Tag: Rontel Batie

A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2018
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Crowded Democratic primaries for Northeast Florida Congressional seats have been resolved after Friday’s action. In Congressional District 5, a candidate has officially stepped aside. Rontel Batie, a former Corrine Brown staffer, officially announced his withdrawal from the race Thursday. “I’ve come to realize that the time for Florida to elect a young, African American progressive to […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 16, 2018
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There will not be an open seat in Jacksonville’s U.S. Congressional Delegation in 2018, confounding those who expected otherwise. U.S. Rep. John Rutherford confirmed to Florida Politics Monday evening that he does, in fact, plan to run for re-election in Florida’s 4th Congressional District — a Jacksonville-centered district that includes Nassau and northern St. Johns County. “It […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 22, 2017
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Rontel Batie, a former Corrine Brown staffer who is now running to take back her seat in Florida’s 5th Congressional District, issued the first salvo of the 2018 Democratic primary campaign against the incumbent Thursday evening. That incumbent — Rep. Al Lawson, a moderate Democrat from Tallahassee — does not align with the priorities of the Congressional Black […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2017
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It was only a matter of time before U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, a Tallahassee Democrat, drew a primary challenge in Florida’s 5th Congressional District. However, that challenge isn’t coming from former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, at least not yet. Rather, the first primary opponent for Lawson is Rontel Batie, a 29 year-old former Tallahassee lobbyist and former Corrine Brown policy director who […]


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