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A.G. GancarskiJune 6, 2018

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As qualifying quickly approaches for state races, two Northeast Florida incumbents face changes that will affect their 2018 campaigns. Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, currently is running unopposed after perennial third-party candidate Darcy Richardson opted to run for Governor on the Reform Party line. Richardson called Daniels a “disgrace” and worse, and said he was “running […]

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 8, 2018

Wednesday saw HB 7026 pass the Florida House by a 67-50 margin. The $400 million gun and school safety proposal will fund demolition of a building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, where 14 students and three teachers were gunned down on Valentine’s Day. It also includes gun-control provisions banning the sale of bump […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2018

State Rep. Kim Daniels, an iconoclastic Jacksonville Democrat, has the area’s political establishment behind her. Among her January donors: members of the Rummell family, the Jacksonville Association of Fire Fighters, and local dog track interests. Daniels has nearly $16,000 cash on hand; however, her NPA opponent, Darcy Richardson, believes that he can be competitive in the November […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2018

State Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, got national publicity on Monday for the kind of prayer that no other Democrat in the state would deliver. Namely, as Patheos observed, Daniels delivered with “rants against witches” and a prayer for President Donald Trump. “God, I lift up President Donald Trump before you,” Daniels intoned during a daybreak sermon […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2018

The intrigue continues in Jacksonville-area Democratic primaries, with yet another incumbent set to face a primary challenge in 2018. The latest development is in House District 13, where incumbent Rep. Tracie Davis will face a challenge from Roshanda Jackson, a former district secretary for state Rep. Kim Daniels. Davis, who got the Democratic nomination after Reggie Fullwood withdrew in 2016 […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 7, 2018

HB 839, a bill requiring school districts to display Florida’s motto “In God We Trust,” cleared its final House committee stop Wednesday. The bill requires display in all “school buildings” in a given district, including school district structures. The House Education committee cleared the bill Wednesday with just one no vote, with Republicans and Democrats […]

Ana CeballosFebruary 1, 2018

A proposed change to a House bill that would have made it legal for some adults to have sex with children as young as 14 was tossed on Thursday after it drew criticism from a top senator. But a House panel still pushed forward a proposal that would allow certain minors to wed, moving away […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 29, 2018

State Rep. Kim Daniels is going to face an electoral challenge this year after all — and it will come from an unexpected NPA candidate, Darcy Richardson. “I’m running to win,” Richardson says, spitting in the face of the long, if not prohibitive, odds faced by almost every independent candidates. Richardson, an author of multiple books on […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 22, 2018

Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, filed a pair of bills Monday that could bring changes for Duval County students. One mandates more crossing guards. The other orders evaluations for students pre-graduation. HB 1453 would require that Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office post crossing guards at all schools in Duval that serve students from grades K through 8, superseding previous legislation. […]

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Northeast Florida ballot moves: Kim Daniels runs unopposed, Aaron Bean draws second challenger

Slow fundraising in March for Northeast Florida legislative candidates

Duval House members had their reasons for opposing gun, school safety bill

Kim Daniels’ NPA challenger touts fundraising in House race

Kim Daniels prays for Donald Trump, against warlocks and witches

Former aide to Kim Daniels to primary Tracie Davis

Bill requiring schools to display state motto clears final House panel

House alters child marriage bill to allow some minors to wed

NPA spoiler Darcy Richardson seeks to topple Kim Daniels in HD 14

Kim Daniels bills would mandate K-8 crossing guards, annual student evals in Duval