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Florida votes “yes” on Amendment 4 to restore felon voting rights

Alex Toth Nov 6, 2018

Florida Amendment 4 has passed, achieving the 60 percent “yes” vote that was required. Amendment 4’s passing restores the voting rights of over 1.5 million Floridian citizens who committed a...

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Jason Fischer

Jason Fischer wins State House District 16

Jessica May Nov 6, 2018

UNF Alum, Jason Fischer wins the representative seat for the 16th congressional district in Florida as a Republican. Fischer graduated from UNF with a degree in Electrical Engineering where he continued...

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Joyce wins school board district 6

Joyce wins school board district 6

Jessica May Nov 6, 2018

UNF Alum, Charlotte Joyce wins the election of the school board's sixth district. Joyce graduated from UNF with a degree in political science and has taught and working in schools first-hand. The...

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Jim Overton

UNF Alum Jim Overton becomes next Duval Tax Collector

Sam Chaney, Managing Editor Nov 6, 2018

Republican Jim Overton served as a Jacksonville City Councilman from 1992 through 2003 and then was elected to run the Duval County Property Appraiser’s Office where he remained from 2003 to 2015. Overton...

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UNF alum Clay Yarborough wins re-election in Florida House District 12

UNF alum Clay Yarborough wins re-election in Florida House District 12

Alex Toth Nov 6, 2018

Republican candidate Clay Yarborough was re-elected in District 12 of the Florida House of Representatives. Yarborough graduated from UNF with a bachelor’s degree in business administration....

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Georgette Dumont.

UNF associate professor wins seat on Jacksonville Beach City Council

Sam Chaney Nov 6, 2018

Another osprey swooped in to win on the night of Tuesday, Nov. 6 when Georgette Dumont, a UNF associate professor of political science and public administration, was elected to the fifth seat of the Jacksonville...

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Elizabeth Andersen

UNF Alum wins District 2 School Board

Jessica May Nov 6, 2018

UNF alum Elizabeth Andersen wins the District 2 School Board elections. This district includes the beaches and Intracoastal west area of Jacksonville, as well as some parts of the Southside. This...

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Cord Byrd

UNF alum Cord Byrd re-elected in Florida House District 11

Alex Toth, Features Editor Nov 6, 2018

Republican candidate Cord Byrd was re-elected in District 11 of the Florida House of Representatives. Byrd, who received his bachelor’s degree from UNF, was first elected to the seat in 2016....

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Nancy Soderberg

Soderberg takes a loss to Maltz for a representative seat

Jessica May Nov 6, 2018

Democrat Nancy Soderberg loses to Republican Michael Waltz for the representative seat for the sixth congressional district. Florida’s sixth congressional seat has not been held by a democrat...

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Amendment 9 passes: Indoor vaping and offshore drilling are over with

Amendment 9 passes: Indoor vaping and offshore drilling are over with

Jessica May Nov 6, 2018

Nov. 6 the Ninth Amendment on the Florida 2018 ballot has been passed which concludes the use of vapes and e-cigarettes indoors and the end of drilling offshore. With the passing of this amendment,...

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John Rutherford re-elected as Florida Representative

Jessica May Nov 6, 2018

John Rutherford earned himself a re-election for Florida Representative in the fourth congressional district. Rutherford is the current Republican representative for this district. He was elected...

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Ashley Moody

Ashley Moody elected Florida’s Attorney General

Sam Chaney, Managing Editor Nov 6, 2018

Floridian voters could finally release the breath they had been collectively holding on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 6 when it was announced that Ashley Moody was elected as the state’s new Attorney...

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