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

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. But when the Democratic gubernatorial candidate won the county two years ago, it energized Democrats and community activists aspiring to…