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A.G. GancarskiAugust 4, 2016

Lions … tigers … bears … and GOP Congressional candidates. All will be at the Jacksonville Zoo Tuesday for a forum involving 4th Congressional District Republicans. One caveat, however: none of the Republicans will be in cages. The forum will be held in the Samburu Room, under the auspices of the Northside Business Leaders, starting […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2016

As August begins, the most interesting narrative in the GOP primary race in Florida’s 4th Congressional District is the back-and-forth between John Rutherford and Hans Tanzler. Rutherford and Tanzler have the most robust fundraising and the strongest organizations in the field, and the two Jacksonville Republicans are turning their resources increasingly on each other. A hint of […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2016

Six candidates for the Republican nomination in Northeast Florida’s Congressional District 4 squared off Thursday at the Jacksonville Bar debate. Hans Tanzler, John Rutherford, Lake Ray, Bill McClure, Deborah Katz Pueschel, and Stephen Kaufman were all on hand. Ed Malin was not. **** The opening statements set the tone. Kaufman looks forward to “working with President Trump,” and is running because […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 6, 2016

A University of North Florida poll released Wednesday of likely Republican voters in the 4th Congressional District primary shows John Rutherford with a double-digit lead. Rutherford leads the race with 27 percent, setting the pace for the field. Behind him: Hans Tanzler in second place with 13 percent, and state Rep. Lake Ray in third place with 9 percent. Beyond those three, […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 5, 2016

Hans Tanzler III, son of the first post-Consolidation mayor of Jacksonville, will enter the crowded GOP primary in Congressional District 4. Tanzler joins a crowded CD 4 field, including St. Johns County Commissioner Bill McClure, St. Augustine business consultant David Foxx, Jacksonville’s Rep. Lake Ray, perennial candidate Deborah Katz Pueschel, and former Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford. Tanzler told FloridaPolitics.com in April that […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2016

There’s a new candidate in the Congressional District 4 race: Republican David Foxx, who filed in CD 6 before realizing redistricting placed his residence in CD 4. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Wednesday that the St. Augustine business consultant was “unaware” he was not in CD 6. “I should seek representing the people in the district where I live when I […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 19, 2016

The race to succeed Ander Crenshaw as the GOP representative in CD 4 hasn’t exactly begun yet, but it was part of the package at the Duval Republican Executive Committee meeting Monday. **** One would-be candidate not running is Sen. Aaron Bean. Bean was collecting petitions … not for CD 4, but for his re-election campaign for the […]

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Las Vegas Strip transforms into a Grand Prix.

CD 4 Republicans to face off Tuesday at Jacksonville Zoo

In congressional campaign, it’s getting personal between John Rutherford and Hans Tanzler

CD 4 Republicans square off in Jacksonville Bar debate

UNF poll: John Rutherford holds double digit lead in CD 4 race

Hans Tanzler III joins the CD 4 GOP scrum

David Foxx switches filing to CD 4 from CD 6

At Duval GOP monthly meeting, CD 4 race is hot topic