Tracie Davis, Reggie Gaffney go negative in battle to replace Audrey Gibson in Senate

Two Jacksonville political veterans are battling for a chance to replace term-limited Sen. Audrey Gibson in the Democratic Primary, and the stretch run of the campaign has been as heated as any on the August ballot in Northeast Florida.

Rep. Tracie Davis has spent three terms in Tallahassee, but with her ally, Gibson, term-limited, Davis passed up a chance to run for a fourth term in the House to pursue the open Senate District 5 seat.

Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney was also near the end of his time in City Hall, with just one year left before being term-limited in his

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