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Ryan NicolDecember 18, 2018

Ralph Thomas, a Wakulla County Commissioner, has filed to replace state Rep. Halsey Beshears in House District 7. “I served our nation in uniform, and now I want to serve our rural communities in the Florida House of Representatives,” said Thomas, who was a member of the U.S. Navy from 1985 to 1997. “As a hometown […]

Danny McAuliffeDecember 14, 2018

Two notable Republican candidates are stepping up to the plate to replace state Rep. Halsey Beshears just days after the lawmaker was tapped by Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis to lead a regulatory agency. Jason Shoaf, a businessman and member of the Triumph Gulf Coast Board of Directors, told Florida Politics on Thursday that he’ll compete in […]

Danny McAuliffeDecember 11, 2018

Republican Mike Watkins is emerging as a definite candidate and likely frontrunner to replace outgoing GOP state Rep. Halsey Beshears. Watkins told Florida Politics on Tuesday that he “absolutely” will run in the anticipated forthcoming special election in House District 7 to replace Beshears, who earlier on Tuesday was tapped by Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis to lead the […]

Ryan NicolDecember 11, 2018

Coral Springs City Commissioner Dan Daley has filed paperwork to run for the House District 97 seat soon to be vacated by state Rep. Jared Moskowitz. Daley declared his intent to run for the seat after Moskowitz was chosen by Governor-elect Ron DeSantis to head the state’s Division of Emergency Management. Daley says the paperwork […]

Ryan NicolDecember 10, 2018

Max Schachter, whose son Alex was killed in the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, has decided not to run for the soon to be open House District 97 seat. Schachter, who lives in Coral Springs, had said he was weighing a run for the seat after state Rep. Jared Moskowitz was tapped by GOP Gov.-elect Ron […]

Ryan NicolDecember 8, 2018

Max Schachter, who serves on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission after losing his son, Alex, in February’s shooting, says he’s considering a run for the House District 97 seat being vacated by state Rep. Jared Moskowitz. That’s according to reporting from WLRN which has been confirmed by the Sun Sentinel. Schachter could […]

Ryan NicolDecember 6, 2018

Coral Springs City Commissioner Dan Daley says he will run to replace state Rep. Jared Moskowitz in House District 97 after Moskowitz was tapped to lead the state’s Division of Emergency Management. “Like other Democrats, we are proud that Rep. Moskowitz will be leading our state’s emergency management agency,” Daley said in an exclusive statement […]

Ryan NicolMay 23, 2018

The race for the Miami-Dade County Commission District 5 seat is headed to a runoff after a surprising first-place showing from business owner and first-time political candidate Eileen Higgins. Higgins, who was backed by Democratic party leaders in South Florida, ended up with just under 35 percent support. That bested Zoraida Barreiro, whose husband held the […]

Peter SchorschApril 10, 2018

Voters are going to the polls as we speak in Palm Beach County to determine a replacement for disgraced former state Sen. Jeff Clemens. The Lake Worth Democrat resigned last year after news of an affair between him and a lobbyist came out. Rep. Lori Berman, a Lantana Democrat, dominated fundraising for today’s special election […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 13, 2018

All eyes are on Tuesday’s special election in Sarasota County’s House District 72 where Republican James Buchanan, Democrat Margaret Good and Libertarian Alison Foxall are running to replace former Rep. Alex Miller. The latest poll indicates that an upset is in the making — if Good beating Buchanan can be viewed as an upset. However, the race […]

Tag: special election

Wakulla Co. Commissioner Ralph Thomas files for HD 7

Jason Shoaf entry sets up dogfight race for Halsey Beshears’ seat

Mike Watkins will run to replace Halsey Beshears

It’s official: Dan Daley files paperwork to succeed Jared Moskowitz in HD 97

No go: Parkland parent Max Schachter declines run for HD 97 seat

Parkland parent Max Schachter weighing run for Jared Moskowitz seat

Dan Daley announces run for Jared Moskowitz’s House seat

Eileen Higgins surprises in Miami-Dade Commission race

By the way, there’s an election today in Palm Beach County, folks

Final poll of HD 72 special election shows an upset in the making — or not