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Jerry Holland, Jim Overton also won unopposed Friday.
Staff ReportsMarch 23, 2020
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Staff ReportsJanuary 10, 2020
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A.G. GancarskiMarch 20, 2019
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No Democrat ran against Curry.
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2019
8min414
Jacksonville candidates up and down the ballot pitched Northside voters Monday.
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2019
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Duval Democrats didn't advance a candidate for Jacksonville Mayor in 2019. Will that hurt them in other races?
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 22, 2019
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The first post-qualifying fundraising reports are in for downticket Jacksonville races in the March elections, and some trends are familiar while others are exciting and new. [Note: coverage of mayoral race fundraising is here.] The races for Sheriff and Property Appraiser see Republican incumbents Mike Williams and Jerry Holland with daunting leads over Democratic challengers. Williams has over […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 4, 2019
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The March race for Duval County Tax Collector got interesting Wednesday when Democrat John Crescimbeni filed to run. And it got still more interesting when another filed Democrat decided to pass on another run Friday. Incumbent Republican Jim Overton, a former City Council colleague of Crescimbeni’s, won a special election in November for the vacated seat. Crescimbeni […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 6, 20182min291
Though a 2019 election looms, Republican Jim Overton won Tuesday’s special election for Duval County Tax Collector. But it was close. Overton won with 51 percent of the vote. He defeated Democrat Mia Jones, who recently was a member of the Florida House, rising to Democratic Leader pro tempore in 2014-16. The low-wattage race pitted two political veterans against each […]