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A.G. GancarskiDecember 13, 2016

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4th Circuit State Attorney Elect Melissa Nelson is slated to deliver a keynote graduation address on Thursday morning in Jacksonville. Nelson will speak at the Year Up Jacksonville Class 3 graduation ceremony, an event that commences at 11 a.m. at Florida State College – Jacksonville’s downtown campus’ “Downtown Auditorium.” For Nelson, who takes office in a matter of […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 16, 2016

As Melissa Nelson prepares to become 4th Circuit State Attorney in January, her administration is taking shape. Two Chief Assistant State Attorneys, Mac D. Heavener III and L.E. “Leh” Hutton, were announced on Wednesday. Both Heavener and Hutton worked at the SAO previously. Heavener currently is deputy chief of the U.S. Attorney Office in Jacksonville, while Hutton […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 21, 2016

“Families for Safety and Prosperity,” the state political committee organized to sell the Jacksonville referendum allowing slots at the bestbet location near Regency Mall, had a very good week between Oct. 8 and 14. A million-dollar week, to be exact. The pro-slots committee raised $1 million with two $500,000 checks from Jacksonville Greyhound Racing on Oct. 11 and […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 29, 2016

Fourth Circuit State Attorney-elect Melissa Nelson scored a resounding victory over incumbent Angela Corey in the GOP primary at the end of August. Though she has no general election opposition, Nelson’s political committee, “First Coast Values”, continues to raise and spend copiously. Since the end of August, “First Coast Values” has raised, in total, $138,800. First […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2016

Fourth Circuit State Attorney-elect Melissa Nelson isn’t a natural politician. The paradox, however, is that she won her GOP primary race against incumbent Angela Corey by the kind of margin just about any career politician would envy. As a result, perhaps, of those unique dynamics in the primary, every time Nelson appears in public she is […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 1, 2016

On Thursday, it became official. Melissa Nelson is now the state attorney-elect in the 4th Judicial Circuit. Kenny Leigh, the write-in who had filed, on Wednesday told The Florida Times-Union he intended to withdraw. On Thursday, the Division of Elections accepted Leigh’s withdrawal. Nelson, who won with 64 percent of the vote, now has one less obstacle ahead of […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 31, 2016

Not every candidate the Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police endorsed won on Tuesday. Angela Corey lost by a more than a 2-to-1 margin in her race for re-election as 4th Circuit State Attorney. Donnie Horner, Dick Kravitz, and Terrance Freeman lost their races for the state House. It remains to be seen if Mark Hulsey won his race […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 30, 2016

Duval, Clay, and Nassau Counties will see a new state attorney and a new public defender in January, as two polarizing incumbents were swept out of office, with resounding defeats in contentious primaries. In the most expensive GOP primary race for state attorney ever in this region, challenger Melissa Nelson — with a war chest of […]

Staff ReportsAugust 30, 2016

Win or lose, at least there will be a party. Election night parties will be raging across the state Tuesday night. For some candidates, it’s a chance to celebrate and thank supporters; maybe even have a little bit of fun before the final sprint to November. It will be a somber event for others, marking […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2016

All three candidates for 4th cCrcuit State Attorney — Melissa Nelson, incumbent Angela Corey, and Wes White spent big in the last pre-primary reporting period. Nelson was the biggest spender between Aug. 13 and Aug. 25 — $99,356 went out the door in that period, balanced against $24,405 raised. All told in the campaign, Nelson brought in $432,762 […]

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