One September 25, 2024, Florida Division of Election campaign documents show that City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow’s One Tallahassee Political Action Committee (PAC) received a $75,000 donation from the Local Jobs and Economic Development Fund located in Delaware. Since the primary election – August 20, the Matlow PAC has raised $179,900, $175,000 or 98% of the […]
Just when you thought the campaign for city commission could not get nastier, city commission candidate Dot Inman Johnson has publicly criticized the parenting of her opponent, City Commissioner Curtis Richardson. In a recent social media post, Inman Johnson posted, “As a ‘girl dad’ my opponent should fight harder to protect the rights of women, […]
On Wednesday, October 9th, Maclay, FSUHS, and Leon high schools took part in a regular season boys varsity golf tournament at Golden Eagle Country Club. FSUHS won the tournament with an overall stroke count of 171. The Seminoles had two golfers place in the top 5 with Lawson Kingry (Sr.) placing first with a round […]
The Associate General Counsel for FAMU, David C. Self II, has sent a “Cease and Desist” letter to city commission candidate Dot Inman Johnson related to the use of FAMU trademarks in a political advertisement created and promoted by the campaign to elect Dot Inman-Johnson to the Tallahassee City Commission. The letter, provided below, asks […]
Campaign finance records show that city commission candidate Dot Inman Johnson has paid her husband, Lee Johnson, $3,000 for political consulting services. The payments were made on August 15, 2024 ($2,000) and September 10, 2024 ($1,000). The payments were made to an individual, not a registered political consultant business. The August 15, 2024, payment was […]
City Commissioner Jack Porter won her primary election on Tuesday with 53.46 % of the vote. She defeated Rudy Ferguson (38.79%) and Louis Dilbert (7.75%). Here are some of the numbers behind her victory. Of the 117,304 registered city voters, 33,784 cast a vote in the race which translates to a primary voter turnout rate […]
Three local races ended with incumbents receiving more than 70% of the vote. In the race for Leon County Property Appraiser, the incumbent Akin Akinyemi won with 71.7% of the vote. The challenger, Ken Preston, received 28.3% of the vote. In the race for Superintendent of Schools, incumbent Rocky Hanna won the Democrat primary with […]
Leon County School Board member Laurie Cox held off challenger Jeremy Rogers to win a non-partisan election that essentially became a battle between a Republican and Democrat. The early vote gave Rogers a slim 51%-49% lead, but as the election day votes came in, Cox secured 52.32% of the vote in a district that leans […]
City Commissioner Curtis Richardson and challenger Dot Inman-Johnson are headed to a November runoff. Inman-Johnson tallied 46.67% of Tuesday’s primary vote (15,766) followed by Richardson with 43.57% (14,718). Donna Nyack finished with 5.63% and Bernard Stevens received 4.14% of the vote. There were 33,784 votes cast in the race. Unofficial numbers show that Richardson was […]
City Commissioner Jack Porter won a second term on the Tallahassee city commission winning a majority of votes cast in Tuesday’s primary election and avoiding a November runoff. Porter won her first race for Seat 1 with approximately 52% of the vote in 2020. Porter won with 53.46% of the vote (18,062) followed by Rudy […]