Jacksonville, Fla., politics and elections: city council, the mayor, the Florida Legislature, ballot guides and plain-English explainers.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Voters in St. Johns, Clay, Nassau and Duval counties who got a ballot in the mailbox for the Nov. 3 general election should not expect one to arrive automatically next time. Under Florida law, a vot...
Nov. 14, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 10, approved support for the N7 building in Gateway...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 10, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - One Atlantic Beach City Commission race from the Nov. 3 election was separated by only a few votes...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 10, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Jacksonville City Council committee tied 3-3 on Nov. 4 over a nearly $50 million incentive packag...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 9, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Voters in Duval, Clay and Nassau counties renewed a 1-mill school property tax on Nov. 3, according...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 9, 2026
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - St. Johns County voters approved a bond of up to $100 million to buy and protect conservation land...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 7, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Florida law requires a machine recount when unofficial election returns show a margin of one-half o...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 5, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Republican Byron Donalds won Florida's governor's race Tuesday, Nov. 3, becoming the state's first...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 4, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Republican U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds won Florida's governor's race Tuesday, Nov. 3, defeating Democra...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 3, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Florida voters approved Amendment 3 on Tuesday, Nov. 3, expanding the homestead property tax exempt...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 3, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Florida's Nov. 3 election includes an open governor's race, a special election for U.S. Senate, an...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 2, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Polling places across Duval, St. Johns, Clay and Nassau counties will operate from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m....
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 1, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Duval County voters will decide Tuesday, Nov. 3, whether to continue a 1-mill property tax that pay...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Oct. 31, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office cut the ribbon Tuesday, Oct. 20, on a new headquarters at 532 Riv...
By Emil Gertjegerdes · Oct. 31, 2026
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners narrowly voted to revoke permits for about 45 F...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Oct. 31, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Polls across Northeast Florida open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, and the first re...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Oct. 31, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Housing Authority board voted Tuesday to fire CEO Cheron Corbett at an emergency m...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Oct. 31, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The interim head of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority told his board Wednesday that he is w...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Oct. 31, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Voters in Duval, St. Johns, Clay and Nassau counties had cast 290,520 ballots through Wednesday, Oc...
By Emil Gertjegerdes · Oct. 30, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville City Council approved the reappointment of a JEA board member in a 12-7 vote, authoriz...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Oct. 29, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Florida voters who cast a ballot in person on Tuesday, Nov. 3, must show a current and valid photo...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Oct. 29, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A total of 141,912 Duval County voters had cast ballots through Tuesday, Oct. 27, bringing turnout...
By Emil Gertjegerdes · Oct. 28, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville City Council meets Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 5 p.m. with proposals for $2 million for Junio...
By Emil Gertjegerdes · Oct. 27, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Duval County voters have cast 107,463 ballots through Sunday, Oct. 25, bringing turnout to 16.4% as...
By Emil Gertjegerdes · Oct. 26, 2026
Early voting is underway in Nassau County for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, with five locations open daily from 9...
By Emil Gertjegerdes · Oct. 24, 2026
Early voting is underway in Clay County for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, with seven locations open daily from 9 a...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Oct. 24, 2026
Early voting is underway in St. Johns County, with 10 locations open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Saturday, Oct....
By Emil Gertjegerdes · Oct. 24, 2026
Update, Nov. 4: Voting is over. See the latest Duval County and Florida results on our election results page. The guide...
By Mark Gertjegerdes · Oct. 19, 2026