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By:
marian
On:
6/21/2010 1:59 PM
Qualifying ended at noon on Friday, June18, but there is a possibility not all the qualified candidates have posted. The "unofficial list" reveals no real surprises. Those in the Senate who appear to be elected without opposition are Don Gaetz (R) SD 4; Arthenia Joyner (D) SD 18; David Simmons (R) SD 22; Mike Haridopolos (R) SD 26; Joe Negron (R) SD 28; Maria Lorts Sachs (D) SD 30; Jeremy Ring (D) SD 32 and Nan Rich (D) SD 34.
Ronda Storms (R) SD 10 and Rene Garcia (R) SD 40 both have...
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By:
marian
On:
5/3/2010 10:49 AM
At noon on Friday, April 30, the official time for qualifying as a candidate for federal office ended. Of course, the big news was yesterday when Charlie Crist announced he would not run for U. S. Senate as a Republican; instead, he will run as NPA and changed his registration to Independent. Way down deep, none of us really believed that Crist would run against Rubio, but we were all waiting to hear what his game plan would be. Now we know. In all, there are 24 candidates who qualified for the...
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By:
marian
On:
4/22/2010 3:15 PM
Former State Senator Dan Webster (R) has called a meeting of some friends this afternoon to tell them whether he is running for Congressional District 08 or not. For months now, many people have been encouraging him to run.
We expect he will annnounce he is definitely running. Webster will be joining a host of other candidates seeking to oust Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson. Currently, there are 10 other Republicans prefiled to run including State Representative Kurt Kelly, two...
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By:
marian
On:
11/20/2009 6:28 PM
Marian's Corner: A Primer on Polling
The art of campaigning changes every election cycle. Take, for example, the inclusion of polling as the `must have one to be credible’ campaign that polling has become today. It wasn’t that many years ago when the campaign conducted one official scientific poll in the beginning of a campaign and the only other poll was the election day results. However, today, polls are an everyday read in the papers.
Have you ever...
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By:
marian
On:
9/15/2009 10:25 PM
With a majority of the votes counted and unofficially tallied, former House Speaker John Thrasher been declared the winner of the State Senate District 8 race.
As of 9:30 pm tonight, Thrasher received approximately 39.50 percent of the vote, while Dan Quiggle received 26.50 percent, Art Graham received 17.1 percent and Stan Jordan received 16.8 percent. Over 32,000 voters cast their ballot in this special election primary to replace the late Senator Jim King.
The Florida Chamber of...
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By:
marian
On:
9/15/2009 9:11 PM
John Thrasher is about to take the stage to speak to supporters, volunteers and campaign staffers at his victory party in Jacksonville. Though we aren't sure if the concession call has been made, it seems that the victory is all but official. Thrasher is leading by double digits in almost every county with almost all precincts reporting.
Senator Mike Haridopolos just told me - "what a night!" ... And boy is he right!
Senator Elect Thrasher is currently thanking his...
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By:
marian
On:
9/15/2009 9:00 PM
We have almost all of the Duval precincts in, with all Early ballots and most of the absentee ballots also reporting - here's the results:
DUVAL (74 of 75 precincts)
John Thrasher (REP) - 35.34% - 5,619
Dan Quiggle (REP) - 21.98% - 3,494
Art Graham (REP) - 21.57% - 3,429
Stan Jordan (REP) - 21.11% - 3,356
By:
marian
On:
9/15/2009 8:57 PM
More Results in St. Johns - comprises about 27% of the district -
With 20 or 27 precincts reporting:
John Thrasher - 2,918 - 42.52%
Dan Quiggle - 2,106 - 30.69%
Art Graham 800 11.66%
Stan Jordan 1,038 15.13%
By:
marian
On:
9/15/2009 8:50 PM
The victory party is cranking away here in Jacksonville, the mood is high, though we don't have official word yet. Lots of people here and folks are happy to be celebrating a potential Thrasher victory.
Just looking around the room, I can see Rep. Will Weatherford, Rep. Terry Fields, Rep. Aaron Bean, Sen. Mike Haridopolos, Sen. Steve Wise, Sen. Jim Horne, Florida Chamber members Joe York, Herschel Vineyard, Mike HIghtower, Leerie Jenkins and Jim Horne... plus many others...
MJ...
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By:
marian
On:
9/15/2009 8:32 PM
This may be IT from Flagler County - the 3rd largest county in SD 8:
Total Votes 4072
John Thrasher 1769, or 43.44%
Dan Quiggle 1233 30.28%
Art Graham 527 12.94%
Stan Jordan 543 13.33%