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Scott PowersJuly 19, 2018

A private survey conducted by St. Pete Polls finds three Republicans angling for U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis‘ seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, Fred Costello, Michael Waltz, and John Ward, are in a dead heat heading toward the Aug. 28 primary. Costello, the former Florida House member from Ormond Beach, picks up 21.1 percent of likely […]

Drew WilsonJuly 14, 2018

Ormond Beach Democrat Stephen Sevigny said this week that his campaign for Florida’s 6th Congressional District reeled in another $350,000 during the second quarter. Sevigny’s haul bests his first-quarter fundraising numbers by $100,000 and brings him to around $600,000 in total fundraising since he entered the race in midway through Q1. The campaign didn’t say […]

Drew WilsonJuly 13, 2018

Democrat and former U.S. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg announced Friday that she’d raised another $540,000 for her campaign to flip the Florida’s 6th Congressional District, currently held by exiting U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis. “We’re seeing incredible support and energy for our campaign to bring real leadership to Central Florida. We’ve continued to build on our broad base […]

Drew WilsonJune 21, 2018

Former U.S. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg received an endorsement Thursday from the Florida branch of the nation’s largest public employee union in her bid for Florida’s 6th Congressional District. “AFSCME Florida is proud to endorse Nancy Soderberg, who will fight side by side with us to make sure we have the freedom to organize, collectively bargain and stand […]

Drew WilsonJune 18, 2018

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a lengthy endorsement Monday for former state Rep. Fred Costello’s bid to replace U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. “It is my pleasure to endorse Representative Fred Costello in the Republican primary for U.S. Congress. Representative Costello served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and […]

Staff ReportsJune 14, 2018

Republican Mike Waltz, embroiled in a competitive primary to succeed Ron DeSantis in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, dropped a biographical ad Thursday spotlighting his “conservative values.” “Growing up in Florida and serving 20 years as an Army Green Beret,” Waltz asserted, “I learned respect for our conservative values and fought to uphold the Constitution.” In the 30-second spot, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 4, 2018

Candidates in Florida’s 6th Congressional District are beginning to reach a consensus: Republican John Ward needs to get out of the race. John Ward has been under fire for weeks for comments made at a forum in April. His take was that displaced Puerto Ricans shouldn’t be voting in Florida; one by one, candidates have been issuing […]

Drew WilsonJune 1, 2018

Republican John Ward is continuing to stake out the Trump lane in his bid to succeed exiting U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. In support of that effort, his campaign announced Friday that it’s freshening up its previously announced six-figure ad buy with a new 30-second spot slated to start running on […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 21, 2018

A major regional endorsement, via Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, went to Mike Waltz in the three-way GOP primary in Florida’s 6th Congressional District Monday. Curry and Waltz share some of the same political advisers, and judging from the quotes of mutual admiration, there is ideological affinity as well. “Michael Waltz is a leader and a warrior with a […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 21, 2018

John Ward, a Republican running to succeed Ron DeSantis in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, is just beginning to get his campaign into top gear. Ward released his first television ad this week, a 30-second spot in which he branded himself as a “constitutional conservative.” And before that, the Massachusetts transplant showed a clear willingness to put resources […]

Tag: Florida’s 6th Congressional District
Mike Johnson. Image via AP.

Poll: Dead heat among three Republicans seeking Ron DeSantis’ seat

Stephen Sevigny adds $350K, union endorsement in CD 6

Nancy Soderberg nears $1M on hand for CD 6 campaign

AFSCME Florida backs Nancy Soderberg in CD 6

Pam Bondi endorses Fred Costello for CD 6

Mike Waltz ad spotlights ‘conservative values’

Michael Waltz renews call for John Ward to ditch CD 6 run

John Ward ‘unleashes’ new ad for CD 6 campaign

Lenny Curry backs Mike Waltz for Congress

John Ward stakes out the Trump lane in CD 6 primary