I early voted today the Fl Senate District 1 Special Election Primary and was surprised I didn't see anything on Metro Jacksonville about this election. Given that there are no Republicans in this race, the winner of the September 20 primary likely goes on to crush a little known write in candidate in the October 18 general election.
Here are the candidates in the primary:
Ramon Day, former chief of staff for Congressman Charles Bennett
http://www.ramondayforsenate.com
Audrey Gibson, former 4-term member of the Florida House and Democratic Floor Leader
http://www.audreygibson.com
Terry Fields, former 4-term member of the Florida House and Jacksonville City Councilman;
http://terrylfields.com
Leandrew Mills, a political new comer
http://www.mills4senate.com/
If anyone would like to share their thoughts on this election, this might be a good place to do it!
Thanks for the post. I was not aware.
Quote from: FlowerPower on September 10, 2011, 04:19:11 PM
I early voted today the Fl Senate District 1 Special Election Primary and was surprised I didn't see anything on Metro Jacksonville about this election. Given that there are no Republicans in this race, the winner of the September 20 primary likely goes on to crush a little known write in candidate in the October 18 general election.
Here are the candidates in the primary:
Ramon Day, former chief of staff for Congressman Charles Bennett
http://www.ramondayforsenate.com
Audrey Gibson, former 4-term member of the Florida House and Democratic Floor Leader
http://www.audreygibson.com
Terry Fields, former 4-term member of the Florida House and Jacksonville City Councilman;
http://terrylfields.com
Leandrew Mills, a political new comer
http://www.mills4senate.com/
If anyone would like to share their thoughts on this election, this might be a good place to do it!
I contacted all of those candidates, to do a special article about the race for metrojacksonville.com, and the only one who contacted me back was a candidate who dropped out of the race.
Three of the four candidates did a segment on First Coast Connect
http://www.wjct.org/first_coast_connect_podcast.xml
Select the Tuesday, September 13 broadcast fccsep1211.mp3
If anyone wants to know, I voted for Audrey Gibson.
I have had interactions with 3 of the 4 candidates over the last 9 years and felt she would best represent Senate District 1 and its interests. I have always appreciated Audrey Gibson as a candidate because she has always made an effort to be inclusive of the LGBT community. Even before her first election in 2002, she reached out to the LGBT community at a time when many other candidates wouldn't even return our calls or complete our questionnaires. After getting elected, she maintained the relationships formed then and built them over time. I have seen her at many events over time and feel that she is very candid in her approach to addressing issues. In a State government that is dominated by Republicans, I think we need a Democrat in Tallahassee who can challenge their extreme agenda while still being able to advance some traditionally Democratic ideas.