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Melissa RossDecember 3, 2015

Most presidential campaign “bundlers” in Jacksonville tend to raise major ducats for the GOP. But last night, the heavy lifting was being done for the Democratic frontrunner – Hillary Clinton. North Florida philanthropist Sallyn Pajcic hosted about 200 attendees at her San Pablo area home at a private event for the former Secretary of State. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 4, 2015

When we reported that Hubert Snodgrass had launched his Democratic campaign for the House District 19 seat, much of the talk on Twitter was about how his name sounded like something from the 19th century. His fundraising total for October, were it the 19th century, might turn heads. His first fundraising report contained $460 in […]

Diane RobertsOctober 1, 2015

John Keats called autumn the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.” Which is true. But autumn is also the season when conservatives seem to ramp up the crazy. Maybe college football gets them so riled up they can’t handle reality. Or maybe it’s the semi-annual almost-not-quite-government-shutdown. That certainly impels U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz into a […]

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 […]

Melissa RossSeptember 18, 2015

New Jacksonville Planning Commission Chairwoman-elect Lisa King took to the radio airwaves Friday to make her case as her seeming showdown with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry enters a new phase. King, as Florida Politics A.G. Gancarski has been reporting, refused to resign from the commission at Curry’s request. (She was joined by Commissioner Joey McKinnon, also asked […]

Melissa RossSeptember 16, 2015

The 2016 presidential candidate that wins Florida will do it by pulling off a nifty hat trick: appealing to both Baby Boomers AND Millennials. “People don’t realize that the millennials as a group are larger in size than the boomers,” says Susan McManus, professor of political science at the University of South Florida. In her […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2015

No need for state Sen. Audrey Gibson to worry. The Jacksonville Democrat has no competition as of yet. Thus her quiet fundraising of late, including in August, likely is of little import. Gibson raised $1,500 in August: $500 from AGL Resources Florida City Gas, based in Atlanta, and $1,000 from Anheuser Busch. Gibson has raised, in […]

Melissa RossSeptember 2, 2015

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, whose inauguration motto was “One City, One Jacksonville,” recently made a very high-profile and symbolic hire to drive that point home when he appointed Marsha Oliver as his new spokesperson. Oliver is not only a registered Democrat, she’s also the first African-American female to hold the spox job at City Hall. […]

Guest AuthorAugust 10, 2015

Donald Trump wants it both ways: He wants to be brash and quotable and then when he’s asked about it, he wants to complain about the question and the questioner. Let me be honest: I’m not a Trump fan. I think he’s a single-issue candidate – immigration – that has gotten far because America is […]

Guest AuthorAugust 6, 2015

Whether you love him or hate him (I don’t think there’s an in-between), you have to admit Donald Trump has established his personal brand and fortune throughout the years by being extremely brash, creative, and smart: all with a very flippant attitude. Whether you like him or not, you have to admit that first in […]

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Jax Dems raise $200K for Hillary Clinton at private event

HD 19 Dem Hubert Snodgrass reports first fundraising numbers

Diane Roberts: The season when conservatives ramp up the crazy

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

Lisa King: “I may have the votes”

Susan McManus: 2016 candidates must appeal to Florida’s two “super-sized generations”

Audrey Gibson has quiet fundraising month in August

New Lenny Curry spox Marsha Oliver: “This is a fun, interesting time for our city”

Barney Bishop: Stop the whining, Donald Trump. It’s beneath you

Steven Kurlander: Donald Trump “phenomenon” defines new age of American ShockReality politics