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Scott PowersOctober 30, 2018

The Hispanic Leadership Fund is launching two radio and digital advertisements — one in English and one in Spanish — in support of Gov. Rick Scott‘s Republican candidacy for the U.S. Senate. The ads declare that Scott understands how hard Hispanics work and that is why he has been working so hard to support them. […]

Scott PowersOctober 29, 2018

Republican state Reps. Bob Cortes and Bobby Olszewski spent huge amounts on local television in the third week of October, fueling their broadcast campaigns that began last week to power their re-election bids for in their House Districts 30 and 44. The latest campaign finance reports, running through Oct. 19 and posted by the Florida […]

Scott PowersOctober 29, 2018

Republican state Rep. Rene Plasencia spent raised more than $23,000 during the week ending Oct. 19 and spent even more than that on his re-election bid in Florida House District 50. The week was the biggest yet in Plasencia’s campaign for either contributions or expenditures and easily swamped the campaign finance activity of his Democratic […]

Scott PowersOctober 26, 2018

Republican state Rep. Randy Fine picked up an additional $10,550 in campaign contributions in the week ending Oct. 19, easily the biggest haul of any Florida House candidate running in Brevard County. Fine’s latest collections pushed his campaign total to more than $243,000, more than 11 times as much as his Democratic opponent, Phil Moore […]

Scott PowersOctober 26, 2018

Orange County Republicans and independent Orange County Sheriff candidate Joe Lopez are outraged Friday morning over a fake endorsement letter that rogue Democratic Sheriff candidate Darryl Sheppard is shopping falsely claiming that the Republicans have endorsed Lopez. “I am furious,” said Orange County Republican Chairman Charles Hart. “Unbelieveable,” said Lopez, who is a registered Democrat […]

Scott PowersOctober 26, 2018

Time Magazine loves it some Democrats from north-central Orange County. The magazine’s latest issue, hitting newsstands Friday, features Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park almost front-and-center in a huge crowd of gun law debaters, in a digitally-created photo collage depicting America’s gun debate. The photo with Murphy in the center graces the cover of […]

Scott PowersOctober 25, 2018

The migrations in Florida of Republican strength into rural and small-city counties and of Democrats into urban areas and inner suburbs have greatly increased the chances of re-elections of Republican U.S. Reps. Neal Dunn and Dan Webster, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy. Changes in voter registration since the 2016 general election also has improved […]

Scott PowersOctober 25, 2018

Florida added 264,413 voters since the Aug. 28 primary with Democrats out-registering Republicans by nearly 18,000 during the period. Florida now has 13,278,070 voters registered to cast ballots in the Nov. 6 general election, according to the new book closing reports posted by the Florida Division of Elections, through last Thursday’s book-closing date for registering. […]

Scott PowersOctober 24, 2018

The race to fill the open seat for Florida’s 15th Congressional District remains tied, according to a new internal poll by Democratic nominee Kristen Carlson. Released Wednesday, the poll was conducted last week by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research. It gives both Carlson and Republican state Rep. Ross Spano 47 percent each among likely voters, with just […]

Scott PowersOctober 23, 2018

Spending by outside groups has reached more than $53 million in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, with groups supporting the re-election of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson pouring it on. The latest reports on independent expendiures posted by the Federal Election Commision shows outside groups now have spent $33.9 million to either support Nelson or oppose […]

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Hispanic Leadership Fund launching ads supporting Rick Scott

Bob Cortes, Bobby Olszewski spend big among Orange County House candidates

Rene Plasencia rakes in $23K for re-election bid in HD 50

Randy Fine pulls in $10K for final push in HD 53, leading all Brevard House candidates

Orange County Republicans, Joe Lopez furious over Darryl Sheppard’s fake endorsement letter post

Stephanie Murphy front-and-center in Time magazine ‘Guns in America’ project

Voter registrations trends aiding Neal Dunn, Dan Webster, Greg Steube, Stephanie Murphy

Voter registration up 264K since primary with Democrats registering most

Kristen Carlson releases internal polling showing tie in CD 15

Outside spending tops $53 million in U.S. Senate race, boosting Bill Nelson