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A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2016

The Duval County Legislative Delegation has a lot of new faces and a crowded agenda in front of it on Wednesday afternoon, when they convene at Jacksonville’s city hall. New to the body: Republican Reps. Cord Byrd of House District 11 and Clay Yarborough in HD 12, Democratic Rep. Tracie Davis of House District 13, Democratic […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 21, 2016

Last March, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and members of the Duval delegation convened at Jacksonville’s City Hall, to discuss “what winning looks like.” The city got 90 percent of its appropriations goals. Jacksonville got money for public safety, such as the COPS program, and infrastructure needs, asking for $2 million and getting $1.8 million. And […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 11, 2016

A Republican lawyer with an interest in Second Amendment rights. A GOP UPS HR manager who, when president of the Jacksonville City Council, led a quixotic effort to remove a nude photograph from the city’s Museum of Contemporary Art. And who fought against the appointment of a university professor to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 8, 2016

Northeast Florida finally has clarity on what its legislative delegation for the next two years will look like, as a panoply of new faces, along with one holdover, won emphatic mandates for election. Many of the races — such as the ones won by Cord Byrd in House District 11, Clay Yarborough in HD 12, Rep. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 4, 2016

As the final campaign finance reports of the 2016 cycle come in, three Northeast Florida Republican candidates for the state House finished strong. Despite not having any major party opposition on the ballot, House District 11’s Cord Byrd, HD 16’s Jason Fischer, and HD 18 incumbent Rep. Travis Cummings each raised over $10,000 between Oct. 22 and Nov. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2016

The Aug. 30 primary effectively was the election for a few Northeast Florida Republican candidates for the state House. Democratic candidates were not fielded in safely Republican House Districts 11, 12, 15, and 16; the Republicans now opposed only by write-in candidates. Yet these all-but-elected Republicans keep raising money, as campaign finance reports for the period […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 14, 2016

With Northeast Florida focused on the approach of Hurricane Matthew last week, fundraising for state-level races and political committees slowed throughout the Jacksonville region. **** In House District 11, which includes the hard-hit areas of Jacksonville Beach and Nassau County, Republican Cord Byrd raised $2,000 from two PACs: the Florida Conservative Alliance and the Beer Distributors Committee. […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 7, 2016

In a surprise for many coming out of Tuesday’s primary elections, Cord Byrd won the crowded GOP primary in House District 11, beating the better-funded Donnie Horner III and Sheri Treadwell. Byrd got the most votes, and did it on the least money of the three credible candidates in HD 11. As Jon McGowan noted […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 31, 2016

The northeast Florida primaries have been in the books for almost 24 hours at this writing. A review of the winners — and the losers — goes beyond the election returns to look at what happened to create these outcomes that will, in historical retrospect, seem inevitable. Winners Lenny Curry — The chattering classes told him he couldn’t get […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2016

The House District 11 GOP primary will come down to one of three candidates: Cord Byrd, Donnie Horner, or Sheri Treadwell. HD 11 includes Nassau County, as well as the Jacksonville Beaches. Its current representative, Janet Adkins, is from Nassau. However, at least one pol from the Beaches communities wants to ensure that the seat becomes a “beaches” seat, […]

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New Duval delegation members face a learning curve

Election turnover brings real change to Duval Delegation

New faces abound in Duval Legislative Delegation

Northeast Florida GOP State House candidates finish with fundraising flurries

Nominally opposed NE Florida state House candidates keep fundraising

Fundraising slowed in NE Florida as Hurricane Matthew approached

Cord Byrd discusses his big win in House District 11

A rundown of the winners and losers from northeast Florida’s primary elections

Ahead of HD 11 primary, endorsers make impassioned pleas to Jax Beaches voters