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Staff ReportsNovember 3, 2018

Most polls have shown Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum leading the race for Governor and incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson tied with Gov. Rick Scott, but a new poll from Nashville-based Targoz Market Research says that could shift come Election Day. The poll asked an online panel of respondents who voted in 2012 and 2016 who they […]

Bill RuftyNovember 3, 2018

Democratic members of Congress and a national women’s political group began a heavy push toward Election Day for Lakeland attorney Kristen Carlson in her campaign for Florida’s 15th Congressional District. U.S. Reps. Val Demings, and Darren Soto and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez a Democrat from New York and the first Puerto Rican woman to be elected […]

Drew WilsonNovember 3, 2018

Former Vice President Joe Biden announced his support for former Democratic Rep. Amanda Murphy in the hotly contested race for Senate District 16 just three days before Election Day. The announcement came late Saturday afternoon, just as voting in Pinellas entered its final day. Murphy thanked the former VP and possible 2020 presidential candidate for […]

Drew WilsonNovember 3, 2018

With Election Day in sight, Republican Sen. Dana Young is letting some surrogates make the case for her re-election with a pair of new campaign ads rolling out in Tampa-based Senate District 18. The ads, titled “Fix the Problem” and “Sacrifices,” focus on Young’s record of fighting for Florida children, with a special focus on […]

Drew WilsonNovember 3, 2018

Tampa attorney Todd Marks, a candidate for Hillsborough County Commission, said he was standing in solidarity with the county NAACP chapter in the wake of a death threat it received for its opposition to the transit sales tax slated for the general election ballot. The death threat came in via a letter, postmarked from St. […]

Bill RuftyNovember 2, 2018

Phil Hornback and his wife, Sara, left teaching to become a Realtor because, he said, of the low pay low pay to educators in Florida. They both still have no health insurance since leaving teaching. Hornback said he is more concerned about the others in House District 58 who have low paying jobs and no […]

Drew WilsonNovember 2, 2018

Miami Republican Vance Aloupis, a candidate for House District 115, is out with a new campaign mailer highlighting his work expand free and reduced-cost health coverage for Florida children. Aloupis heads up The Children’s Movement of Florida, a charitable organization devoted improving outcomes for children in the first five years of life. Among the issues […]

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 […]

Peter SchorschNovember 2, 2018

Former President Barack Obama will campaign alongside Florida’s leading Democratic candidates on Friday in Miami at Ice Palace Film Studios. Obama will join U.S. Sen. Bil Nelson and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, the Democrats’ U.S. Senate and gubernatorial nominees, for a rally sure to demonstrate the former President’s continuing popularity among the base. That means the […]

Drew WilsonNovember 2, 2018

Everytown For Gun Safety, a gun-control group co-founded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has poured $455,000 into a direct mail campaign according to a newly filed campaign finance report. The national branch of the org, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, funneled $465,000 to its state-level PAC, Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund Florida, on […]

Tag: 2018 election

Here’s another poll showing Ron DeSantis leading Andrew Gillum

Kristen Carlson gets backup from Val Demings, Darren Soto

Joe Biden gives Amanda Murphy his full support

Dana Young releases a pair of new ads for SD 18 re-election bid

Todd Marks stands with Hillsborough NAACP after death threats

Phil Hornback confident he can oust Lawrence McClure in HD 58

Direct mail round-up: Vance Aloupis ‘has always fought for our children’

Andrew Gillum bus tour cruising South Florida

President Obama to campaign for Bill Nelson, Andrew Gillum today

Everytown for Gun Safety spends $450K on last-minute mail campaign