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Scott PowersMay 29, 2018

Former Vice President Joe Biden has endorsed Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto in his re-election campaign, giving the freshman congressman another big backer from the Democratic establishment for his primary fight with his predecessor, former U.S. Alan Grayson. In a statement released by Soto’s re-election campaign Tuesday, Biden, the presumed front-runner among Democrats considering running […]

Scott PowersMay 29, 2018

Florida Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson sat with a room full of public health officials Tuesday morning who declared that Florida is suffering through a crisis of health-care access and he put the blame squarely on his Republican rival in this year’s election, Gov. Rick Scott. Nelson, holding a roundtable on health care in Orlando […]

Ryan NicolMay 23, 2018

The race for the Miami-Dade County Commission District 5 seat is headed to a runoff after a surprising first-place showing from business owner and first-time political candidate Eileen Higgins. Higgins, who was backed by Democratic party leaders in South Florida, ended up with just under 35 percent support. That bested Zoraida Barreiro, whose husband held the […]

Scott PowersMay 22, 2018

A Brevard County taxpayer is challenging U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s appraisal of land he owns there, alleging it has been undervalued for years, costing the county “hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions” in under-taxation. It’s not a new issue, and Nelson, in a brief conversation on Friday, dismissed the complaint as something that […]

Scott PowersMay 21, 2018

The pro-Democrats Senate Majority PAC is launching a new statewide commercial for U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson that largely counters the attack ads he’s been facing from his opponent Gov. Rick Scott and his New Republican PAC. The new 30-second spot, “Served,” portrays Nelson as someone who has served in the military and as an astronaut […]

Scott PowersMay 21, 2018

Democrat Debra Kaplan has qualified by petition for the ballot in the House District 31 race in western Orange and northern Lake counties. Kaplan, a business consultant and former journalist from Eustis, had 1,129 petition signatures verified, exceeding the 1,123 she needed to get on the ballot. She faces two-term Republican state Rep. Jennifer Sullivan […]

Scott PowersMay 21, 2018

Patriot Majority USA has begun a barrage of television commercials in Orlando supporting Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy‘s re-election campaign. Patriot Majority USA, a liberal dark-money committee, has reserved more than 350 commercial spots for this month on Orlando’s four biggest television stations for ads that began appearing late last week, extolling Murphy’s commitments to […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham accused the Republican-led Florida government of neglecting the needs of affordable housing and vowed to change that with full funding of the state’s Sadowski Affordable Housing Trust Fund and efforts to get housing money quickly into communities. “When I get into office I am going to take a hard look […]

Scott PowersMay 15, 2018

Count Bill Nelson among those Democrats willing to buck party lines to vote for Gina Haspel as the next director of the CIA. Nelson, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and former member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he met with Haspel Tuesday afternoon to discuss her nomination. Afterward, he committed to […]

Scott PowersMay 15, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King laid claim Tuesday to the the Democrats’ most far-ranging criminal justice reform platform by vowing to seek to end the death penalty, legalize marijuana, restore felons’ voter rights, and close Florida’s private prisons. The six-point plan, which also called for reducing incarceration rates and investing in schools to close what King […]

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Darren Soto gets Joe Biden’s backing in CD 9 race

Bill Nelson says Rick Scott to blame for ‘Florida health care crisis’

Eileen Higgins surprises in Miami-Dade Commission race

Bill Nelson’s Brevard County property valuation challenged

Senate Majority PAC launches Bill Nelson commercial

Debra Kaplan qualifies for ballot in HD 31 race

Patriot Majority USA starts Stephanie Murphy commercials in CD 7

Gwen Graham vows to get housing money into communities

Bill Nelson says he’ll vote for Gina Haspel

Chris King: Ban death penalty, legalize pot, restore rights, close private prisons

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