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A.G. GancarskiJune 1, 2015

At last Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council meeting, Mayor Elect Lenny Curry spoke about the campaign being over and coming together as “One Jacksonville.” Some cynics have framed that as just rhetoric. What’s clear though is that Curry means it. Having talked to quite a few Democrats who have been elected to City Council to start next […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 21, 2015

The ashes of the Alvin Brown campaign are still cooling, but one of the most interesting analyses now is from Matthew Isbell, a left-leaning political consultant who has a number of salient theories as to the Brown loss. Isbell’s theory: Brown needed to win over Bill Bishop supporters (which would have been tough, in my estimation, given […]

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. GancarskiMay 13, 2015

W.C. Gentry is a man whose roots are deeply embedded in Jacksonville. He has been one of the leading trial attorneys in the area in the last half century. His contributions to the civic good, such as helping Mayor Tommy Hazouri as a Special Counsel to mitigate the noxious odors created by local paper mills, serving as Chair […]

Melissa RossMay 11, 2015

The Rev. Gene Youngblood, father of Jacksonville City Council At-Large Group 3 candidate Geoff Youngblood, says a message posted on the marquee outside his First Conservative Baptist Church is “reacting to current events” and corresponds to Scripture. The sign reads “Homosexuals must repent or go to Hell.” It has sparked a petition response at the website […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 1, 2015

“You can count on me to show up, to read legislation before I vote, to represent every part of Duval County.” Those words, from At Large Group 1 Council Candidate Anna Brosche, were a purposeful jab at her opponent, Kim Daniels, who no-showed the Beaches Watch forum. It was unsurprising, given that Daniels has been at loggerheads […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 30, 2015

With Early Voting just days away in Jacksonville, two citywide Democratic candidates are running ads that take on the problem of street crime. Their messaging seems independent from that of Mayor Alvin Brown. Starting on Thursday morning and running through Tuesday, At Large City Council candidate Tommy Hazouri is running an ad, Ready to Work, Day and […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 27, 2015

As of early Monday afternoon, about 15,000 votes by mail have been tabulated in the Jacksonville election. About half of those have been cast by Republicans, the rest split between Democrats and independents. However, if Democrat Tommy Hazouri has anything to say about it, that ratio will become more evenly divided. Hazouri has spent more […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 23, 2015

The Lenny Curry and Alvin Brown campaigns have both made concerted plays for Jacksonville voters to cast votes by mail, and we are seeing a surge in votes from Republicans and Democrats alike. As of 8:30 Thursday morning, 4,799 absentee ballots were cast. The break is still toward the Republicans, but a more even split is emerging between […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 23, 2015

The always idiosyncratic voters at the Jacksonville Tiger Bay club voted in a straw poll for citywide candidates at this past Friday’s meeting, which we covered. The results are in and they are not party line. In the Mayoral Straw Poll, incumbent Democrat Alvin Brown bested Republican Lenny Curry 50 percent to 40 percent, with 10 percent leaving […]

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How Lenny Curry is reaching across party lines, and how the Jax Chamber may have the real political juice in 2015

Matthew Isbell: Why Alvin Brown lost

Email insights: Duval GOP celebrates as Duval Dems regroup

W.C. Gentry endorses Lenny Curry for mayor, decries “lack of leadership” from Alvin Brown

Minister, father of Jax City Council candidate, defends “homophobic” sign

Jax at large council candidates address Beaches Watch forum

Jax Democrats take crime messaging to airwaves

Tommy Hazouri talks crime, absentee voting with Jax seniors

Vote by mail is picking up in Duval County

Alvin Brown, Mike Williams win Tiger Bay straw poll