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A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2016

More evidence of the political vulnerability of Jacksonville Democrat Reggie Fullwood emerged Wednesday, when Lee Brown filed to oppose him in the House District 13 primary. Brown, a veteran who earned a Purple Heart, is a retired human resources director. He joins the incumbent and challengers Tracie Davis and J.R. Gaillot in the HD 13 battle royale. Brown laid out […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 5, 2016

A big unanswered question regarding Jacksonville races for the state House: When does embattled House District 13 Democrat Reggie Fullwood get legitimate competition? The time is now. Former Deputy Duval County Supervisor of Elections Tracie Davis, defeated by Republican Mike Hogan in her 2015 bid for the top job, announced her candidacy in HD 13 on Sunday. “After […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 15, 2016

On Tuesday morning, the 199 polling places in Duval County have given a new meaning to the term “stacking paper.” With electronic poll books down down, all of them are using paper precinct registers. First Coast News reports that the “elections office says it’s working to fix the issues but has no estimated time for […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 1, 2016

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Home field advantage for HD 16 Republican Dick Kravitz? FloridaPolitics.com saw him greeting voters in the lobby at the main office of the Duval County Supervisor of Elections Tuesday. A tipster told us, “Mike Hogan, the Supervisor of Elections, has allowed an active candidate – Dick Kravitz – to work at the door greeting voters as […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2015

The binary Duval County SOE race between Republican Mike Hogan and Democrat Tracie Davis went Hogan’s way by about a 9-point margin. Despite Hogan besting Davis, who ran her first campaign after 13 years working in the Supervisor of Elections office, including four as deputy supervisor under Republican Jerry Holland, it’s hard to say there were any losers in […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 23, 2015

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On the African-American Christian radio station Pure Radio, a quartet of Democrats made their case to the voters Monday on a forum hosted by Anthony “Wealthbuilder” Curtis. Supervisor of Elections candidate Tracie Davis was joined by District 7 city council candidate Reggie Gaffney and incumbent council members Kim Daniels and Reggie Brown to make their case to what Daniels […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 23, 2015

On the African-American Christian radio station Pure Radio, a quartet of Democrats made their case to the voters Monday on a forum hosted by Anthony “Wealthbuilder” Curtis. Supervisor of Elections candidate Tracie Davis was joined by District 7 city council candidate Reggie Gaffney and incumbent council members Kim Daniels and Reggie Brown to make their case to what Daniels […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 21, 2015

The Duval County Supervisor of Elections race between Republican Mike Hogan and Democrat Tracie Davis (current Deputy SOE) that has been free from negative campaigning changed Friday. A press release issued by Robin Lumb, chairman of the Duval GOP, posed the provocative question: “Is Tracie Davis Someone Voters Can Trust?” “Democrat Tracie Davis needs to answer questions […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2015

Duval County voters face a battle of two experienced candidates for the Supervisor of Elections seat that will be vacated by Jerry Holland this year. Representing the Democrats, Tracie Davis, who has served in the SOE office for 13 years, through 44 elections, and as she said at the St. Paul AME forum this past week, other elections beyond that, including […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2015

There are a lot of candidate forums in Jacksonville. But for sheer magnitude and importance, it’s hard to top the St. Paul AME Church forum. This is especially true for city wide candidates who hope to reach out to African American voters. Tonight, people tell me, was the liveliest yet. Hundreds of likely voters jammed […]

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Reggie Fullwood draws a third Democratic challenger, Lee Brown, in HD 13

Democrat Tracie Davis files to run in House District 13

Technical issues plague Duval County electronic poll books

[Updated] HD 16 candidate Dick Kravitz working at Duval SOE as greeter

In Duval Supervisor of Elections race, there were no losers

Quartet of Jax Dems make pitch on candidates’ forum on local gospel station

Quartet of Jax Dems make pitch on candidates' forum on local gospel station

Allegations fly in Duval Supervisor of Elections race

Duval County Supervisor of Elections race is a battle of experience

Alvin Brown and Bill Bishop no show St. Paul AME forum