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Phil AmmannJuly 1, 2016

Bruce Kaplan was a Republican until last Thursday. On Friday, he qualified to run for the Florida Senate as a Democrat. According to LobbyTools, that might present a problem for the newly minted Senate District 38 candidate. Florida statutes require candidates to switch parties no less than a year before the start of qualifying. Kaplan, […]

Jim RosicaJune 20, 2016

It’s unlikely candidates will need a Lear jet to qualify for office this year. Still, filing early does avoid the bad luck of unforeseen circumstances. Qualifying began noon Monday and lasts till noon Friday for an array of offices up for election in November. They include U.S. senator and representative, state senator and representative, county offices […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

Motions were filed Thursday in the 14-count federal trial of state Rep. Reggie Fullwood to prohibit prosecutors from contending the Jacksonville Democrat defrauded the state Division of Elections in his 10 wire fraud counts. Fullwood requested and received a bill of particulars from the feds, who maintained Fullwood defrauded campaign contributors and the Division of Elections. Fullwood contends that asserting […]

Jim RosicaMarch 24, 2016

Because of differences between federal and state campaign finance laws, Mike Haridopolos can use money left over from his failed U.S. Senate bid to run for state Senate, but Matt Gaetz, who switched from a state Senate seat to a congressional bid, is out of luck. Haridopolos, a Merritt Island Republican and former Senate President, is […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 25, 2016

The group behind a proposed constitutional amendment to give voters more control over gambling says it’s gathered 100,000 signatures toward getting on the 2018 ballot. The Voters In Charge committee on Monday said it is sending its latest collected signature to county Supervisors of Elections so they can be validated. The committee is chaired by John Sowinski, who […]

Peter SchorschNovember 2, 2015

When Jack Latvala isn’t pulling in a six-figure monthly haul for his political committee, it would appears he’s hard at work pulling in a six-figure monthly haul for his re-election campaign. Latvala’s campaign has pulled in $172,752 in the first 19 days it was in operation, and only spent $6,090, leaving his campaign account with $166,662 cash […]

Ryan RayFebruary 6, 2015

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State Rep. Reggie Fullwood will hold an event on Saturday, February 7 wherein friendly voters will accompany their representative to the polls and cast their votes on the first day of Early Voting in a District 13 special election. Fullwood is facing what should amount to token opposition from Republican Lawrence “Jeff” Jefferson in a deeply blue portion […]

Ryan RayFebruary 6, 2015

State Rep. Reggie Fullwood will hold an event on Saturday, February 7 wherein friendly voters will accompany their representative to the polls and cast their votes on the first day of Early Voting in a District 13 special election. Fullwood is facing what should amount to token opposition from Republican Lawrence “Jeff” Jefferson in a deeply blue portion […]

Phil AmmannDecember 26, 2014

State Rep. Mike Miller, after his victory over a Democratic incumbent in November, is taking the first steps towards re-election in 2016, according to the Florida Division of Elections. The Winter Park Republican filed paperwork this week for another run for Orange County’s House District 47. Miller received about 52 percent of the vote last […]

Phil AmmannNovember 6, 2014

Anticipating a special election, three St. Johns County Republicans filed for campaign accounts to succeed state Rep. Ronald “Doc” Renuart in House District 17, according to the Florida Division of Elections. Although he easily won another term on Tuesday, Renuart intends to run in a special election for a Republican state Sen. John Thrasher’s seat. […]

Tag: Florida Division of Elections

24 hours before qualifying, Democratic Senate candidate was a registered Republican

2002 FedEx airplane crash good reason to qualify early

Reggie Fullwood: I didn’t defraud state Division of Elections

Campaign finance laws can help or hinder candidates, like Matt Gaetz or Mike Haridopolos, switching races

Anti-gambling amendment cracks 100,000-signature mark

Jack Latvala raises more than $172K in first 19 days of re-election campaign

Reggie Fullwood campaign to host “Vote with Reggie” event to kick off Early Voting

Reggie Fullwood campaign to host "Vote with Reggie" event to kick off Early Voting

State Rep. Mike Miller files for re-election campaign in HD 47

Three St. Johns County Republicans position to run for Doc Renuart seat