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Scott PowersJuly 30, 2018

Republican gubernatorial candidate Gov. Rick Scott is blasting his U.S. Senate opponent Bill Nelson for reports that the Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator wasn’t paying payroll taxes to campaign staffers. “Stealing from Medicare,” a 30-second television and digital ad launching today, charges that Nelson is “stealing from Medicare and Social Security” by not paying the employers’ matching […]

Scott PowersJuly 26, 2018

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Rick Scott picked up another Florida business group’s endorsement with the announcement in Marco Island Thursday that the Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida is backing his campaign. Scott picked up the endorsement at the annual conference of the group, which represnts 2,500 general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, and professional […]

Scott PowersJuly 25, 2018

A new statewide TV commercial being launched Wednesday by the Democratic group Majority Forward declares that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rick Scott slashed Florida health care funding during his nearly eight years as governor. The ad, “Vetoed,” charges that Scott vetoed nearly $200 million in health care funds, “slashing home healthcare for seniors and vaccinations […]

Scott PowersJuly 23, 2018

Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Gov. Rick Scott unveiled the next plank in his “Make Washington Work” platform, a proposal to force U.S. senators to work five days a week and a lot more of the year if they want to draw their full federal salaries. The proposal takes issue with the standard procedures of […]

Scott PowersJuly 17, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott blasted his U.S. senate election opponent Bill Nelson on Tuesday, calling the Democratic U.S. senator a hypocrite for not paying payroll taxes or health care benefits for campaign staffers while railing against tax cuts and Republican opposition to health care programs in Washington. Scott was responding to reports that Nelson’s campaign […]

Scott PowersJuly 17, 2018

In a campaign stop for his drive to become Florida’s next U.S. senator, Republican Gov. Rick Scott sought to put daylight between himself and President Donald Trump Tuesday, saying he disagreed with him on the positions he expressed Monday in Helsinki toward Russia and its leader Vladimir Putin. Scott essentially dodged that question on Monday, condemning […]

Scott PowersJune 20, 2018

Responding to press reports that his holdings include large investments in fossil fuel companies, the Florida Democratic Party is launching a petition drive demanding that Gov. Rick Scott acknowledge the harmful effects of climate change on Florida. “Rick Scott has denied climate change and the effects it has on Florida families, despite mounting scientific evidence. […]

Danny McAuliffeJune 18, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is accepting invitations to participate in three fall debates leading up to the November election, in which he will try to oust incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Among the network hosts: CNN, Telemundo 51 in Miami, and Jacksonville’s WJXT Channel 4 (co-hosted by the Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute). Dates and […]

Scott PowersJune 18, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott‘s U.S. Senate campaign has dropped another television commercial attacking incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. This time, it not just accuses Nelson of being a career politician who’s been around way too long, but also for being negative. It’s the fourth consecutive attack ad the Scott campaign has released criticizing Nelson. This time […]

Scott PowersJune 14, 2018

In dueling endorsements that may illustrate their bases among executives and rank-and-file, the U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Gov. Rick Scott announced the endorsement of the Florida Police Chiefs Association while the re-election campaign of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson touted the backing of the state firefighters union. On Thursday Scott’s campaign declared that this […]

Tag: U.S. Senate race

New Rick Scott ad goes after Bill Nelson on payroll taxes

Builders backing Rick Scott

Democratic group’s commercial says Rick Scott cut health care funding

Rick Scott: U.S. Senators should be working full time

Rick Scott calls Bill Nelson ‘a hypocrite’ over tax, health care for staff

Rick Scott: ‘I disagree with the president’ on Vladimir Putin

Florida Democrats petition Rick Scott to acknowledge climate change harm

Rick Scott accepts trio of fall debates

New Rick Scott attack ad bashes ‘negative’ Bill Nelson

Police chiefs back Rick Scott while firefighters back Bill Nelson