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Scott PowersNovember 2, 2018

Eva Longoria Bastón and America Ferrera will be among celebrity Latinas and others supporting the Andrew Gillum‘s Democratic gubernatorial campaign at a rally with R. Jai Gillum in Kissimmee Sunday morning. The Latino Victory Fund, a national political committee funded by George Soros, announced it is arranging an early-vote rally at the 65th Infantry Veterans Park, in […]

Scott PowersNovember 2, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum will take his rolling tour through at least three stops in South Florida Friday, campaigning with Democratic Florida Agriculture Commissioner candidate Nikki Fried and Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, among others. His campaign schedule has his bus tour hiting Coconut Creek in the morning, Boynton Beach in the afternoon and […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2018

Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jeff Greene is making good on his primary campaign promise to help Democrats get elected even if he lost the primary, which he did. On Thursday, a spokeswoman for Greene announced that this week he contributed $100,000 to a committee supporting Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum‘s gubernatorial campaign, $100,000 to a Democratic U.S. […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2018

Rick Scott the family man is launching his latest Spanish-language TV commercial in which the Republican Governor pitches his commitment to family for his U.S. Senate campaign. The 30-second “Familia” has Scott narrating the entire commercial in Spanish, as video shows him with his grandchildren and at various points on the campaign trail, mostly meeting […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2018

A new survey from St. Pete Polls shows Florida’s U.S. Senate race still airtight and within the margin of error, with Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson grabbing 49 percent and Republican Gov. Rick Scott 47 percent. The latest poll, taken Tuesday and Wednesday, shows the same demographic trends that have appeared in surveys throughout the […]

Scott PowersOctober 31, 2018

Republicans still have a solid block of support from Florida’s Cuban-American community but Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic voters are breaking strongly toward Democrats Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson, giving the Democrats sizable leads overall among Hispanic voters, according to a new poll commissioned by Telemundo. Overall, Gillum has a 51 percent to 40 percent […]

Scott PowersOctober 31, 2018

Declaring that he believes them to be the most progressive generation in history, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders told a rally of University of Central Florida students Wednesday that the future is in their hands. “I happen to believe that the younger generation of America today is the most progressive generation in the history of America,” […]

Scott PowersOctober 31, 2018

A new poll from Suffolk University is finding a near dead-heat in Florida’s gubernatorial election, with Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum getting 45 percent and Republican former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis 44 percent. With a 4.4 percent margin of error among the likely election voters surveyed, the race is a toss-up a week out from […]

Scott PowersOctober 30, 2018

Can a single issue of the most local of impact become a game-winner for a Democrat trying to flip a district? Democratic Florida House District 42 candidate Barbara Cady has been pounding turf since she entered the contest 16 months ago, mostly talking about home-owners association law reform. It’s a common interest in the sprawling […]

Scott PowersOctober 30, 2018

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is launching the first Spanish-TV commercial of his Republican bid to be elected next week, with a simple introductory message focusing on public service. Patronis, battling Democratic former state Sen. Jeremy Ring for the post Patronis was appointed to in 2017, uses simple images of him talking to people, […]

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Latina actresses joining R. Jai Gillum for Kissimmee rally Sunday

Andrew Gillum bus tour cruising South Florida

Jeff Greene pitches in $225K to help Democrats

Rick Scott launches new Spanish TV ad focusing on family

St. Pete Polls: Bill Nelson up 2 on Rick Scott

Telemundo poll: Hispanics favoring Andrew Gillum, Bill Nelson

Bernie Sanders calls on college generation to vote their values

Poll: Andrew Gillum 45%, Ron DeSantis 44%

Democrat Barbara Cady hoping HOA reform message is game-winner in HD 42

Jimmy Patronis Spanish-TV ad focuses on service

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