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A.G. Gancarski has 224 articles published.

A.G. Gancarski has written a weekly column for Jacksonville’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 (Jacksonville’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].

Technical issues emerge at Duval polling places

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On Tuesday morning, the 199 polling places in Duval County have given a new meaning to the term “stacking paper.” With electronic poll books down down, all of them are using paper precinct registers. First Coast News reports that the “elections office says it’s working to fix the issues but has no estimated time for a potential resolution.” Meredith Beatrice of the Florida Department of State offered the following reassurance: “The Department of State has spoken with the Duval County…

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Email Insights: Marco Rubio’s team tells Floridians to let them know if there’s problems at the polls

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Problems at the polls? Marco Rubio’s team wants to know. In an email to supporters on Thursday, the Rubio campaign told voters to let the campaign’s legal team know if they “encounter any problems or delays” when casting a vote. “Tomorrow, polls will open across Florida, and you will have your chance to make sure that it’s a great day for Marco,” campaign officials said in an email Thursday. “Unfortunately, the last few weeks have been marred by reports of…

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Mayor Lenny Curry, other Jax Republicans will support any GOP nominee … even Donald Trump

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Referring to Mayor Lenny Curry, who entered the restaurant with Rubio for his Monday Jacksonville event, the Senator said Curry was a “great friend and great mayor” and a “real conservative” who rose to “challenges after four years of failed leadership.” “We can do that for America,” Rubio told the crowd. However, if it turns out that Rubio isn’t the GOP nominee, a reasonable bet at this point, Curry and other local Republican supporters will fall in behind the Republican…

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Alvin Brown to introduce Bill Clinton in Jacksonville Monday, who will be stumping for Hillary Clinton

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Jacksonville Democrats will be treated to some starpower Monday afternoon at 4:30, as former President Bill Clinton comes to town. And former mayor Alvin Brown, in a return to the #jaxpol scene, will be introducing him, The appearance by “42” will be a public event and will be open press. It is a Breaking Down Barriers GOTV event at the Zion Hope church on Edgewood Avenue West. This will be the former President’s first campaign related appearance in Jacksonville this election…

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Donald Trump hosts Tampa town hall Monday

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Ahead of the Florida Primary, Donald Trump has a town hall set for Tampa Monday afternoon at the Tampa Convention Center. Doors are at 11 a.m. and the event begins at 2 p.m. This is a ticketed event.

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How Donald Trump seeks to reinvent conservatism

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Longtime observers of the conservative movement know that periodically movement conservatives are compelled to purge the more radical elements in the base. William Buckley did so with the John Birch Society over a half century ago. More recently, the magazine Buckley founded, National Review, had a couple of issues dedicated to reading the radicals out of their movement, targeting opponents of the Iraq War in 1991 and again in the early part of the last decade. These plays tended to…

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“Florida” ad makes Marco Rubio’s closing pitch

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On Sunday, the Marco Rubio for President campaign issued “Florida,” a new “web video highlighting the contrast the Florida papers have drawn between Marco and the con man Donald Trump. With Florida’s March 15 primary getting close,” the campaign release asserts, “more Floridians are rallying around Marco to be the candidate to stop Trump.” The 1:46 ad has two parts. The first 46 seconds highlights a series of quotes from editorials, such as one from a paper in Pensacola lamenting…

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