elections

Donna Deegan has raised a fraction of the money her opponents have. So why is she polling better?

Jacksonville’s City Council will have a new look on July 1. Eight of 15 council races do not have an incumbent on the ticket, and seven incumbents face challengers. (Three other incumbents will return to the Council without opposition, and one is facing only a write-in candidate.)  How can voters evaluate the candidates? Jacksonville Today spoke with four former members

Candidates for Jacksonville City Council answer the Jax Today Questionnaire.

With the political establishment lining up with Daniel Davis, the ultimate insider, LeAnna Cumber is vulnerable.

2023 could be a year of big change for Jacksonville’s urban core. Here’s a look at five trends to watch through the year.

It looks from the outside like Urban Meyer is coaching the Duval Dems and Doug Pederson the GOP, but it’s not really that simple.

It is now 2023, and city elections are all but upon us. If you’re in the mayoral race, you’d better have introduced yourself by now, and done it thoroughly and memorably, because odds are good that the oppo bomb will drop on you soon enough, as the campaign will likely move into increasingly negative territory through March, then May. As

Republicans narrowly flipped the U.S. House this election cycle, gaining four seats in Florida  — including one in the newly drawn District 4, which covers part of Jacksonville. A Jacksonville Today analysis of voting data show District 4’s predecessor, the former District 5, would have been a close race with a possible Democratic win if Gov. Ron DeSantis hadn’t vetoed

I’ve written about politics in this town for many years and expressed my share of frustrations, including with candidates running for higher office while still an incumbent. The most glaring example of that obviously has been mayoral races, where a member of the City Council runs more often than not. When candidacy and incumbency converge, it raises questions about what

Freedom.  That’s the word that’s been slung like dice since campaigning began for the 2022 midterm elections. Entire narratives were built around the word to justify politically expedient policies that reopened counties, cities and classrooms from COVID-19 closures. Careers were made by silencing dissent, limiting choice, supporting revisionist history and amplifying bigotry, hatred, violence and harm toward difference — race,