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A.G. GancarskiAugust 6, 2015

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The most interesting state House race in Northeast Florida is arguably the HD 19 race, which illustrates a real power struggle between Clay and Putnam County politicians, and more to the point, a battle between two formidable Clay County pols: former RPOF Chairwoman Leslie Dougher and Keystone Heights’ own Katherine Van Zant, wife of term-limited Rep. Charles […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 27, 2015

As we reported last week, on July 28, Clay County Republican Party Chair (and former RPOF Chair) Leslie Dougher is slated to hold a fundraiser in Orange Park. Dougher, the third entrant in a Republican primary involving establishment favorite Katherine Van Zant and Palatka’s own Bobby Payne, stresses her Clay County base in the video. “Are you a small business […]

Phil AmmannJuly 13, 2015

Citing leadership skills and an understanding of the district, former State Rep. Joe Pickens is endorsing Republican Robert “Bobby” Payne for the House District 19 race. District 19 covers all of Bradford, Putnam, and Union Counties, as well as the southern and central portions of Clay County. Payne, a native of Palatka, is seeing the […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 9, 2015

One of the races to watch in the Florida House in 2016 involves Leslie Dougher, the former interim RPOF chairwoman and current chairwoman of the Clay County Republican Party. Dougher filed on July 1, so she has no fundraising reported yet. Her two Republican opponents, however, are slowly but surely building campaign funds. Bobby Payne raised […]

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