Amendment 6: Victim Rights and Judge Retirement Ages Floridians voted on November 6, 2018 to pass Amendment 6 that will change victims’ rights, raise the current retirement age on Florida judges,...

As the polls started to close out and Floridian voters tuned in to learn who would be leading the state’s financial future, it was finally announced on the evening of Nov. 6 that Jimmy Patronis had been...

As the night progressed on Nov. 6, the polls only tightened and the stakes only continued to rise. However, despite the consistent neck-in-neck race following the primary election in August, Republican...

Amendment 2: Permanent Cap on Nonhomestead Parcel Assessment Increases Amendment This proposal was designed to place a permanent 10 percent cap on the annual increase of non-homestead property tax assessments...

Amendment 3: Voter Control of Gambling in Florida Amendment 3 decides who gets the exclusive right to decide whether or not a new casino can open in the Sunshine State: the voters or the Florida Legislature. In...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...