Duval Democratic Executive Committee Archives

A.G. GancarskiDecember 1, 2017

A bit of late-breaking controversy has emerged between Hazel Gillis and Lisa King in the race for Duval Democratic Party Chairwoman. Some members of the local party have raised issue with King running for the chair while serving as a committeewoman in the Florida Democratic Party. Florida Politics talked to King about it Friday, and she says that if […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 5, 2016

A new era began for the Duval Democrats Monday night. As expected, the Duval Democrats elected Sen. Audrey Gibson to be the new party chair. The Democratic conclave saw a majority of Democratic city council members on hand: John Crescimbeni, Joyce Morgan, Reggie Brown, Garrett Dennis and Reggie Gaffney. School Board Chair Paula Wright was also on hand. (Notable: Councilwoman Morgan’s council […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2016

The last eight months in Jacksonville politics have been dominated by one referendum. County Referendum 1, which would allow Jacksonville to extend a current 1/2-cent sales surtax past its sunset and to dedicate it to a $2.8 billion unfunded pension liability, is that referendum. Mayor Lenny Curry and his political machine have done everything they could […]

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Lisa King will resign FDP committeewoman post if elected Duval Dems chair

Duval Dems elect Audrey Gibson as new party chair

Jax referendum opponents coalesced, but too late to matter