A.G. GancarskiAugust 31, 2024
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Lenny Curry allies pony up.
A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 20204min338
The Jacksonville political establishment is determined to prove it wants to fund local schools.
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 8, 2020
4min1024
$164,000 haul in December.
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. 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. GancarskiJuly 10, 2017
3min233
Welcome back to politics, Matt Carlucci. If people weren’t taking your 2019 run for Jacksonville City Council At Large Seat 4 seriously, they are now. Carlucci, the recent former head of the Florida Ethics Commission, paced the field of 2019 hopefuls with a blockbuster June, bringing in $60,000 in his first month in the field. Among […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 8, 2016
1min315
“Yes for Jacksonville,” the political committee set up to sell Jacksonville’s pension-tax referendum, raised $255,000 in the last week of July. All told, the committee has raised nearly $1.6 million, and has just under $1 million cash-on-hand. All of the new money was reported as received on July 29, with the usual big donors contributing big […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 15, 2016
1min231
In the two weeks from June 25 to July 8, 4th Circuit State Attorney candidate Melissa Nelson raised $166,000 in hard money combined with political committee money. The political committee, “First Coast Values,” brought in $150,000 of that sum, with $25,000 donations from Wayne Hogan, Wayne Weaver, Gary Chartrand, and Lawrence Dubow leading the way. The committee has $176,000 cash […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 10, 2016
2min199
In the competitive GOP primary for an open seat in State House District 16, former Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver was the most notable May donor, giving $5,000 to the PAC of Jason Fischer, “Conservative Solutions for Jacksonville.” Fischer’s political committee has raised $81,000, with almost $53,000 of that remaining as cash on hand. And his campaign […]