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Scott PowersDecember 5, 2016

Palm Beach neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is Donald Trump‘s pick to be secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Trump’s transition office announced the nomination Monday, bringing his once rival but early supporter into the cabinet discussion for his administration. “I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next Secretary […]

Peter SchorschNovember 13, 2016

Donald Trump may take a victory tour to states that elected him president, an aide said Saturday, as boisterous protests unfolded outside the tower where he holed up with members of his transition team and fielded calls congratulating him. While he’s announced one decision — putting Vice President-elect Mike Pence in charge of the transition […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2016

In Jacksonville Monday, former GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson made his case for the party’s nominee, Donald Trump. That case: an urgent appeal, positing the New York real estate tycoon as the last bailiwick against the “secular progressives” who, Carson claimed, need just one term from Hillary Clinton to ensure “America as we know it will be gone.” […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2016

The Republican Party of Duval County knows now how far behind it is in the turnout battle. With early voting wrapped up and a total of 297,616 Duval County voters having made their choices, Democratic turnout outpaced that of Republicans by a margin of 126,687 to 122,464. An additional 48,465 NPA voters have turned out […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 6, 2016

In Duval County, the doctor is in on Monday. Ben Carson will be at the Donald Trump headquarters, located at 3428 Beach Blvd., at 4:00 p.m. Monday afternoon. Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, will be the last national-level Trump surrogate to appear in Jacksonville during the campaign. Carson was in Jacksonville in late October at the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 2, 2016

Ben Carson rallied party faithful during a campaign stop in Southwest Florida, using the event as a chance to urge them to get out the vote for Republican candidates this election cycle. Carson was in Cape Coral on Tuesday to campaign with Francis Rooney, a Naples Republican vying to replace Curt Clawson in the U.S. […]

Joe HendersonJuly 29, 2016

A convention two weeks that marked plagiarism from Donald Trump’s wife and a small-but-noisy insurrection by Bernie Sanders’ supporters has concluded with … what? Good question. It appears the American public is flummoxed over the choice of an obnoxious and potentially dangerous billionaire against a scandal-coated representative from the nation’s ruling class. Or, maybe it’s […]

Bill RuftyJuly 19, 2016

Florida’s Republican National Committeeman Peter Feaman, who sits on the Rules Committee, told the Florida delegation Tuesday he had never seen such careful cooperation between Republican National Committee representatives and a candidate’s representatives coming before the committee Monday. The RNC and the Trump representatives were on the same page. Usually, the candidate and the RNC […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 19, 2016

Ben Carson is hitting the campaign trail for Francis Rooney. The Naples Republican’s campaign announced Tuesday Carson will campaign with Rooney Aug. 2. The campaign also announced Carson has thrown his support behind Rooney. “Francis is a successful businessman and family man who will stand up for our conservative values and fight big government all […]

Associated PressJuly 17, 2016

Former presidential candidates Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, Scott Walker and Marco Rubio — the latter by video link — are among those set to speak at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Military leaders, members of Congress, actors, faith leaders and family members of presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump are also set to speak in […]

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Duval Democrats win early voting by 4,200 votes, hold slender turnout lead

Ben Carson talks Donald Trump in Jacksonville on Monday

Ben Carson stumps for Francis Rooney in CD 19

Joe Henderson: Convention wrap up — is it November yet?

Bill Rufty: Tidbits from the Republican National Convention

Ben Carson backs Francis Rooney in CD 19

Former rivals, military leaders, actors to take stage at RNC