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Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 12, 2018

In a rare moment of bipartisanship during a fierce campaign season, U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson joined Panhandle Congressman Neal Dunn to send a letter to the Department of Defense urging them to expedite repairs at Tyndall Air Force Base. The base was critically damaged during Hurricane Michael. The storm made landfall Wednesday near Mexico Beach, […]

Scott PowersOctober 12, 2018

After touring devastated areas around Panama City Thursday, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said “It looks like a bomb went off” and pledged he and Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio would do everything they could to make sure full federal aid comes to areas struck by Hurricane Michael. Nelson also visited Tyndall Air Force Base, […]

Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott is pulling out of the U.S. Senate debate with Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson set for next Tuesday, with Scott’s campaign saying he is needed to focus on response to Hurricane Michael and is asking the host network CNN to reschedule it for two weeks later. “Due to the catastrophic destruction […]

Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings on Thursday blasted Orange County Sheriff candidate Darryl Sheppard for including her picture in campaign materials, saying she has told him to stop using it and wouldn’t back him for dog catcher, “for fear the canines would lodge complaints.” “He is TOTALLY unfit for the position he seeks, without even […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has been explicit over the years in connecting increasing temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean with deadlier hurricanes, and Hurricane Michael did not change his mind. Appearing on CNN Thursday morning, Nelson noted that “Florida is Ground Zero” when it comes to hurricanes, with the warm waters in […]

Jacob OglesOctober 10, 2018

The U.S. Senate authorized a proposal for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee, which should cut down and potentially eliminate the discharge of blue-green algae into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said the news should help Florida deal with the twin catastrophes of algal blooms in the rivers and red […]

Drew WilsonOctober 9, 2018

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A month after claiming U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was the most vulnerable incumbent nationwide, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight says his odds of defeating Gov. Rick Scott are improving. Based on polls alone, the political forecasting website currently lists the third-term Democrat with a 57 percent chance of earning another six years in Washington. He fares a […]

Scott PowersOctober 9, 2018

Florida’s U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio and 13 members of Florida’s congressional delegation have formally asked the White House to declare a pre-landfall state of emergency for Florida as Hurricane Michael looms. The letter to President Donald Trump declares their “full support” for the emergency declaration sought by Gov. Rick Scott, stressing the […]

Scott PowersOctober 9, 2018

A new television commercial being launched Thursday by the Democrats’ Senate Majority Political Action Committee is attacking Republican Gov. Rick Scott over the education cuts he oversaw early in his administration, bringing the cuts back for consideration in Florida’s U.S. Senate race. The new commercial, “Cuts,” focuses on the $1.3 billion that Florida cut from […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 8, 2018

Florida’s Democrat U.A. Sen. Bill Nelson made his rounds across the Panhandle and Big Bend regions as a potentially catastrophic storm approaches the areas, expressing optimism in federal relief and shying away from politics, just like his Republican challenger, Gov. Rick Scott. Speaking with reporters on Monday in Tallahassee after being briefed by emergency officials, Nelson said […]

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Members of Congress to feds: Speed up Tyndall recovery

Bill Nelson touring North Florida: ‘It looks like a bomb went off’

Focusing on storm, Rick Scott pulls from Senate debate, asks CNN to reschedule

Val Demings blasts Darryl Sheppard as ‘totally unfit’ in Orange County Sheriff campaign

‘Florida is Ground Zero,” Bill Nelson says of hurricanes

U.S. Senate authorizes reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee

FiveThirtyEight says Bill Nelson’s re-election odds are on the upswing

Florida congressional delegation seeks state of emergency

New Democratic ad hits Rick Scott on education cuts

Impending hurricane brings Bill Nelson to Tallahassee