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In Florida's Old South, a new political battleground emerges

by Bobby Caina Calvan
| October 28, 2020 1:09 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The farther north you go in Florida, the saying goes, the deeper South you'll get. For generations, the Old South flourished in Duval County, a sprawling metropolis on the state's northern Atlantic coast that is home to Jacksonville and was once a reliable bastion of Republican power.

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