FL Senate District 1 Special Election

[FlowerPower]

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! 

[JeffreyS]

Thanks for the post. I was not aware.

[manasia]

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.

[FlowerPower]

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.