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A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2015

The worlds of law enforcement and of party politics are both predicated on loyalty. On a muggy Thursday night at his campaign headquarters in Jacksonville’s San Marco neighborhood, Mike Williams scored endorsements from two fellow Republicans he defeated — Jay Farhat and Lonnie McDonald — to make it into the runoff. The story, though, was the Republican […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2015

Walking into Memorial Park in the Riverside neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, I encountered Jimmy Holderfield, who was walking into the park at the same time on Thursday afternoon, half an hour before Ken Jefferson‘s “major announcement.” I asked him about his expected endorsement of Ken Jefferson (a story we broke this morning), an endorsement which crosses party lines […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2015

The Jacksonville race for sheriff between Ken Jefferson and Mike Williams is heating up. Word is that third-place finisher Jimmy Holderfield is endorsing Jefferson on Thursday afternoon during an 2 p.m. event Jefferson’s campaign is billing a “major announcement” and a “gamechanger [of an] endorsement.” If true, this race will only get hotter. The announcement is scheduled to happen at Cleveland Arms Apartment […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015

We were the first to report that Republican Jimmy Holderfield, who lost narrowly in Jacksonville’s First Election Tuesday to Mike Williams and Ken Jefferson, is holding off on endorsing either of his opponents at the present time. That said, endorsements now are starting to fall into place. To no one’s surprise who saw their convivial interactions at forums, Lonnie McDonald has […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015

The hotly contested seven-way Jacksonville Sheriff’s Race is down to two candidates now: Democrat Ken Jefferson, who emerged with 37% of the vote, and Republican Mike Williams, the endorsed candidate of Sheriff John Rutherford, who finished in second place with 22% of the vote. The drama of the election was whether Williams or Jimmy Holderfield, the preferred candidate of […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015

The hotly contested seven-way Jacksonville Sheriff’s Race is down to two candidates now: Democrat Ken Jefferson, who emerged with 37% of the vote, and Republican Mike Williams, the endorsed candidate of Sheriff John Rutherford, who finished in second place with 22% of the vote. The drama of the election was whether Williams or Jimmy Holderfield, the preferred candidate of […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 20, 2015

Since there was a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Candidate Debate on television Thursday night, I wondered whether attending this month’s Tiger Bay forum was necessary. What would happen that didn’t before the TV cameras? Quite a bit, almost all of it from Tony Cummings, a longshot candidate. Before that drama, here’s a bit of prologue to set the […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 19, 2015

On Thursday evening, Jacksonville University’s Public Policy Institute held the only televised debate with the seven candidates for sheriff. The conventional wisdom is that one Democrat (likely Ken Jefferson, who was ahead in the University of North Florida poll a couple of weeks back) and one Republican (likely Mike Williams or Jimmy Holderfield) will advance to the runoff. The big drama […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 19, 2015

The Jacksonville sheriff’s race has seen robust fundraising for many candidates, with three Republicans raising at least $250K before the runoff. Conventional wisdom is that two of those Republicans, Mike Williams and Jimmy Holderfield, are jousting for one runoff slot. Ironically, given their fundraising prowess, the race may pivot on an “overzealous” Holderfield supporter being arrested for […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 19, 2015

The Jacksonville sheriff’s race has seen robust fundraising for many candidates, with three Republicans raising at least $250K before the runoff. Conventional wisdom is that two of those Republicans, Mike Williams and Jimmy Holderfield, are jousting for one runoff slot. Ironically, given their fundraising prowess, the race may pivot on an “overzealous” Holderfield supporter being arrested for […]

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Lonnie McDonald endorses Mike Williams for Jax sheriff

Jax Sheriff’s race down to two candidates; Jimmy Holderfield not endorsing

Jax Sheriff's race down to two candidates; Jimmy Holderfield not endorsing

Tony Cummings blasts JSO at Jax Tiger Bay sheriff forum

Jacksonville sheriff debate offers few surprises

Stolen signs loom as Jax Sheriff's debate approaches

Stolen signs loom as Jax Sheriff’s debate approaches