JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A familiar name in Jacksonville politics is getting back in the game.<\/p>\n
Former Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney Sr. has officially filed paperwork on Wednesday to run for Florida House District 13, a seat that covers Northwest Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Incumbent Rep. Angie Nixon posted to her Facebook page late Thursday afternoon that she would not seek re-election for that seat.<\/p>\n Nixon is reportedly considering a bid for the U.S. Senate in 2026. Nixon easily defeated another former Jacksonville City Council member, Brenda Priestly-Jackson, in 2024. <\/p>\n Also in the mix is Shemiah Rutledge, a Navy veteran who filed in August. <\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n Gaffney served on the City Council from 2015 to 2023, representing District 7 until he was term-limited. <\/p>\n He has also led the Community Rehabilitation Center on the Northside for more than 30 years, a role that has kept him active in local healthcare and community service.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n Gaffney\u2019s son, Reggie Gaffney Jr., is a current Jacksonville City Council member serving District 8.<\/p>\n The Democratic primary is set for August 2026. <\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A familiar name in Jacksonville politics is getting back in the game. Former Jacksonville City…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":299430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,32233,7323,3188,723,152487,7324,7310,13113,7327,7325,40120,152486,7326,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":{"0":"post-299429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-angie-nixon","11":"tag-cbs47","12":"tag-fl","13":"tag-florida","14":"tag-florida-house-distirct-13","15":"tag-fox30","16":"tag-jacksonville","17":"tag-jacksonville-city-council","18":"tag-jacksonville-fl","19":"tag-northeast-florida","20":"tag-reggie-gaffney-jr","21":"tag-reggie-gaffney-sr","22":"tag-southeast-georgia","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa","29":"tag-wfox","30":"tag-wjax"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115365855214445272","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}