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A.G. GancarskiApril 7, 2015

On a sunny Tuesday morning in Springfield, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown came together with community leaders for a groundbreaking on a 14-unit apartment building on West Eighth Street, in an area city leaders have been trying to revitalize for decades. The multifamily apartment building, called the Dozier apartments (named after architect Henrietta Dozier) was designed […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 30, 2015

Jacksonville’s First Election, held last Tuesday, settled the majority of the Council district races: Aaron Bowman, Matt Schellenberg, Garrett Dennis, John Crescimbeni, Doyle Carter, Reggie Brown and Jim Love all won outright, joining Bill Gulliford, Lori Boyer, and Danny Becton, who ran unopposed. There are still five Council races headed toward a May 19 runoff, however, and with that in mind, here is a quick […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 4, 2015

Tonight, the Sun Ray theater in the Riverside area of Jacksonville hosted a “conversation with the candidates” in the District 14 City Council race between incumbent Republican Jim Love and his nominally Democratic opponent, Jason Tetlak. I say “nominally Democratic” because last week, the local Democratic Party purged Tetlak for breaking ranks with party orthodoxy and supporting Bill Bishop […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 4, 2015

Tonight, the Sun Ray theater in the Riverside area of Jacksonville hosted a “conversation with the candidates” in the District 14 City Council race between incumbent Republican Jim Love and his nominally Democratic opponent, Jason Tetlak. I say “nominally Democratic” because last week, the local Democratic Party purged Tetlak for breaking ranks with party orthodoxy and supporting Bill Bishop […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 17, 2015

Today is the special election for Duval County’s House District 13, as Democratic former Rep. Reggie Fullwood seeks to retake his seat against Republican Lawrence “Jeff” Jefferson. In June, Fullwood — who was previously running unopposed — was disqualified by the state after missing the deadline because of a pair of errors by notary publics. […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 17, 2015

Today is the special election for Duval County’s House District 13, as Democratic former Rep. Reggie Fullwood seeks to retake his seat against Republican Lawrence “Jeff” Jefferson. In June, Fullwood — who was previously running unopposed — was disqualified by the state after missing the deadline because of a pair of errors by notary publics. […]

Ryan RayFebruary 6, 2015

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State Rep. Reggie Fullwood will hold an event on Saturday, February 7 wherein friendly voters will accompany their representative to the polls and cast their votes on the first day of Early Voting in a District 13 special election. Fullwood is facing what should amount to token opposition from Republican Lawrence “Jeff” Jefferson in a deeply blue portion […]

Ryan RayFebruary 6, 2015

State Rep. Reggie Fullwood will hold an event on Saturday, February 7 wherein friendly voters will accompany their representative to the polls and cast their votes on the first day of Early Voting in a District 13 special election. Fullwood is facing what should amount to token opposition from Republican Lawrence “Jeff” Jefferson in a deeply blue portion […]

Phil AmmannDecember 7, 2014

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Surrounded by family and supporters, Democratic Rep. Reggie Fullwood kicked off Early Voting in the House District 13 special election with a rally on Saturday. “Vote with Reggie” had the Jacksonville Democrat promoting early voting at noon in the Johnny Walker Community Center, 2500 W 20th St. “There is no more sacred right in this […]

Phil AmmannNovember 29, 2014

State Rep. Reggie Fullwood received endorsements from two Jacksonville Democrats on Friday in his bid to keep his seat in House District 13. State Rep. Mia Jones, from House District 14, and Sen. Audrey Gibson, from Senate District 9, each announced their support of Fullwood, Fullwood faces Jacksonville City Council member Johnny Gaffney in the […]

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Alvin Brown holds Renew Jax groundbreaking in Springfield

Jacksonville City Council runoff elections are full of drama and intrigue

One sided “conversation with the candidates” in Jax District 14

One sided "conversation with the candidates" in Jax District 14

It’s Election Day in House District 13!

It's Election Day in House District 13!

Reggie Fullwood campaign to host “Vote with Reggie” event to kick off Early Voting

Reggie Fullwood campaign to host "Vote with Reggie" event to kick off Early Voting

Reggie Fullwood launches HD 13 early voting with rally

Two fellow Jax Dems give Rep. Reggie Fullwood their endorsement in HD 13 race