Fullwood wins special election: House District 13

[sheclown]

Rep. Reggie Fullwood wins special election
First Coast News, news source 10:26 p.m. EST February 17, 2015
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Incumbent Reggie Fullwood was elected to represent Florida State House District 13 in a special election vote Tuesday night.

Fullwood, a democrat, defeated republican challenger "Jeff" Jefferson by a little more than 1,000 votes.

Fullwood issued the following statement after his victory:

"I am honored that the people of District 13 have chosen me as their voice in Tallahassee. Hard-working Floridians deserve a fully-funded public education system for their children, a fair wage for a fair day's work, and access to the highest quality healthcare for themselves and their families. I couldn't be more excited to get back to work fighting for my community!"

More than 8,000 people voted in the election for the district that covers a large portion of Duval County including Arlington and the downtown area.

Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland estimates the special election cost about $320,000.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2015/02/17/reggie-fullwood-wins-special-election/23588311/

[Cheshire Cat]

Fullwood is no prize but then neither was Gaffney.  Our Gerrymandered districts at work.

[tufsu1]

^ gerrymandering...and then the "privilege" thing....you know, like Mike Hogan thinking he should be Supervisor of Elections over Tracy Davis, who has worked in the office for years.

[Cheshire Cat]

Gerrymandering is quite decidedly a different factor than is "privilege".  The race for a State house district that runs through several areas and an office seat that is for all of Duval is also a decidedly different contest. It is up to each individual to evaluate and research the candidates for office in any given race and make their choices accordingly. Experience is indeed an important factor when it comes to candidate selection.  The impact of Gerrymandering is more about controlling a geographical area based upon who lives there and where the base of candidates can come from and that hasn't a darn thing to do with "privilege" or what is considered "privilege".  tufsu1, I am putting a lot of energy into getting folks informed and involved in our election process and sharing info others may not have access to or know about along with opinions based upon candidate research for the current races and who is impacting those races.  While I appreciate your attempt at referencing a friend of mine, it has nothing to do with gerrymandering, the issues at hand or an informed public.  I will respond to this kind of nonsense only once with regard to local politics and not again tufsu1.  There is no value in creating a dialog that compares oranges to apples when there are important issues at hand. 

[Cheshire Cat]

Thank you, Reggie Fullwood.

Because Fullwood couldn't get his qualifying papers to run for re-election to the state House filled out correctly, a two-step special election was required that cost taxpayers $385,000.

Voters in Fullwood's district were so excited about returning him to Tallahassee that of the 90,877 registered voters there, a whopping 8,076 cast ballots in last week's final election, or 8.89 percent.

Fullwood can run one more time before being term-limited.

Perhaps he should fill out those re-election papers now to make sure he can get them in on time and save taxpayers some money.

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