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Ryan NicolOctober 30, 2018

A new survey from the University of North Florida (UNF) projects a split Cabinet after next week’s midterms. The poll was conducted by UNF’s Public Opinion Research Lab. It shows Republican Ashley Moody leading her Democratic opponent, Sean Shaw, in the race for Attorney General. But Democrats are faring better in the Agriculture Commissioner contest, with […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 30, 2018

The latest poll from the University of North Florida’s public opinion outfit has Democrat Andrew Gillum six points ahead of Republican Ron DeSantis in the race for Florida governor. The six-point lead is outside of the poll’s 3 percentage point margin of error. Released Tuesday from the Public Opinion Research Lab at UNF, the survey has 49 percent of likely […]

Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018

The committee sponsoring the “Voting Restoration Amendment,” which would restore voting rights to Florida felons who have completed their sentences, added more than $600,000 to its coffers during the last full week of September. Floridians for a Fair Democracy, which led the drive to get Amendment 4 on the ballot, received 138 contributions for the […]

Ryan NicolOctober 4, 2018

A new survey of the contest Florida’s 16th Congressional District between Democrat David Shapiro and Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan gives the incumbent the edge. Buchanan leads Shapiro 49 percent to 40 percent, while 11 percent remain undecided. The poll was conducted by the Public Opinion Research Lab at the University of North Florida. The […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2018

The University of North Florida released a poll Monday showing the race for U.S. Senate between Republican challenger Gov. Rick Scott and third-term incumbent Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson as an absolute dead heat. The vast majority of polls have shown the candidates within the margin of error; this survey is close even in that narrow range. Nelson […]

Danny McAuliffeSeptember 24, 2018

Another public poll is showing Andrew Gillum ahead of Ron DeSantis in the Florida gubernatorial race. Gillum, the Democratic option for voters in November, is up on Republican DeSantis by 4 percentage points, according to the survey released on Monday from the University of North Florida. The lead is narrowly outside the poll’s near-4 percent […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2018

Florida voters support restoring suffrage for reformed felons, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. The poll found 71 percent of voters support Amendment 4, also known as the “Voting Restoration Amendment,” with just 21 percent opposed. Ballot amendments need 60 percent support from voters in order make it into the […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 17, 2018

Monday morning, Jacksonville City Council Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety committee put the brakes on a long-tabled bill. But it will be back. The Homeless Bill of Rights measure was introduced by now suspended (and federally indicted) Councilwoman Katrina Brown months back. The bill (2018-308) contends that “the basic rights all people should enjoy must be […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2018

Duval County Supervisor of Elections Mike Hogan told Florida Politics on Wednesday that he hopes to decide by Friday whether Duval follows other counties’ lead and opens an early voting site at the University of North Florida. Hogan noted in a meeting in August that there were potential logistical issues with UNF, including public access, adequate […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 4, 2018

A gun-rights group is again suing over Florida State University‘s guns-on-campus policy. Florida Carry sued the state university last week over its student conduct code, which was “amended” last June. It now wrongfully prohibits “the open possession of long guns, i.e. rifles and shotguns, in a vehicle unless they (are) concealed,” according to the complaint. The organization sued in Leon […]

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Poll shows party split in Cabinet races

Poll gives Andrew Gillum 6-point lead over Ron DeSantis

Billionaires, Ben & Jerry’s back felons’ rights amendment

Vern Buchanan leads David Shapiro by 9 in new survey

Photo finish? Bill Nelson, Rick Scott in dead heat, new UNF poll says

‘It’s still early’: Andrew Gillum leads Ron DeSantis 47% to 43% in new UNF poll

Felon rights restoration a winner with voters, survey says

Jacksonville homeless rights bill on pause

Duval Elections Supervisor to decide this week on early voting site at University of North Florida

Tempest over ‘truck guns’: FSU sued—again—over firearms on campus