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A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2018

The race to succeed Jay Fant in the House remains hotly contested between Republican Wyman Duggan and Democrat Tracye Polson. Every day, there seems to be a new drop. Here’s Friday’s: As both campaigns attempt to close in the plurality Democrat Westside Jacksonville district, new mail has been sent out by Duggan’s political committee in its recurrent quest […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2018

The most competitive race in Northeast Florida — the battle in plurality-Democrat House District 15 — continues to be an air war. Democrat Tracye Polson dropped her final bomb Wednesday. “When your opponent is a professional lobbyist, special interests can’t wait to falsely attack you,” Polson says in the broadcast spot. Polson, who’s felt compelled to respond to ads […]

Staff ReportsOctober 5, 2018

This week in City Hall, a time capsule containing artifacts from 1960 was opened. Being it’s the 50-year anniversary of Consolidation, city leaders are (understandably) in a sentimental mode. But 50 years from now? One wonders if such sentimental pulls will prevail. What kind of letters would current City Council members write to those who […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 28, 2018

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Five decades ago, Jacksonville consolidated city and county services. For 50 years since people have been arguing about whether it was a good idea. We saw it last week: a mayoral forum involving Mayor Lenny Curry and his five living predecessors (look for the replay Sunday on This Week in Jacksonville). Curry, seeking re-election, sounded […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2018

In the competitive race to replace Jay Fant in Westside Jacksonville’s House District 15, the battle between Democrat Tracye Polson and Republican Wyman Duggan is headed down to the wire, per one recent survey commissioned by the Polson campaign. An internal poll from SEA Polling and Strategic Design showed Duggan up two points (41-39) in what Democrats see as a […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 21, 2018

Inside seven weeks until Election Day, and it’s just a few weeks from the start of vote by mail. What that means: It’s getting late. It’s getting late for statewide candidates who come to Jacksonville and try to define themselves, struggling for attention from an indifferent media. And time is short for some candidates who […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 19, 2018

Republican Attorney General candidate Ashley Moody will make a campaign swing through Jacksonville Wednesday afternoon. Moody’s first stop will be at a business in southern Duval County, where there will be a “special announcement” (read: endorsement) from the traditionally GOP-leaning National Federation of Independent Businesses. Moody will then appear at the Republican Party of Florida headquarters (10111 […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 14, 2018

The primaries are now well behind us. The parties have unified. Ops for losing candidates have moved into other campaigns (or endeavors). If you pay attention, there is — at times — a crispness in the morning air. And while that coolness may be fleeting, it’s an augury of the inevitable march of time. The […]

Drew WilsonAugust 28, 2018

After months of scrapping and the field narrowing from four candidates to two, former Circuit Court Judge Ashley Moody and Pensacola state Rep. Frank White faced off Tuesday in the Republican primary for Attorney General. With the ballots counted, Moody defied recent polls and emerged from the bruising primary with a 13-point victory over White […]

Staff ReportsAugust 24, 2018

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Those of a certain age will recall the Semisonic earworm “Closing Time.” It is also where we stand in primary season. We already know what races we are tracking election night. In some, there is enough confidence in the results to have a sense of what […]

Tag: Jay Fant

Hot seat: Race to succeed Jay Fant exceeds $1 million in fundraising

In final ad, Tracye Polson confronts Jacksonville political machine

Jacksonville Bold for 10.5.18 — Time in a bottle

Jacksonville Bold for 9.28.18 — A good idea?

Latest poll shows Tracye Polson and Wyman Duggan running neck-and-neck in HD 15.

Jacksonville Bold for 9.21.18 — It’s getting late

Ashley Moody to shake hands and collect checks in Jacksonville Wednesday

Jacksonville Bold for 9.14.18 — Time marches on

Ashley Moody wins Republican primary for Attorney General

Jacksonville Bold for 8.24.18 — Closing time