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A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2015

What 4th District State Attorney Angela Corey describes as a “grassroots” campaign has an awful lot of long green at its base. About $179,000 of it, according to the July report. Of the $42,635 raised by the Corey campaign in July, many donations came from assistant state attorneys and members of the law enforcement community. Her […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 4, 2015

For more than a year, the only filed candidate for public defender in Florida’s 4th Judicial Circuit was Mike Weinstein. The former Jacksonville mayoral candidate filed in March 2014, and his filing was active as late as last month. However, his filing has been withdrawn. Weinstein, the chief financial officer in Jacksonville for the Lenny Curry administration, […]

Melissa RossJuly 27, 2015

Northeast Florida State Attorney candidate Wes White says the issue of untested rape kits in Florida’s Fourth Circuit runs far deeper than his many beefs with Angela Corey. “I think we live in a country where it requires 35 women to bring a claim against someone like Bill Cosby before law enforcement officials will pay […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 23, 2015

Outside the Duval County Courthouse on Thursday morning, State Attorney’s Office candidate Wes White had harsh criticism for the incumbent, Angela Corey, about her office’s handling of rape kits. First Coast News reported this week that in about 2,000 cases, DNA evidence was left “sitting on a shelf,” unexamined for proof of rape. That follows […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 9, 2015

When we last checked on Angela Corey, she was launching her “grassroots” campaign with a petition drive, with dozens of lawyers by her side at the Jacksonville Landing. Now? The 4th District state attorney has an eighth of a million dollars to go along with those trusty grassroots. The Re-elect Angela Corey Campaign has reported […]

Melissa RossJune 5, 2015

Even though the election isn’t until November 2016, the prognosticating around North Florida is already well underway as State Attorney Angela Corey files for a third term representing Clay, Duval and Nassau counties in the state’s 4th Circuit. The two questions political observers have are these: Can the other filed candidate, former Assistant State Attorney Wes White, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 2, 2015

Having covered my share of campaign launches, Angela Corey‘s on Tuesday evening at the Jacksonville Landing was unique. Slated to start at 6:00 p.m., it actually started a few minutes early. Perhaps it was the rain that caused the early start. Corey, seeking her third term as the State Attorney for the Fourth District, was […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 2, 2015

Florida Politics reported first that Angela Corey filed for re-election at the end of last month. At 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Jacksonville Landing, Corey will officially announce her bid for a third term as 4th Circuit State Attorney, as a short email states. “Since filing on Thursday, May 28, 2015, we have received many inquiries. Therefore, […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 28, 2015

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Republican State Attorney Angela Corey officially filed for re-election on May 28. Her opponent, Wes White, had filed in March. His fundraising has been slow; he’s raised less than $8,000 so far. White’s case against Corey is predicated on her having “failed largely in the court of public opinion. What we […]

Melissa RossMarch 30, 2015

The man hoping to unseat State Attorney Angela Corey says he’s doing it to restore public confidence in the leadership of Florida’s Fourth Circuit. “Prosecutors have to work in the court of public opinion as well as the courtroom,” says challenger Wes White. “And right now the state attorney’s office has failed largely in the […]

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Angela Corey raises more than $179K; Wes White has a $700 July

No one now in running for 4th Circuit public defender

Wes White: Untested rape kits flap shows violence against women not taken seriously

Wes White slams Angela Corey over “mistaken priorities” on rape test kits

Angela Corey scores more than $125K in first month of fundraising

Angela Corey’s re-election campaign takes shape

Angela Corey launches her “grassroots” re-election campaign

Email insights: Angela Corey to officially announce re-election bid Tuesday evening

Circuit 4 State Attorney Angela Corey files for re-election

Wes White: Angela Corey has "failed" in the court of public opinion