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A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2017

Earlier this month, state Sen. Audrey Gibson — the next Caucus leader for Senate Democrats — resigned as chair of the Duval County Democratic Party. A new chair will be chosen Dec. 4, a week from today. Until then, Darren Mason is in the interim role. “I plan to continue to recruit and mobilize our party as we prepare […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 14, 2017

On Monday evening, State Sen. Audrey Gibson — the next Caucus leader for Senate Democrats — resigned as chair of the Duval County Democratic Party. “As you may know,” Gibson wrote in an email to local Democrats, “last week I was elected Leader Designate of the Senate Democrat Caucus. I am deeply honored and realize the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 16, 2016

Those who have waited for opposition to Jacksonville’s proposed “pension tax” are finally seeing it manifest, just in time for early voting. With oppressive humidity in the air and a non-affiliated crackhead milling around the parking lot engaging with the media, the Duval Democrats made their stand against Jacksonville’s County Referendum 1 in a parking […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2015

In the aftermath of Tuesday’s election, one Jacksonville party exults while the other one sifts through the wreckage in an attempt to find positives in a disastrous night. The Duval GOP, which won six out of eight races Tuesday night in contested elections, quite naturally celebrated its win, as an email on Wednesday afternoon indicates: In […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 5, 2015

In 2011, the tide began to turn for Jacksonville mayoral candidate Alvin Brown in early voting, in which he was able to make up a lot of ground lost to Mike Hogan. Four years later, the incumbent and the local and state Democratic parties are looking to repeat the phenomenon. As of 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, Democrats […]

Tag: Duval Democrats

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Audrey Gibson resigns as chair of Duval Democrats

Duval Dems slam ‘sham flyer,’ ‘smoke and mirrors’ pension tax

Email insights: Duval GOP celebrates as Duval Dems regroup

In first day of early voting, Duval Democrats make up ground