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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 29, 2015

Jacksonville Democrat Leslie Jean-Bart so far is running unopposed in the state House District 14 race, though there have been rumblings regarding how much longer that will last. With Councilman Reggie Brown, former Councilwoman Kim Daniels, and even the name of former City Councilwoman and current Director of Blight Denise Lee being linked to the race, questions have also […]

Ryan RaySeptember 25, 2015

Democratic state Senate candidate Andrew Korge came out swinging against Republican Rep. Janet Adkins on Thursday. Korge, son of major Democratic bundler Chris Korge, called Adkins’ private comments published in POLITICO Florida discussing how to defeat U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown by manipulating her district to include more black prison inmates “disgusting” in a statement Thursday evening. “Representative Adkins should be ashamed […]

Gary FineoutSeptember 25, 2015

The Florida judge who will play a pivotal role in deciding the fate of the state’s political landscape says he may craft his own proposal to sort out the mess left from squabbling over Florida’s 27 congressional districts. Circuit Judge Terry Lewis has been asked by the state Supreme Court to pick a new congressional map […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2015

In a Thursday morning statement, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown responded to Wednesday’s reports that State House Rep. Janet Adkins advocated packing Brown’s district with prisoners to complicate Brown’s path to re-election. Brown asserted, in a written statement, that “I have been saying from the outset” that the redrawn boundaries of District 5 make it a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2015

The Duval County Legislative Delegation meets Thursday at Jacksonville’s City Hall. Had Janet Adkins not made her now widely reported comments about the redrawn 5th Congressional District of Corrine Brown there might not have been so much attention on the meeting. Adkins had commented at a recent Republican Party meeting that by “reducing the percentage […]

Associated PressSeptember 24, 2015

Beginning on Thursday morning, a Florida judge will try to sort out the political mess left because of squabbling over the state’s 27 congressional districts. The Florida Supreme Court in July ordered the Republican-controlled Legislature to redraw the state’s congressional districts after finding the current map violated standards adopted by voters. But the House and Senate […]

Melissa RossSeptember 23, 2015

North Florida Democrats are pushing back after a report that Rep. Janet Adkins told a group of North Florida GOP activists in a closed-door meeting that the key to defeating U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is boosting the number of black prisoners in her district. “It’s clear to me that kind of gamesmanship from Rep. Adkins is […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 23, 2015

Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Allison Tant is calling on state Rep. Janet Adkins to apologize after a disclosure of her remarks about including as many prisons as possible in U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown‘s new district to help “get rid of” her. Adkins, a Fernandina Beach Republican, made the comments during a closed Republican Party of Florida meeting […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 23, 2015

Earlier this year, a Florida GOP lawmaker made an immature, offensive, possibly racist comment on Twitter about two black legislators. Meanwhile, another Florida GOP lawmaker told a gathering of Republican activists that the key to defeating Corrine Brown, a black Jacksonville Democrat, was to boost the number of black prisoners in her north Florida congressional district. Guess which […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 17, 2015

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown condemned House Republicans on Thursday for “threatening to shut down the government in an attempt to protest Planned Parenthood,” a gambit she described as “appalling.” She says in a prepared statement: “Planned Parenthood clinics, which receive approximately $500 million in government funding, are often one of the few affordable health care […]

Tag: Corrine Brown

Jax Democrat Leslie Jean-Bart debuts her HD 14 campaign Thursday

Andrew Korge slams Janet Adkins’ comments on black prisoners in CD 5

Redistricting recap: Judge may ‘combine’ maps

Corrine Brown responds to Janet Adkins comments on prison-packed CD 5 map

Janet Adkins’ comment heightens interest in Duval Legislative Delegation meeting

Redistricting trial set to begin today

Duval Dems: Janet Adkins comments on Corrine Brown “exactly what we don’t need in politics today”

FDP’s Allison Tant says GOP state Rep. Janet Adkins should apologize

Y’all better give Janet Adkins as much sh*t as you did Matt Gaetz

Corrine Brown stands by Planned Parenthood against “extreme conservative” Republicans