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Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2016

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With his presidential aspirations on the line, Marco Rubio continues his all out battle to win Florida by holding a rally Monday afternoon at the Tampa Convention Center. The event is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Since becoming Florida’s junior U.S. Senator in January 2011, Rubio hasn’t spent much time at all in Tampa, but he’ll […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 5, 2016

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Before departing for a Saturday afternoon rally in Jacksonville, Marco Rubio did something Donald Trump wouldn’t: address CPAC in DC just before the noon hour. But the real issue for Rubio at CPAC was a different candidate altogether: Ted Cruz, his competition for the movement conservative lane. To that end, he delivered an earnest address, one devoid of the humor and personal […]

Mitch PerryMarch 4, 2016

With the control of the U.S. Senate on the line this fall, the contest to succeed Marco Rubio as Florida’s junior senator will be one of the most watched in the nation later this year, but it certainly isn’t capturing the attention of Floridians at the moment. A Public Polling Policy survey published this week indicated […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 4, 2016

The Sun Sentinel of South Florida and the Orlando Sentinel have endorsed Hillary Clinton in advance of Florida’s March 15 Democratic primary. The Sentinel also endorsed Marco Rubio on the Republican side, while the Sun Sentinel refused to do so. Both papers are owned by the Chicago-based Tribune Publishing Co., but often do not mirror […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 4, 2016

The Sun Sentinel won’t to endorse in the Republican presidential primary, the newspaper’s editorial revealed this week. In an editorial posted Friday, the editorial board said it was “not going to make an endorsement in Florida’s March 15 Republican presidential primary because the kind of person who should be running is not in the race.” […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2016

For months, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio tried to tear each other down in a bid to become Donald Trump‘s top challenger. The senators are now unlikely allies in an effort to stop Trump’s march toward the Republican nomination. The strategy shift was on full display in Thursday’s GOP debate. Rubio and Cruz ignored each […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2016

Though the soft opening for the Jacksonville Marco Rubio HQ happened days ago, the official grand opening happened on Thursday night. The keynote speakers in the packed storefront on Beach Boulevard: Marco’s older brother Mario, and Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. Mario Rubio told the crowd how 45 years ago when he drove his mother to the hospital […]

Associated PressMarch 3, 2016

And then there were four. Ben Carson‘s departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of remaining Republicans on the debate stage Thursday night get more time for attacks as Donald Trump treads a path to the GOP nomination and his three rivals try to trip him up. Cheered on by many Republican leaders, […]

Scott PowersMarch 3, 2016

U.S. Rep. David Jolly, a U.S. Senate candidate, said Thursday he has introduced a bill that would stop the federal government from buying Apple computers and phones until the company cooperates with federal law enforcement. Jolly’s “No Taxpayer Support For Apple Act,” House Resolution 4663, would forbid federal agencies from buying Apple products until the company provides law […]

Scott PowersMarch 3, 2016

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In a desperate appeal Thursday, Mitt Romney drew on passion and bluntness he never showed in his 2012 presidential campaign as he called on Americans to reject Donald Trump as a phony, a fraud, a misogynist, a bully and a vulgar man. Speaking from the Hinkley Institute in Utah, Romney blasted Trump’s economic policies, saying they […]

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Marco Rubio to hold rally in Tampa Monday afternoon

Marco Rubio defines conservatism, talks Donald Trump at CPAC

In St. Pete, Patrick Murphy is asked about his father’s financial contributions to his campaign

Sun Sentinel, Sentinel endorse Hillary Clinton in Florida’s Democratic primary, split on Rubio

Sun Sentinel says it “is not going to make an endorsement” in Republican primary

Debate analysis: Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz forge loose alliance to block Donald Trump

Lenny Curry, Mario Rubio open Marco Rubio Jax HQ

Viewer’s Guide: GOP debate about Donald Trump vs. everyone else

David Jolly wants federal government to lock out Apple until Apple unlocks phones

Mitt Romney rips Donald Trump as “phony,” “fraud,” “misogynist,” and “vulgar”