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Scott PowersApril 16, 2018

Rick Scott has found something else to talk about on the campaign trail: term limits. The Republican Florida governor’s first television commercial in his campaign to be elected U.S. Senator is not about his calling-card issue, jobs, but on a new issue his campaign hopes to use against Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson — term limits. […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 9, 2018

Senate Minority Leader-Designate Audrey Gibson, a Jacksonville Democrat, excoriated Gov. Rick Scott upon his U.S. Senate campaign launch Monday. “Rick Scott cannot erase seven years of leaving behind my constituents and others throughout this state and now try to take his same show to Washington. His jobs incentive programs have not provided real jobs to the average […]

Scott PowersApril 8, 2018

Rick Scott, who is about to formally declare his campaign Monday to become Florida’s next U.S. Senator, is a man whose life has twice defined The American Dream. Scott still frequently tells the story of how he rose from a working-class childhood spent partly in the projects to pursue a Navy career, then work his […]

Scott PowersApril 5, 2018

Democrats are sharpening their attacks on Rick Scott just as Florida’s Republican Governor bides his time with a no-comment period until the big announcement Monday when he’s expected to become a candidate for the U.S. Senate. On Thursday, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee launched a new website “SelfServingScott.com” anticipating Scott’s candidacy. The site lays out […]

Scott PowersApril 4, 2018

In advance of Gov. Rick Scott‘s expected announcement next Monday that he’s running for the U.S. Senate, the Democratic-campaign supporting PAC American Bridge 21st Century is laying out a discussion of five weak points it says Scott has that Democrats should pummel. American Bridge contends that public opinion on current hot issues, the anticipated Democratic […]

Scott PowersApril 3, 2018

Statewide televised debates for Florida’s U.S. Senate and governor’s elections are being set for late October in the renewed “Before You Vote” debate partnership efforts of Leadership Florida and the Florida Press Association. The two groups were joined Tuesday by Broward College and WPBF, the West Palm Beach-based ABC-TV affiliate, to announce the planning and production […]

Scott PowersMarch 30, 2018

In anticipation of Gov. Rick Scott‘s entry as the leading Republican candidate in this year’s U.S. Senate race, Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto and state Sen. Gary Farmer on Friday accused him of avoiding responsibility in the Hollywood Hills, Parkland, and Florida International University tragedies. “There is a stark contrast in how each man takes responsibility […]

Scott PowersMarch 26, 2018

A couple weeks out from his anticipated April 9 announcement about running for the U.S. Senate, Gov. Scott touted budget investments in Florida’s environment and agriculture during a stop Monday at Wekiwa Springs State Park in Apopka. While there he said little about his potential U.S. Senate plans, not commenting the significance of the move […]

Scott PowersMarch 26, 2018

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is releasing a new digital ad Monday morning that warns Florida Republicans that if Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson had his way, Hillary Clinton would be president. The 30-second video replays Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” a couple different ways, and adds her recent comments, made in a speech in India, […]

Scott PowersMarch 21, 2018

If Republican Gov. Rick Scott hears the clock ticking on his decision of whether to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, it will have to wait until after he gets through the stack of bills the Florida Legislature put on his desk. At least that’s what he suggested Wednesday when asked, during a stop in […]

Tag: U.S. Senate race

Rick Scott’s first U.S. Senate ad on term limits

Audrey Gibson pans Rick Scott Senate launch, lauds ‘moderate’ Bill Nelson

Rick Scott’s third career act

Democrats aim new website at Rick Scott

American Bridge lays out weaknesses for Democrats to aim at in Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate bid

Debates for U.S. Senate, Governor’s race set for late October

Democrats portraying Rick Scott as unaccountable in tragedies

Rick Scott touts environmental, agricultural money, teases April 9 event

Republicans go after Bill Nelson for supporting Hillary Clinton

Rick Scott: Decision on U.S. Senate race to wait behind stack of bills