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Scott PowersAugust 22, 2018

State Rep. Jason Brodeur and Seminole County Property Appraiser David Johnson both endorsed state Rep. Mike Miller in the bruising Republican primary for Florida’s 7th Congressional District, Miller’s campaign announced Wednesday. The battle between Miller, Sanford businessman Scott Sturgill and a third Republican, Vennia Francois, is for the chance to flip the district back to […]

Scott PowersAugust 21, 2018

Republican gubernatorial candidate and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s latest campaign commercial is less about any issues that have defined and divided the 2018 Governor’s race and instead focuses on wounded military veterans’ responses to a program he helped create. “Grateful,” a 30-second spot launching statewide Tuesday, talks about vets who have participated in Florida Operation […]

Scott PowersAugust 21, 2018

Scott Sturgill has picked up support from the group Boots on the Ground Bikers for Trump in his quest to be elected to Congress in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The endorsement, announced Tuesday morning by Sturgill’s campaign, comes a week out from a contentious Republican primary battle with state Rep. Mike Miller of Winter Park, […]

Scott PowersAugust 21, 2018

State Rep. Mike Miller has a solid lead over rival Scott Sturgill and another Republican heading into the Aug. 28 primary to run in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, a new poll shows. The St. Pete Polls survey shows Miller atop that field with 42 percent support, compared with 26 percent for Sturgill and 8 percent […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2018

Gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine, bouyed to the top of the Democratic heap in the latest poll, is launching a new TV commercial that appears aimed at showdowns with Republicans and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, rather than his Aug. 28 primary opponents. The new 30-second spot “The Challenge,” launched Friday, appears more focused on Aug. 29 […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2018

House of Representatives candidate Stockton Reeves VI has put out a mailer declaring that his Republican primary opponent Mikaela Nix had been arrested as a young woman and charging that she has been hiding her past. Nix and Reeves are locked in an increasingly ugly Aug. 28 Republican primary battle seeking to succeed outgoing Republican […]

Scott PowersAugust 13, 2018

Republican Florida House of Representatives candidate Stockton Reeves VI has attacked the primary voting record of his Aug. 28 primary opponent Mikaela Nix, charging that she’s been a Democrat until recently and doesn’t often vote in primaries, in mailers that were delivered this weekend in House District 47 in Orange County. “MIkaela Nix wants your […]

Jacob OglesAugust 13, 2018

Revelations that Republican state House candidate Melissa Howard may have flown to Ohio for a picture with a fake college diploma quickly turned her from a strong political contender to the subject of national ridicule. But amid guffaws at the audacity of this alleged deception, party leaders are quietly wondering, what if Howard still wins […]

Jacob OglesAugust 12, 2018

Former Manatee County Commissioner Jonathan Bruce is calling on Republican state House candidate Melissa Howard to drop out of the running in District 73. The move was prompted by accusations Howard lied about graduating from Miami University in Ohio and then faked her diploma. “What a sad day for integrity in local politics,” Bruce said. […]

Scott PowersAugust 2, 2018

Two gubernatorial candidates running behind in the polls heading toward the Aug. 28 primaries and in need of good news, Democrat Chris King and Republican Adam Putnam, tied for first in a straw poll taken at a political mixer hosted by the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce Thursday night. King, a hometown favorite as a […]

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Jason Brodeur and David Johnson declare, ‘I like Mike’ in CD 7 race

Adam Putnam ad focuses on vets’ responses to ‘Operation Outdoor Freedom’

Bikers for Trump back Scott Sturgill

Poll: Mike Miller with strong lead in CD 7 Republican primary

Philip Levine launches new ad that looks beyond primary

HD 47 primary gets uglier as Stockton Reeves mailer notes Mikaela Nix youthful arrest

Stockton Reeves goes after Mikaela Nix’s voting record in HD 47 primary battle

What if Melissa Howard still wins?

Manatee Co. leader Jonathan Bruce first to call on Melissa Howard to drop out, campaign responds

Chris King, Adam Putnam tie in Winter Park chamber’s straw poll