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Melissa RossApril 15, 2015

Appearing in front of a fire station on the city’s Northwest Side, Mayor Alvin Brown touted the endorsements of the city’s Brotherhood of Police Officers and Firefighters, saying he’s got the better plan to improve Jacksonville’s public safety. The organizations primarily represent African-American police and fire personnel. As recently as December, their blessings were not […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 15, 2015

March fundraising numbers for Jacksonville campaigns show surprises in the mayoral race and PAC accounts. Though the most interesting narrative is that of Alvin Brown‘s fundraising, there are other strands worth mentioning. The big story for some observers, such as David Bauerlein with the The Florida Times-Union, was Shad Khan dropping $100K into Brown’s Taking Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 14, 2015

Rainy days and Mondays always got Karen Carpenter down. That didn’t apply to the Republican Party of Duval County, though, which drew a couple hundred hearty souls for a ran-soaked rally Monday at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. In the house at the Hyatt were heavy hitters who needed no introduction, such as Sheriff John Rutherford […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 13, 2015

In a move that will not strike observers of the Bill Bishop campaign apparatus as a complete surprise, Rob and Jill Storey of the RLS Group, who were among the senior leadership of the Bishop campaign, have joined the Alvin Brown campaign in consultant roles as of Monday afternoon. The Brown campaign cites this as proof of their […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 13, 2015

Ready for Hillary? According to Monday’s email from the Lenny Curry campaign’s “Let’s Keep Alvin Honest” account, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is. The email posits that “Democrat Alvin Brown [is] Dreaming of His Next Clinton DC Job.” “Democrat Alvin Brown, a liberal appointee to Bill Clinton‘s White House, might think he’s one step closer to his next job […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 9, 2015

Signaling a new phase of the campaign just in time for the peak of One Spark and the #UniteJax rally on Monday, a new Lenny Curry television ad hit Jacksonville airwaves on Thursday, reiterating the Curry camp’s messaging on public safety. The spot features his wife Molly delivering the message that Lenny Curry is a “Mayor for all […]

Melissa RossApril 9, 2015

Standing in the shadow of the city’s Tillie Fowler Memorial, a bipartisan group of female supporters endorsed incumbent Mayor Alvin Brown for re-election, saying Brown kept his promises and has empowered women and men alike to succeed. The group included former WNBA President and Generation W founder Donna Orender and Brown’s former Chief Administrative Officer Karen […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 9, 2015

For a couple of days now, those following the Jacksonville mayoral race have wondered what the #UniteJax event teased by Duval County Republicans for Monday, April 13 was all about. Turns out it’s all about a rally featuring Republican candidates and current Cabinet members on Monday 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Hyatt in downtown Jacksonville, […]

Melissa RossApril 8, 2015

For the hundreds of thousands of visitors flocking this week to Jacksonville’s One Spark, the five-day crowdfunding festival is a glorious love-in, a happening, a blissful paean to the millennial generation’s long-awaited 21st century triumph over the city’s stodgy Old Guard. One Spark is the Change They Have Been Waiting For. Closed streets, open containers, live […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 8, 2015

Wednesday saw a rare feat: a trifecta of emails aiming at Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown from The Duval County Republican Party and the Lenny Curry campaign. In a week that has been surprisingly fast moving in terms of the campaign narrative, the Curry Camp and the Duval Republicans are messaging hard. The first email on Wednesday, from […]

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Jacksonville’s black firefighters, police endorse Alvin Brown

March fundraising in Jacksonville campaigns reveals surprises

Duval GOP #UniteJax downtown rally rouses faithful

Alvin Brown campaign adds former Bill Bishop senior leadership as consultants

Email Insights: Is Alvin Brown closer to his next D.C. job?

Molly Curry ad hits Jacksonville airwaves

Leading women endorse Alvin Brown at Tillie Fowler memorial

Email Insights: Duval GOP wants to #UniteJax with its candidates

How One Spark lays bare Florida’s political divide

Email Insights: Duval GOP and Lenny Curry hit Alvin Brown three times in one day