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A.G. GancarskiMarch 11, 2016

Jacksonville Republicans, don’t be surprised if the wife of Marco Rubio calls you Saturday. She will be in Jacksonville at 11 a.m. at Rubio Headquarters on Beach Boulevard, for what is being billed as a VIP Phone Bank. Soon thereafter, Mrs. Rubio will “meet and greet” with interested members of the public at 11:45, before making […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 24, 2015

An interesting career move may be in the offing for Republican political operative Raymond Johnson, if a recent Facebook post is any indication. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is looking for new community service officers, and Johnson has declared an intent to apply. “I’m applying for this CSO position to make a real steady life for myself,” […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2015

Along with a couple of thousand others, Duval GOP Chairman Lake Ray attended the Donald Trump rally at the Jacksonville Landing on Saturday. He and other local GOP luminaries briefly met the Republican front-runner at the event, Ray said. “It was great to see people come out,” Ray said, adding that Trump is “the first of […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2015

Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina created considerable enthusiasm at this week’s debate party sponsored by the Duval County Republican Party, according to Chairman Lake Ray. “It was a great event,” Ray said Friday. Although the results of a straw poll taken of the more than 100 participants on Wednesday were tabled until the October Republican […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2015

There are no polls, as far as I know, in the all-important Duval County Republican Executive Committee race. But based on an email going around this weekend, it’s fair to assume that state Rep. Lake Ray III might have the inside track in Monday night’s election. With the party poised to pick its third chairman […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 16, 2015

Duval County in some ways is the home turf of U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis. His wife Casey is the host of First Coast Living, a subsidiary of First Coast News, a local news op which tweeted out an uncharacteristically brutal, if familiar feeling, hit piece on Carlos Lopez-Cantera last night. The subject: “Lt. Gov. Carlos @LopezCantera increasing his profile […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2015

The man who chaired the Duval GOP to resounding electoral success in the just concluded campaign will be an integral part of the Lenny Curry administration. The Jacksonville mayor announced on Friday that he has appointed Robin Lumb as his Director of Policy at a salary of $92K per annum. Lumb – a former At-Large Jacksonville City […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2015

An interesting email from the Republican Party of Duval County arrived in local inboxes late Tuesday night, less than an hour from the Inauguration Day of Lenny Curry. Entitled “Lenny Curry and Bill Spann resign leadership positions,” the email addressed Curry’s departure in real detail, with a complete letter from Mayor Curry, in which he resigned his State […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2015

In the aftermath of Tuesday’s election, one Jacksonville party exults while the other one sifts through the wreckage in an attempt to find positives in a disastrous night. The Duval GOP, which won six out of eight races Tuesday night in contested elections, quite naturally celebrated its win, as an email on Wednesday afternoon indicates: In […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2015

One of the more interesting narratives of the last couple of weeks in the Jacksonville mayoral race has been Alvin Brown tacking to the left, and Republicans pouncing on that rhetorical evolution to prove that the mayor of Jacksonville has been a “liberal Democrat” all along. The latest evidence of such: an email from the Duval […]

Tag: Republican Party of Duval County

Jeanette Rubio in Jax and Orlando Saturday

Raymond Johnson applying for Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office post

Duval GOP Chairman Lake Ray talks Donald Trump, debate watch party

Duval GOP Chairman Lake Ray talks presidential debate

One last bit of intrigue in Duval GOP chairman race

CLC in the 904 next week

Robin Lumb appointed COJ policy director

Duval GOP announces Lenny Curry, Bill Spann departures

Email insights: Duval GOP celebrates as Duval Dems regroup

Email insights: Duval GOP says “Alvin Brown drops the disguise”