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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 22, 2016

While there’s no expectation that U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown and R&B rapper/singer Ne-Yo will be recording together in the near future, they will share the same red carpet on Saturday in Atlanta for the Trumpet Awards. “I am honored to be a 2016 Trumpet Awards recipient, and pledge to continue my work in the arena of civil […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 19, 2016

Everyone seems to know whether Corrine Brown is running in Congressional District 10 or for re-election in Congressional District 5. However, Brown continues to keep her options open, she told FloridaPolitics.com Tuesday. The congresswoman said, “No decision has been made yet because of the pending redistricting court case.” The popular guessing game among political junkies continues.

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 17, 2016

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House District 14 will be decided in November. Chris Whitfield officially filed on Friday after announcing his entry at the GOP Debate Watch Party on Thursday. The Democratic side has two candidates, one being former HD 14 Rep. Terry Fields, who has already seen GOP money go his way in early fundraising. Fields is opposed […]

Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson introduced a bill Monday for a federal fair-districts amendment to the U.S. Constitution adopting many of the anti-gerrymandering provisions voters wrote into the Florida Constitution. Grayson’s bill calls for national restrictions on how states can draw congressional districts. Grayson, a Democrat from Orlando, is running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat this year, […]

Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2016

Orlando-based congressional candidate Val Demings has grabbed the biggest of Democratic congressional establishment endorsements with that of U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. In a statement Monday, Pelosi of California endorsed Demings in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, a place the Democrats hope to wrestle away from longtime Republican representation. With a new strong-Democratic lean to […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2016

In an exclusive telephone interview with Reggie Gaffney, the Jacksonville city councilman denied the speculation that had swirled last week, saying “none of that’s true.” Contrary to speculation, he had not been served a subpoena in relation to the Corrine Brown/Von Alexander investigation. Nor, as some had said, had he been served a target letter relative to […]

Scott PowersJanuary 8, 2016

As All Aboard Florida tries to get everyone onboard its proposal to run higher-speed passenger trains between Orlando and South Florida, my wife and I boarded the closest thing last week, Amtrak’s Silver Meteor train, for a getaway from Orlando to South Beach. All Aboard Florida wants to run 16 passenger trains a day on […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 7, 2016

With Corrine Brown having been served a subpoena about a subject she won’t divulge with the media or the public, questions are emerging, again, about who will face her if she indeed opts to run for re-election in CD 5. The most interesting potential candidate for many Democrats: popular Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who told the Tallahassee Democrat […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 7, 2016

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Jacksonville Democrat Terry Fields represented HD 14 for eight years from 2000-2008. He wants his title back. And his December fundraising haul will help. In a district bereft of big dollars, Fields’ first month of fundraising, bringing in $12,750 against just under $400 spent, is a head turner, both because of quantity and, more importantly, […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 7, 2016

The talk in Jacksonville politics this week has been the subpoena served to Corrine Brown at the Bono’s on Norwood Avenue, a place that for African-American politicians in Jacksonville is as much a gathering place as Two Doors Down was in Riverside. Brown says that this is a “tangential investigation” that is driven by her political […]

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Helene, early Sept. 27. Image via NOAA via AP.

Corrine Brown, Ne-Yo to receive award Saturday

Corrine Brown’s 2016 options remain open

GOP candidate Chris Whitfield in HD 14 derby

Alan Grayson proposes federal fair districts amendment

Val Demings nabs Nancy Pelosi endorsement in CD 10 race

Reggie Gaffney denies subpoena/target letter talk

Amtrak is no All Aboard Florida, but it’s rolling

Report: Andrew Gillum still mulling CD 5 run

Big donors give HD 14 Dem Terry Fields a December bounce

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