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A.G. GancarskiMay 5, 2015

The specter of offshore drilling is real. And Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown wants to do something about it. A release from the Mayor’s office states that “after previously informing the U.S. Department of the Interior of his opposition to seismic testing off the Atlantic Coast, Mayor Alvin Brown today announced that he will file a proposed resolution with […]

Melissa RossMay 5, 2015

Zack Whitson, the 29-year-old owner of TWG Technologies and the North Florida millennial whiz kid behind new election data software, says Jacksonville’s mayor’s race is on a knife’s edge, according to his numbers and methodology. Whitson’s business is behind iElectApp and is also building Sphere, a new online tool letting users know which of their […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2015

What had initially been proposed as a debate sponsored by Visit Jacksonville on Monday turned into a pair of separate mayoral candidate forums for Lenny Curry and Alvin Brown. The incumbent mayor, ever wary of Curry’s “partisan tricks,” declined again the opportunity to share a stage with his opponent. Florida Politics went to the event’s venue at the […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2015

On Monday morning, the United Christians of Florida announced its endorsements in the 2015 Duval County, Jacksonville city elections. Missing from that docket: recommendations in the mayoral race and in At Large Group 1. The group endorsed Mike Williams for sheriff, Geoff Youngblood and Sam Newby for At Large Groups 3 and 5, and Mike Anania, Al Ferraro, Reggie Gaffney, and Pat Lockett-Felder in […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2015

As of Monday morning, the first early voting count trend, combined with voting by mail, remains Republican, which bodes well in theory for Lenny Curry and other Republicans down the ticket. With a little more than 29,000 votes recorded as of 10:45 a.m., GOP voters had cast almost half: 14,491. The remainder is split between Democrats […]

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 […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 3, 2015

Early voting in Jacksonville starts on Monday, and Lenny Curry made the decision to spend a big chunk of the weekend beforehand in Grand Park and NW Jacksonville, defying many of his most vocal critics who have told him, in no uncertain terms, that he might as well cede these areas to his opponent, Alvin […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 2, 2015

Some things are certain. Death and taxes. The sun coming up in the east and Chic-Fil-A being closed on Sunday. And that you can’t go more than a few days without hearing Jacksonville Sheriff candidates Ken Jefferson and Mike Williams debate. As opposed to the race at the top of the ticket, which will see […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 1, 2015

We just got a preview of a Lenny Curry comic produced by his volunteers for the Beaches Comic Con on Saturday, and it is well done. The themes are familiar to those closely following the Jacksonville mayoral campaign. The first panel features the mayor at a press conference, saying that “crime has dropped 10% and is at […]

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Seismic Thing: Alvin Brown to file resolution opposing offshore drilling

Millennial data cruncher says Jax mayoral race on knife’s edge

Lenny Curry, Alvin Brown speak to Visit Jacksonville; incumbent bars media

United Christians of Florida don’t endorse for mayor in Jacksonville elections

Republicans lead in Duval’s early voting

Jacksonville mayoral fundraising, spending reports show GOP trend

Why Joseph Hogan endorsed Alvin Brown

Lenny Curry reaches out to, dialogues with Grand Park

Inside baseball the game at Jax sheriff’s forum

Lenny Curry comic ready for Jax Beaches Comic Con