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A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2016

By all accounts, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Todd Wilcox’s Wednesday “friend raiser” in Jacksonville at the home of Peter Rummell was a success. Fifty of what are being called “important conservatives and Republican power brokers in Northeast Florida” were on hand, including Michael Munz, Marty Fiorentino, Husein Cumber, Steve Halverson, Rick Morales, Jason Fischer, and Neal Freeman, a contributor to NationalReview.com. Wilcox talked about his campaign platform: national security, […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 11, 2016

A big endorsement for House District 16 Republican candidate Jason Fischer, a member of the Duval County School Board, came through Monday, from Rep. Travis Cummings. “I am proud to support Jason Fischer because we need more principled conservatives in Tallahassee,” Cummings said in a statement from the Fischer campaign. “Jason will stand up for our […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 8, 2016

HD 16 Republican candidate Dick Kravitz, trailing his primary opponent Jason Fischer in fundraising by a considerable margin, didn’t help himself much in March. Kravitz’s $4,475 raised brought his total just north of $78,000, and he has just over $68,000 cash on hand. Meanwhile, Fischer, as of his February numbers, has $126,000 on hand in his campaign […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 29, 2016

At the start of the year, I made 12 predictions for 2016 in Jacksonville politics. A fourth of the way through, revisiting them is useful. Some I got right. Some I got wrong. Some are still in progress. Predictions 1 and 2 revolved around the Human Rights Ordinance expansion, which was the issue du jour. […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2016

Preston Oughton, a Jacksonville Democrat, filed to run in the HD 16 race earlier this month. Oughton is an attorney and a graduate of the local Florida Coastal School of Law. Oughton will face the winner of the primary between School Board member Jason Fischer and Dick Kravitz, a former State Legislator who now works in a greeter/customer […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 1, 2016

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Home field advantage for HD 16 Republican Dick Kravitz? FloridaPolitics.com saw him greeting voters in the lobby at the main office of the Duval County Supervisor of Elections Tuesday. A tipster told us, “Mike Hogan, the Supervisor of Elections, has allowed an active candidate – Dick Kravitz – to work at the door greeting voters as […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2016

The simmering tensions between Duval County School Board member Connie Hall and Superintendent Nikolai Vitti boiled over last week, after months of deterioration. As Melissa Ross wrote last week: Records of emails and texts of Hall and two other Duval School Board members were first requested by a Miami law firm. WJCT obtained a copy of those documents and […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2016

January saw a slight closing of the fundraising gap between Janet Adkins and her major opponent in the race for Nassau County School Superintendent, Kathy Burns. Adkins raised no January money, though December saw her getting money from JEA Board Chair Tom Petway, former Lieutenant Governor Jeff Kottkamp, and the PAC of Jason Fischer, a current State House candidate from Jacksonville. […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2016

Months back, FloridaPolitics.com asked Dick Kravitz how he would counteract the fundraising advantage of Jason Fischer in House District 16. Kravitz was unconcerned, saying the money he needed would be there when he needed it. January, for the fourth straight month, has proven that the Jacksonville political veteran was right. $11,800 of new money in January pushed Kravitz […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 7, 2016

In the House District 16 money race, rumors of the demise of Dick Kravitz have been exaggerated. December was his second straight month of five-figure fundraising. The $10,025 haul brings the Jacksonville Republican’s total up to $59,150, against $3,864 spent. Notable Kravitz backers include Councilman Jim Love, Jax Chamber Chair-elect Audrey Moran, and former Councilman Stephen Joost. Of the […]

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Todd Wilcox makes his mark in Jacksonville

Travis Cummings endorses Jason Fischer for HD 16 GOP race

HD 16 Republican Dick Kravitz has slow fundraising in March

A.G. Gancarski: So far, so good on 2016 predictions

Democrat Preston Oughton files in HD 16

[Updated] HD 16 candidate Dick Kravitz working at Duval SOE as greeter

Jason Fischer says Connie Hall should “immediately” resign Duval School Board seat

Janet Adkins maintains money lead in Nassau County school sup. race

HD 16 fundraising race getting tighter by the month

HD 16’s Dick Kravitz shows fundraising strength in December