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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

Democrat Tracye Polson is confident in her ability to take what is now a Republican-held seat in House District 15, and that confidence will only be bolstered after the latest financial reports in the race. During the period from Aug. 24 to 31, Polson stretched her lead over Wyman Duggan, a Republican lobbyist whose backing from […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 7, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has raised over $2.5 million for his re-election bid next year, after $221,000 in August receipts between his campaign account and that of his Jacksonville on the Rise political committee. Curry’s campaign account took in $33,000 of that number; it now has $428,730 raised, with over $414,000 on hand. The committee raked in […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 5, 2018

Dr. Tracye Polson, running in Westside Jacksonville’s House District 15, is the most likely Northeast Florida Democrat to flip a Republican seat. However, she understands that to win that battle, she will have to run a gauntlet of attacks from the statewide Republican establishment. Incumbent Jay Fant stepped down, and Republican nominee and lobbyist Wyman Duggan emerged from […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2018

Tuesday was very arguably a mixed bag for Mayor Lenny Curry‘s political interests, as endorsements of Frank White and Baxter Troutman in the AG and Ag Commissioner races went for naught. However, many of the big bets Curry made paid off. And the remaining ones will show the strength of his political operation if they pay off … and […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2018

Mercifully, primary Election Day is upon us in Northeast Florida, the culmination of months of spirited campaigning, big time spending, and the occasional calumny or two. And now that it’s finally Tuesday, we will see the resolution of a number of narratives that have percolated for these many months. Moving from the top of the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 25, 2018

A triple shooting in Jacksonville at a football game between Lee and Raines High Schools left one dead, two wounded, and brought forth lamentations of the violence that seem all too familiar. With the amount of people there, we should have many witnesses. If you heard chatter, observed anything, please contact JSO at 904-630-0500 or […]

Staff ReportsAugust 24, 2018

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Those of a certain age will recall the Semisonic earworm “Closing Time.” It is also where we stand in primary season. We already know what races we are tracking election night. In some, there is enough confidence in the results to have a sense of what […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 20, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry made another late-game endorsement in a statewide race Monday, backing Rep. Baxter Troutman for Agriculture Commissioner. This endorsement indicates the value of relationships. Curry’s chief of staff Brian Hughes had been running the Troutman campaign before Hughes took a city job. Now, the operation is run by another Jacksonville op, Carlo Fassi. The timing of the endorsement’s […]

Staff ReportsAugust 17, 2018

Wishful thinking predicates much of election season. Aspirational ads for Democrats; appeals targeting nonexistent issues (hello, “sanctuary cities”) for Republicans. Ultimately, these moves — whether pulled by a winning or losing campaign — are strategic. How a Republican is to eliminate sanctuary cities or how a Democrat is by force of will to create Medicare […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 16, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis visited an afterschool program in Jacksonville Thursday, and even before the formal endorsement, Curry made it clear he aligned with DeSantis. At one point during the tour, he used the phrase “brothers from a different mother.” Curry, during a subsequent media availability, removed all suspense and endorsed […]

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Tracye Polson builds HD 15 cash lead over flatlining Wyman Duggan

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry over $2.5M raised for re-election bid

For Tracye Polson, flipping HD 15 means defeating ‘special interests’

November will tell the tale of the strength of the Lenny Curry ‘machine’

Northeast Florida primary narratives poised for resolution

Democratic gubernatorial candidates decry triple-shooting at Jacksonville high school

Jacksonville Bold for 8.24.18 — Closing time

Lenny Curry backs Baxter Troutman for Ag Commissioner

Jacksonville Bold for 8.17.18 — Sizzle, and steak

‘Brothers from a different mother’: Lenny Curry endorses Ron DeSantis