A.G. GancarskiJuly 29, 2019
5min669
Republicans and Democrats unite here.
Tag: Mike Waltz
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20 veterans take their lives daily. Could service dogs help?
A.G. GancarskiApril 11, 2019
5min432
Vendors will have to choose: The US? Or Maduro?
Staff ReportsNovember 16, 2018
33min290
A cottage industry among Northeast Florida political observers this year has revolved around the same question it did in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Did Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry go too far? In 2015, he capsized a popular Mayor. In 2016, he stumped for President Donald Trump and got pension reform through (which ticked off the […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 9, 2018
5min1155
Florida elections saw in many respects a blue wave, as witnessed by three of the five state-level races on the ballot triggering recounts. However, that 50/50 tendency didn’t extend to every contested race. Exhibit A in that regard: Florida’s 6th Congressional District, the former fiefdom of Governor-elect (?) Ron DeSantis. Republican Mike Waltz, a Trump-endorsed former Green Beret […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 6, 2018
2min542
The high-profile race to replace Ron DeSantis in Congress involved two nationally known candidates and went down to the wire. Ultimately, the President picked the winner. And that winner won by double-digits Republican Mike Waltz, a former Green Beret and counterterrorism adviser to then-Vice President Dick Cheney, defeated Democrat Nancy Soderberg, a Clinton-era Ambassador to the United Nations. The race saw […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2018
5min399
Florida’s 6th Congressional District, most recently represented by Ron DeSantis, has become a swing district in the most recent election. Democrat Nancy Soderberg and Republican Mike Waltz have, between them, raised more than $5 million for this race in the Daytona-centric district. Soderberg alone hauled in more than $3 million. To the end, the candidates have been raising […]
Phil AmmannNovember 2, 2018
40min307
Election Day is in sight, in Northeast Florida and everywhere else, and we preview the competitive races, as well as the ones decided shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday. For Jacksonville, a lot is riding on this. Mayor Lenny Curry and Sheriff Mike Williams invested real political capital in the gubernatorial campaign of Ron DeSantis. Win, […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2018
10min526
On Thursday afternoon, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence headlined a Jacksonville rally for Ron DeSantis. In what clearly was the Republican attempt to counter the appearance of former veep Joe Biden for the Democrats earlier this week, Pence’s arrival was another signal of how nationalized the race between DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum is. However, Duval Republicans seem to […]
Phil AmmannOctober 25, 2018
37min666
Duval County is now a few days into early in-person voting, with the first of two Souls to the Polls weekends about to commence. Do Democrats feel lucky? It depends on who you ask. The Blue Wave that offered so much potential early on may or may not be a tsunami at this point. The […]