Staff ReportsMarch 14, 2019Tag: Shad KhanImage via AP.
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Why is there an enthusiasm gap?
Staff ReportsMarch 1, 2019
35min501
Could Lenny Curry be cruising to a March victory?
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 22, 2019
2min382
The Jaguars' $20,000 contribution made up the bulk of a $31,000 week for Hazouri's Let's Stay Together political committee.
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 1, 2019
6min380
A former Republican Party of Florida chair is facing a serious challenge in his mayoral re-election bid, in a local story with statewide reach. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s donors continued to come through in the two weeks after the qualifying deadline. Figures released Wednesday afternoon show that Curry raised a million dollars in two weeks, with […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 23, 2019
3min681
In the latest sign that Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry will have the resources he needs to message his re-election, a fundraiser helmed by Jaguars’ owner Shad Khan was announced this week. The Feb. 6 funder will be for Curry’s campaign, meaning contributions will be capped at $1,000 per person. Khan will host the event at TIAA Bank Field, […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 20, 2018
6min314
Legislation that would introduce a number of transparency reforms to Jacksonville’s city government went down in the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee Tuesday, despite bill sponsor Anna Brosche requesting a deferral. Rules, the sole committee of reference, is chaired by Councilman Tommy Hazouri, who asserted that the deferral request was too close to the meeting to be […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2018
3min413
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, the best fundraiser in Northeast Florida history, delivered a statement month in September, with the second best haul of his re-election bid. The first-term Republican raised $789,500 for his political committee (Jacksonville on the Rise), and another $26,600 for his campaign account. Curry, a former chair of the state GOP, is now […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 28, 2018
4min314
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s state-level political committee (Build Something that Lasts) has benefited greatly from the generosity of the Jacksonville Jaguars and owner Shad Khan in recent years. The committee has raised $1.79 million in total. Of that sum, Khan has ponied up $175,000 and the Jaguars have ponied up another $35,000. (That isn’t all they’ve donated: […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 7, 2018
2min258
State Rep. Jason Fischer, a first-term Republican from Jacksonville, faces a general election challenge — and judging from the first week of post-primary fundraising, he takes it seriously. Between his campaign account and that of his political committee, Conservative Solutions for Jacksonville, Fischer brought in $11,000 in the week leading up to Aug. 31, giving him roughly […]