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A.G. GancarskiJuly 30, 2018

As of July 20, the last date for which campaign finance data is available, House District 14 incumbent Rep. Kim Daniels is still well ahead of Democratic challenger Paula Wright. In the money chase ahead of the open Democratic primary, Daniels raised $7,642, and spent $13,420, between July 7 and July 20. She has just over $21,500 […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 30, 2018

State Rep. Kim Daniels benefited from an egregious hit piece against her opponent in the open Democratic primary in House District 14. And though a correction was made, the damage was done, and did not address the concerns of the person slimed in print the week before. The Florida Star, one of Jacksonville’s leading African-American papers, ran […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2018

State Rep. Kim Daniels, a first-term Democrat in Northwest Jacksonville’s House District 14, has been fined for filing a campaign finance report late earlier this summer. Daniels missed the deadline for the June 29 report, per the Division of Elections, with the report eventually filed on July 7, resulting in a fine of $450.96. That report […]

Drew WilsonJuly 23, 2018

The political arm of the state’s largest professional trade association, Florida Realtors, has announced endorsements for another 16 candidates running for state legislative seats in the fall. The new endorsements follow the group’s bulk endorsement two weeks ago that saw 87 legislative candidates get the nod alongside the Florida Realtor’s top-of-ticket recommendations, which included Adam Putnam […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 20, 2018

The Northeast Florida Builders’ Association released a raft of endorsements for state House and Senate Thursday, choosing incumbents in every regional race but two. NEFBA went with a Democratic primary challenger, Paula Wright, over incumbent Kim Daniels in House District 14. This could boost Wright’s insurgent bid, one where Daniels has a 10-1 cash on hand advantage […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 13, 2018

Just before the end of candidate qualifying, incumbent state Rep. Kim Daniels drew a primary challenge for her House District 14 seat from Duval County School Board chair Paula Wright. Daniels, a first-term lawmaker from Jacksonville, answered the challenge with her best fundraising of the cycle in the two weeks between June 22 and July 6: $26,412, bringing […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 22, 2018

Arguably, the most iconoclastic Democrat in the Florida Legislature, Rep. Kim Daniels appeared poised to sail to re-election. Now, she will have a primary challenge from Duval County School Board Chair Paula Wright. Wright qualified just before the noon Friday deadline and told Florida Politics that education issues are motivating her run. When asked to appraise Daniels’ […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 23, 2018

Two weeks ago, the Jacksonville City Council passed a resolution at the request of School Board member Ashley Smith-Juarez backing up its position that a change in state concordance testing changes would lower the city’s graduation rate. Per WJCT, the new rules would raise minimum standardized test scores needed for graduation, but Mayor Lenny Curry objected to the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2017

A rainy Monday morning saw the often fractious Duval County School Board move forward in suing the state of Florida. At issue: HB 7069, the “Schools of Hope” bill, which would divert capital dollars to charter schools from local schools. Multiple urban districts — Broward, Miami-Dade, Orange, and Palm Beach — are already in the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 16, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry had a symbiotic relationship with former Duval Schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, including advocating for Vitti’s job security at one point when Vitti was under fire. Vitti has moved on to Detroit. And now Curry is building relationships anew, as exemplified Wednesday morning when the Mayor met with current Interim Superintendent Pat Willis and School […]

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GOP money keeps playing a role for incumbent Kim Daniels in open HD 14 Dem primary

‘Florida Star’ takes a week to walk back hit piece against HD 14 hopeful Paula Wright

Kim Daniels dinged for late campaign finance report

Florida Realtors announce second wave of legislative endorsements

Northeast Florida builders back Paula Wright, Wyman Duggan for Florida House

GOP interests, donors power Democrat Kim Daniels fundraising in HD 14

Paula Wright to challenge Kim Daniels in HD 14 Dem primary

Concordance discord: Lenny Curry pilloried for not signing education resolution

Duval Schools move toward litigation on ‘unconstitutional’ Schools of Hope bill

Lenny Curry urges Duval Schools to retain Interim Supe through academic year