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A.G. Gancarski has 224 articles published.

A.G. Gancarski has written a weekly column for Jacksonvilleā€™s Folio Weekly since 2003. His writings on politics, culture, and sport have appeared in the Washington Times, the Daily Caller, and the American Conservative. His radio and TV appearances include frequent contributions to WJCT-FM (Jacksonvilleā€™s Public Radio station); additionally, he has been a guest on Huff Post Live and the Savage Nation radio show. Gancarski can be reached at [email protected].

Motherhood comes first: Julia Fletcher suspends CD 4 campaign

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Julia Fletcher, a former Navy Intelligence Officer, was a uniquely compelling candidate in Florida’s 4th Congressional District. She had buy-in from Republicans in the Jacksonville beach communities, and she presented a contrast to the rest of the field. However, that’s in past tense; she made the decision Friday to suspend her campaign. “For the past two months,” Fletcher writes, “I have been a candidate to succeed Ander Crenshaw in Floridaā€™sĀ 4th Congressional District. I have traveled throughout the District learning from…

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Rick Scott to talk Zika in D.C.

Gov. Rick Scott is heading to the nation’s capital to “meet with Congressional leaders on Zika preparedness,” his office announced.

Reports: David Santiago to drop CD 6 run, run for re-election to HD 27

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The dominoes are falling now thatĀ Marco RubioĀ is running for re-election to the Senate. Ron DeSantisĀ has all but announced his intention to run for re-election inĀ Florida’s 6th Congressional District. And those who had hoped to make the jump to the U.S. House of Representatives, such as State Rep.Ā David Santiago, are rethinking the move. Informed sources say whatĀ Matt DixonĀ of Politico just tweeted this morning: Santiago is poised to run for re-election in HD 27, to a seat he was first elected to…

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Ron DeSantis will run for re-election in CD 6

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Now thatĀ Marco Rubio is going to run for re-election for the U.S. Senate,Ā Ron DeSantisĀ is running for re-election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. “Marco Rubio’s announcement changes the contours of the U.S. Senate race in Florida,” DeSantisĀ said. “As a well-known incumbent, Senator Rubio is a strong bet to win what will be a pivotal U.S. Senate race in a challenging political environment.Ā  Casey and I are grateful for the support we have received across Florida and throughout the country and plan…

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Gwen Graham: ‘I want to run for governor’

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Democratic U.S. Rep.Ā Gwen GrahamĀ virtually ended speculation Saturday about a potential gubernatorial run by saying, yes, she fully hopes to run for governor. ā€œI realize that my heart and my head are leading me towards running for governor, that thatā€™s really what I should focus on after I finish my term in Congress,ā€ she told FloridaPolitics.com in Orlando Saturday. The one-term congresswoman from Tallahassee said she wants to return to the governorā€™s mansion where she spent her high school years while…

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Memorial Day mistake: Did Lake Ray violate Department of Veterans Affairs’ rules?

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Of late, the Twitter account of Rep.Ā Lake Ray. a Republican candidate in Florida’s 4th Congressional District,Ā has been laden with veterans-friendly messages. Yet one since-deleted and revisedĀ TweetĀ from Saturday morningĀ (which also shows up on hisĀ FacebookĀ page) seems to have run afoul of a clearly-defined rule set forth by the federalĀ Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration. In its posted rules, the National Cemetery Administration, in what was clearly a bid to ensure that the sacrifices of our nation’s veterans who died in battle…

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Presidential school bathroom edict an ‘egregious overreach,’ says Carlos Lopez-Cantera

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A hot-button topic in Northeast Florida this week: theĀ Barack Obama administration asserting that Title IX funding should be conditional on students being allowed to use the bathroom of their choice because of ā€œgender identityā€ assertions. GovernorĀ Rick Scott and Attorney GeneralĀ Pam Bondi have not weighed in on school bathrooms, but in Jacksonville for a stop on his campaign-related Florida First jobs tour, Thursday, Lt. Gov.Ā Carlos Lopez-Cantera did. Lopez-Cantera, running for the GOP nomination for Senate, called the Obama directive an ā€œegregious…

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Carlos Beruff joins Carlos Lopez-Cantera in supporting a Mexican border wall

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Republican candidates for Senate in Florida are warming to the policy positions of Donald Trump when it comes to ā€œbuilding the wall.ā€ Manatee homebuilder Carlos Beruff is the latest, as evidenced by his recent interview with 880 The Biz in Miami. In response to a question about the immigration problem from Latin America, which boiled down to ā€œAre you in favor of a wall? Do you favor rounding them up?ā€, Beruff endorsed the concept of a wall on the Mexican…

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