Should she win Tuesday, Nixon would be the first Black person to represent Florida as a U.S. senator and the first hailing from Jacksonville in almost 100 years. And she would have done it despite breaking nearly every rule in Florida politics.
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Plavac, Miller to face off in November runoff for school board District 1 seat
Janine Plavac and Hunter Miller will compete in a runoff on Nov. 3 for the Alachua County School Board District 1 seat after no candidate won a majority in August.
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Janine Plavac announces run for School Board of Alachua County District 1 seat
Janine Plavac, the current holder of the District 5 school board seat, told Mainstreet on Wednesday that she intends to run for the District 1 seat this year – a position currently held by Tina Certain. Plavac’s and Certain’s seats are among three on the school board that are up for reelection this year, with District 3 (Sarah Rockwell) being the other.