Aaron Bean, Rob Bradley, Audrey Gibson, and Travis Hutson got the nod in Senate Districts 4, 5, 6 […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 19, 2016

It’s appropriate that former Jacksonville Mayor John Delaney is President of the University of North Florida. His time in public service in Jacksonville coincides nicely with the University of North Florida’s transition from a commuter school for working adults in the 1970s and ’80s to the thriving regional university it is today. The campus has been […]

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Without opposition, Northeast Florida senators raise and spend in June

Jax pension tax referendum gets resistance at Arlington town hall

Instant winners aplenty in Florida Senate races

No drama in Northeast Florida state Senate races

Audrey Gibson ‘very seriously considering’ Duval Dems chair run

Corrine Brown’s challengers address Jax Tiger Bay

Audrey Gibson, Jax activists protest closed GOP primaries in 4th circuit elections

For third straight month, Audrey Gibson doesn’t fundraise

Northeast Florida Association of Realtors announces endorsements

Performance funding problems feature during Joe Negron’s University of North Florida tour