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A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2016

Is Corrine Brown‘s political career over? Her bleak campaign finance report suggests that’s the case. The re-election campaign of Rep. Corrine Brown in the newly drawn Congressional District 5 is facing existential challenges. She faces 22 federal counts, the Florida Times-Union endorsed opponent Al Lawson, and her campaign has $24,700 on hand as of Aug. 10. Brown’s money has come […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 14, 2016

The Florida Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Al Lawson over incumbent Corrine Brown in the Congressional District 5 race, reports The Tallahassee Democrat. Democrat writer James Call said “the local chapters in the eight-county district running from Gadsden into downtown Jacksonville interviewed the candidates and recommended the endorsement to the statewide organization of law enforcement officers.” The F.O.P. decision makes […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 13, 2016

There are three candidates in the Democratic primary in Florida’s 5th Congressional District, but only one of their campaigns is operating in the red. LJ Holloway, who entered the race in 2015, has failed to get real traction, as her campaign finance report filing this week indicated. Holloway has raised just over $11,000 in the […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2016

Rep. Corrine Brown may not have wanted to talk to the media Friday, but that didn’t keep her from taking to her campaign blog on Sunday. “Last week was very rough,” said the Democrat representing Florida’s 5th Congressional District. From there, Brown went on to equate her arraignment with the national tragedies of the last week. “Two black […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 9, 2016

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s indictment on 24 charges of fraud and violations related to a fraudulent charity may provide a political opening for former state Sen. Al Lawson of Tallahassee. Attending a grand opening of his campaign headquarters — a few blocks from Florida A&M University where Lawson played basketball and now has the school’s […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2016

A poll released Thursday morning by the Public Opinion Research Lab of the University of North Florida shows incumbent Rep. Corrine Brown and challenger Al Lawson are running neck and neck in Congressional District 5. The poll of 400 likely Democratic voters shows Brown leading Lawson 30 percent to 27 percent, well within the 4.9 percent margin […]

Scott PowersJune 13, 2016

Democratic U.S. Reps. Corrine Brown and Alan Grayson — whose districts include the Pulse nightclub and nearby neighborhoods — made renewed calls Monday for Congress to ban assault weapons. Brown, whose Jacksonville-based 5th Congressional District stretches to Orlando and includes the site of the Pulse massacre scene, said her office is in discussions with that of U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a […]

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As of Aug. 10, Corrine Brown had under $25K on hand for re-election bid

Fraternal Order of Police backs Al Lawson in CD 5 race

L.J. Holloway’s congressional campaign is in the red according to latest filing

Corrine Brown: ‘Last week was very rough’

Corrine Brown’s legal woes offer opening for Al Lawson in CD 5 race

Poll: Corrine Brown, Al Lawson in CD 5 dead heat

Corrine Brown, Alan Grayson call for ban of assault weapons