Aaron Bean

A reader asked us which Northeast Florida Representatives voted for new House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Florida’s congressional district map is a fraud, and the most glaring example is my district.  No offense to Aaron Bean, but he should not be representing North and West Jacksonville in Congress. And in light of last week’s unexpected Supreme Court ruling against the gerrymandering that wiped out a Black-access seat in Alabama, there is a strong indication that Florida’s

Jacksonville Today’s Will Brown shares his favorite images he’s captured over the past year.

John Rutherford will return to Congress for a fourth term in the House of Representatives. The Jacksonville congressman defeated challengers Mara Macie and Luna Lopez to represent Congressional District 5. As of 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, Rutherford won 65.7% of the vote. Because there is not a Democrat or write-in candidate in the race, Rutherford will be sworn for a fourth

Former Florida Times-Union journalist Matt Dixon, now of POLITICO Florida, had a “scoop” the other day that illustrated tragedies throughout the political process that ultimately settle on the chest of Northeast Florida’s body politic like a ton of bricks, an impact that can be blamed largely on one man in Tallahassee: Ron DeSantis. Republican Erick Aguilar, a candidate for the

There was no surprise, none at all, for readers of this column regarding what the Florida Legislature would do with the problem of the new congressional reapportionment map. We wrote it over two months ago: “Ron DeSantis isn’t bluffing about his map.” Lots of poetic justifications of the current Congressional District 5 followed, all sound and fury signifying nothing when