A.G. GancarskiDecember 3, 2019
6min603
LJ Holloway finished 3rd in the 2016 primary. She wants a rematch.
Tag: Florida’s 5th Congressional District
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4min329
Strong quarter of fundraising for the Tallahassee Democrat.
A.G. GancarskiJuly 15, 2019
4min525
Rutherford has no opponents with live campaign accounts in his own party.
A.G. GancarskiApril 15, 20194min336
Both incumbents represent safe districts.
A.G. GancarskiApril 8, 2019
6min2625
"I follow Q but I don't know who or what Q is."
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2019
3min1186
If Lawson wants a third term representing Florida's CD 5, the Tallahassee Democrat will have to dispatch a Jacksonville politician in yet another primary.
A.G. GancarskiNovember 5, 2018
5min304
The two Congressmen representing Jacksonville, Democrat Al Lawson and Republican John Rutherford, have become friends in the last two years. Lawson, whose 5th Congressional District sprawls from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, emphasizes working across the aisle, and in a Republican-held House that has been a useful strategy, especially for the Republican power structure that controls Jacksonville at […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2018
3min307
Q3 continued a narrative trend for Jacksonville’s Congressmen, as they continued to dominate their longshot challengers in the cash race. First-term Reps. John Rutherford, a Republican and Al Lawson, a Democrat, each of whom have districts that are favorable in terms of voter profile, also connected with donors in the period leading up to Sept. 30. Rutherford, […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2018
3min708
U.S. Rep. Al Lawson won the Democratic primary Tuesday for Florida’s 5th Congressional District. Lawson held off former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown’s challenge in Duval, only losing there by roughly 20 points, while racking up prohibitively strong margins out west. Lawson won all seven other counties in the district. Lawson won in total 60 percent to […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 26, 2018
6min869
Months back, former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown launched a Democratic primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Al Lawson. The idea was to take back a “Jacksonville seat” from the Tallahassee Democrat — U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown lost to Lawson, months before an even more catastrophic loss (numerous guilty verdicts in a federal fraud trial). The laconic Lawson was blunt […]