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A.G. GancarskiApril 17, 2018

Odds are long for any Democrat running against U.S. Rep. John Rutherford in the Republican sinecure that is Florida’s 4th Congressional District. Rutherford, a former three-term Jacksonville sheriff, has $300,000 cash on hand and name identification to spare. Fundraising numbers are comparably modest for Jacksonville candidates Joceline Berrios and Monica DePaul, as well as Ponte Vedra businessman George Selmont. Berrios […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 16, 2018

Rep. John Rutherford, the Jacksonville Republican representing Florida’s 4th Congressional District, now has $300,000 in the bank for his re-election campaign. Rutherford had not been aggressively fundraising before the just-concluded quarter. Rutherford ended 2017 with $183,748 on hand. Among interesting donors for Rutherford: Jacksonville donor Peter Rummell, who recently stated that he would only give […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 20, 2018

John Rutherford is a favorite to win re-election in Florida’s 4th Congressional District. After all, he was elected in 2016 with 70 percent of the vote. He already has $183,000 cash on hand. Yet Democratic candidates are lining up to run against him. A third Democrat in the CD 4 race, Joceline Berrios, filed to run […]

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Duval Democrats courted by congressional candidates

John Rutherford now has more than $300K for re-election bid

Joceline Berrios becomes third Democrat challenger to file against John Rutherford