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A.G. GancarskiJuly 2, 2018

Democrat Tracye Polson will carry the party’s flag against one of three Republicans in a November race for exciting state Rep. Jay Fant‘s Westside Jacksonville seat. The bookkeeping through the first three weeks of June reveals a tightening financial picture between Polson, a well-funded first-time candidate, and Wyman Duggan, a Jacksonville lobbyist. Polson brought in $3,647 to […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 25, 2018

Lawyer/lobbyist Wyman Duggan, yacht broker Mark Zeigler, and Joseph Hogan (son of elections supervisor Mike Hogan), the three Republicans looking to succeed Rep. Jay Fant in Jacksonville’s House District 15, squared off in a forum Monday night. Consultants described this forum, held at a church deep in the Westside (“the most conservative church in Jacksonville,” […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 25, 2018

With state Rep. Jay Fant opting not to pursue re-election in Westside Jacksonville’s House District 15, the three Republicans hoping to replace him are just beginning to gear up their campaigns. And voters will have their first exposures to the trio’s talking points at a Monday night candidate forum, Lawyer/lobbyist Wyman Duggan, yacht broker Mark Zeigler, and Joseph Hogan (son […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 21, 2018

The race to succeed Rep. Jay Fant, a departing Jacksonville Republican who hopes to be commissioner of the Office of Financial Regulation, continues apace. The sole Democrat in the contest continues to receive meaningful endorsements, while the trio of Republicans vying for the party’s nomination in August is just beginning to dialogue with voters. On the […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 10, 2018

In Jacksonville’s House District 15, Democrat Tracye Polson continues to stack chips in her campaign account, with the hope of flipping the seat from red to blue. Between her campaign account and that of her “Better Jacksonville” political committee, she raised $36,983.03 in April. The total raised is over $211,000 now, which is far and away the biggest […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 11, 2018

March was a tepid month of fundraising for most Jacksonville area candidates, with the exception of one state House race. In HD 15, on the Democratic side, unopposed Tracye Polson reports a combined March fundraising total of $30,821. She’s raised $174,103 between her campaign and political committee accounts, with $113,635 on hand. Jacksonville land use attorney […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 26, 2018

Yacht broker Mark Zeigler entered what the GOP primary in House District 15 last month. Incumbent Jay Fant is currently running for Attorney General. Zeigler will face Joseph Hogan and Wyman Duggan. Florida Politics talked to Zeigler late last week about why he’s running, what differentiates him from the field and related issues. Zeigler, alone among the field, is known […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2015

With Election Day on May 19, there are surprises to be found in the Jacksonville mayoral fundraising and spending reports for candidates and their PACs. Some surprises are there for the viewing The first big one: As of March 31, the most recent numbers available, Alvin Brown‘s Taking Jacksonville to the Next Level PC was close […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 3, 2015

After months of seeming ambivalence (or worse) toward the Lenny Curry campaign, Joseph Hogan, the son of 2011 mayoral candidate Mike Hogan, a Republican who is the Supervisor of Elections Elect after winning outright in March, is making it official. In a move worthy of Inigo Montoya, Hogan is endorsing Alvin Brown. This represents a […]

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Slow fundraising in March for Northeast Florida legislative candidates

Business taxes drive Mark Zeigler’s run in House District 15

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