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Drew WilsonMay 14, 2018

Republican Judson Sapp announced Monday that he’d landed three endorsements for his campaign to boot Gainesville Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho from Florida’s 3rd Congressional District. His new backers are former state Sen. Jim Horne, former Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler and Green Cove Springs City Councilman Van Royal. “Judson has the right vision and […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 30, 2018

Popular Northeast Florida Republican Congressmen John Rutherford and Ted Yoho, heavy favorites for re-election, have qualified for the 2018 ballot. Rutherford, whose district encompasses Nassau, Duval, and northern St. Johns Counties, has $300,000 in the bank for his re-election campaign. Jacksonville candidates Joceline Berrios and Monica DePaul, as well as Ponte Vedra businessman George Selmont, comprise the three candidates from the […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 1, 2018

Rep. Ted Yoho, a North Central Florida Congressman whose 3rd Congressional District runs from Orange Park to Ocala, finished 2017 with considerable financial advantages over his competition. Yoho’s year-end report showed $319,700 on hand. Q4 saw Yoho bring in $62,000, against just under $59,000 spent. By and large, Yoho’s contributions were from expected sources: Koch, AT&T, […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 16, 2018

There’s more than a few key races heating up among Florida’s congressional seats, but for every true competitor in a 2018 battleground district there are a dozen head-scratchers who’ve mounted hopeless House campaigns. No, none of these candidates have sacrificed a goat as part of a pagan ritual, but it likely wouldn’t make their long-shot […]

Ryan RayMay 11, 2015

State Rep. Travis Cummings looks to have a more or less clear shot at re-election to his third term in the state House, though Libertarian Ken Willey announced Friday he’ll take another shot at overtaking the sophomore Republican. Willey — not to be confused with fellow minor-party crusader Adrian Wyllie who mounted a 2014 Libertarian run for governor […]

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Lara Trump, DOnald Trump and Melania Trump. Image via AP.

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