Jesse SchecknerAugust 17, 2021
9min2020
Barring a political catastrophe or unlikely last-minute entry by a well-financed, big-name opponent, Suarez is an easy favorite to stay in office.
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Jesse SchecknerAugust 17, 2021
Ryan NicolApril 14, 2021
5min3606
Voters also weighed in on two City Commission races Tuesday evening.
Ryan NicolApril 12, 2021
5min3533
Voters will sort through 13 candidates on Tuesday's ballot.
Ryan NicolNovember 2, 2018
4min303
Democratic candidate Donna Shalala is letting her supporters make her closing argument to voters in the campaign’s final ad of the 2018 midterm elections. Shalala is competing for the seat in Florida’s 27th Congressional District against Republican nominee Maria Elvira Salazar and non-party affiliated candidate Mayra Joli. Shalala’s new spot, titled “Getting It Done for […]
Ryan NicolOctober 26, 2018
4min962
The Donna Shalala campaign has released a new Spanish-language ad criticizing Maria Elvira Salazar for her previous remarks made to both Fidel Castro and a relative of Che Guevara. Shalala is the Democratic candidate in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Both she and Salazar, the Republican nominee, are competing to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. […]
Ryan NicolOctober 16, 2018
5min793
Maria Elvira Salazar is now being bashed by a former rival in the Republican primary for Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Former candidate Stephen Marks, who came in fourth in the nine-person contest, has launched a new website and PAC, called MiamiAmerica. Marks’ aim appears to be hitting Salazar over her support, or lack thereof, of […]
Ryan NicolOctober 16, 2018
4min371
A new survey of Florida’s 27th Congressional District shows Democratic nominee Donna Shalala in the lead. That’s according to a poll commissioned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which helps elect Democrats to the U.S. House. The survey puts Shalala at 44 percent. That’s 5 percentage points ahead of her Republican opponent, Maria Elvira […]
Ryan NicolOctober 16, 2018
4min514
A new ad from the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) is going after Democratic candidate Donna Shalala over a 2006 janitor strike at the University of Miami, where Shalala served as president. The janitors sought a wage increase and the ability to unionize during the nine-week strike. At the time, janitors at the university were paid […]
Ryan NicolOctober 12, 2018
3min429
After weeks of back-and-forth between the candidates in Florida’s 27th Congressional District, the first debate in the race has been announced. The one-hour, Spanish-language debate will air on Telemundo 51 on Saturday, Oct. 13. Republican Maria Elvira Salazar, Democrat Donna Shalala, and third-party entrant Mayra Joli were all on hand for the debate, which was taped […]