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Staff ReportsJanuary 5, 2018

Attorney General candidate Jay Fant released his first campaign video Friday morning, just as a new poll on the contest shows it’s still anybody’s race. When registered Republican voters were asked by St. Pete Polls who they’d vote for in the A.G. race, former Hillsborough Circuit Judge Ashley Moody beat Fant by about a point—10.1 […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 5, 2018

The weather report was unprecedented this week. Cold as ice, as the Foreigner classic goes. But for those needing a warmup, the 2018 political landscape brings the heat. Right now, it’s hotter than July in the orbit of almost-Jacksonville Rep. Ron DeSantis. He’s got the billionaires backing him, and a robopoll saying he’s more popular […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 5, 2018

Personal attacks percolate in the Republican race for Attorney General, with Rep. Jay Fant and former Hillsborough Judge Ashley Moody giving and receiving fire. The timing is no accident: Moody and Fant — and every other important Florida Republican — will be at the meeting of the state party this weekend in Orlando. Fant’s broadside against Moody was […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 3, 2018

State Rep. Sean Shaw hasn’t decided if he will run for Attorney General, but a decision is coming soon. “I believe that being mentioned as a candidate for Attorney General is a reflection of the great work we’ve done on behalf of the people of District 61,” Shaw, a Tampa Democrat, said in a text […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 29, 2017

Politics in Northeast Florida is about to heat up, with state races in 2018 and Jacksonville municipal elections in 2019. Here are ten names worth watching. — Alvin Brown: Is he running for the U.S. House against Al Lawson? Mayor against incumbent Lenny Curry? He will have to decide, one way or another, this year. We’ve […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2017

Ryan Torrens, the sole Democrat running for Attorney General, is fundraising off his pledge to turn down Big Pharma money. The Tampa attorney pushed out an email Tuesday afternoon seeking small-dollar donations for his “people-powered” campaign. “I am declining any campaign contributions from Big Pharma because I need the freedom to do what’s right as […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2017

The News Service of Florida reported Monday about some apparent inconsistencies in a list of supporters recently rolled out by Attorney General hopeful Jay Fant. It seems that not all of those listed as supporters actually support Fant, a Jacksonville Republican. Carolyn Otworth, the Clay County chair of the Trump Club, told NSF’s Dara Kam her name […]

Peter SchorschDecember 15, 2017

In the year-end edition of Bold, we look at the stories that shaped 2017. A pension problem — with a solution that seemed impossible at the end of 2015. A legendary politician sentenced to prison. Northeast Florida politicians are moving toward leadership in the state Legislature. Rights for the local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 13, 2017

One Attorney General candidate is asserting that a rival for the Republican nomination should be barred from the party’s annual January meeting in Orlando. In a letter to Chairman Blaise Ingoglia, Jacksonville Rep. Jay Fant wants it known that he believes retired Hillsborough County Judge and Attorney General candidate Ashley Moody is a “Clinton liberal” and has no business […]

Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2017

A former U.S. Senator, a former U.S. Attorney, several former state lawmakers and a host of other Republican insiders are on the 34-member state financing team for Republican Attorney General candidate Ashley Moody. The team’s membership was released Monday. The 42-year-old former Hillsborough County circuit judge is one of four Republicans vying for the nomination […]

Tag: Jay Fant

Poll shows wide-open AG race as Jay Fant releases first video

Jacksonville Bold for 1.5.18 — Cold outside, 2018 is hot

AG hopefuls Jay Fant, Ashley Moody attack each other before state GOP meeting

Sean Shaw to decide on Attorney General bid in ‘very near future’

A.G. Gancarski’s 10 people to watch in Northeast Florida politics: 2018 edition

Ryan Torrens fundraises off of turning down Big Pharma cash

Déjà vu in Jay Fant endorsement flap

Jacksonville Bold for 12.15.17 — #Duuuuval: The year that was

AG race drama: Jay Fant wants Ashley Moody barred from state GOP meeting

Heavy hitters in Ashley Moody’s finance team