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Bob SparksAugust 27, 2015

Down deep, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham may already know whether she will run for re-election next year. With the Florida House and Senate in agreement on the new look of her District 2 and Corrine Brown’s District 5, the writing (or map) appears to be on the wall. Graham is doing the right thing by […]

Melissa RossAugust 25, 2015

One of the state’s leading pollsters says Republican legislators may live to regret seeing Florida’s redistricting mess turned over to the courts. “There is absolute risk,” says Mike Binder, University of North Florida political science professor and lead pollster at the school’s Public Opinion Research Laboratory. “While the Senate is willing to compromise, the House is […]

Jim RosicaAugust 25, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, a likely casualty of congressional redistricting, will be in the state capital this morning to announce “new legislation aimed at helping pregnant mothers and babies,” a news release from her office said. Graham, a Tallahassee Democrat, will take a tour of Capital Area Healthy Start, an organization that prevents infant deaths by helping at-risk […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 20, 2015

As the saying goes, Corrine delivers. U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s office announced on Thursday a $200,000 U.S. Department of Transportation grant for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA). The federal (DOT) funds are for the Innovative Public Transportation Workforce Development Program (Ladders of Opportunity Initiative). “The funds will support the area’s public transportation workforce project that will assist in […]

Frank TorresAugust 19, 2015

Political operatives in Central Florida are certain U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown will not sit still if (or when) her congressional district is redrawn. Brown might consider running in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, which covers much of the Orlando area, if she loses the fight to keep her current District 5 seat, which has caught the attention of the Florida Supreme court […]

Ryan RayAugust 17, 2015

As state lawmakers in Tallahassee move forward with a plan that could completely remake the Orlando-area 10th Congressional District, Val Demings plans to announce her plans to again run for the U.S. House seat. As first reported by Orlando Sentinel‘s Scott Powers, Demings, the former City of Orlando police chief will seek a rematch of her 2012 campaign […]

Frank TorresAugust 17, 2015

Central Florida lawmakers are praising a proposal that greenlights the southbound expansion of SunRail sent to Capitol Hill late Friday. Submitted by the Federal Transit Administration, Congress received a full funding grant agreement, authorizing $93 million for SunRail Phase II South, the stretch of the commuter rail system extending from the Sand Lake Road station […]

Associated PressAugust 14, 2015

Despite sharp criticism from a Florida congresswoman that it would disenfranchise black voters, the Florida House is moving ahead with a substantial overhaul of the state’s 27 congressional districts. A House panel split along party lines on Thursday and approved a proposed map that would substantially alter the state’s political landscape and which could lead […]

Bob SparksAugust 13, 2015

The dartboard known as the draft Florida congressional district maps is receiving the kind of comments and attacks one might expect. Some are happy, but others fall into the range of sad and outraged. In the end, few new faces are likely to join the Congressional Club in 2017. U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, for one, […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 13, 2015

Fulfilling her promise on Tuesday, U.S. rep. Corrine Brown filed a federal lawsuit (Brown v. Detzner, et al) on Wednesday to preempt Florida’s Supreme Court from mandating what her office called “a drastic altering of Florida’s 5th Congressional District.” “Today, I filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking relief against the continued use of any congressional redistricting […]

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Bob Sparks: Gwen Graham will soon reveal her 2016 intentions

UNF pollster on redistricting: “absolute risk” for GOP leadership

Tuesday in Tally preview: Gwen Graham in town, redistricting back in court

Corrine Brown announces $200K DOT grant for JTA

Corrine Brown could consider CD 10 run if she loses redistricting battle

Val Demings will take on Dan Webster in new-look CD 10

Congress receives Sunrail Phase II South funding agreement

Florida House panel OKs congressional map despite criticism

Bob Sparks: Despite court requirements, new congressional maps will put few incumbents at risk

Corrine Brown delivers federal lawsuit