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Scott PowersJune 13, 2018

In a brief exchange with an volunteer for an anti-cracking group, Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam declared his opposition to fracking over the weekend. “We don’t need to be fracking in Florida. Our geology, our limestone, we do not need to be fracking in Florida for oil and gas. It is just […]

Scott PowersMay 10, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum‘s new digital ad lays out the six key planks in what he calls a ‘bold, progressive platform,’ delivered from the son of a construction worker and a school bus driver. With shots of him in front of school buses, with his family, as mayor of Tallahassee, and in various campaign […]

Scott PowersApril 30, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is making his pitch as a progressive candidate “who gets things done” in a new one-minute video ad being placed on the internet through social media. The ad features news reports on Levine’s time as mayor of Miami Beach and in his post-mayoral campaign in Tallahassee as he pursued a […]

Scott PowersApril 23, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is releasing a new digital ad his campaign says is backed by a five-figure buy, using his upbringing to inspire his views on opportunity. The 30-second ad, “Opportunity,” features Gillum, now the Mayor of Tallahassee, sitting in front of a modest house talking about the people who cared about and […]

Scott PowersApril 16, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham has launched a new digital advertisement in which she says she thinks about the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre as a mother, and about gun laws as someone who wants to be Governor The minute, 41-second video, “It’s Time,” released Monday shows Graham getting emotional talking about how the […]

Scott PowersMarch 29, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is turning his support for the “March For Our Lives” movement into his latest video ad, releasing a 40-second spot on the internet that features a speech he gave during last Saturday’s protests. King uses the video to promote his strong positions to ban assault weapons, require universal background checks, […]

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 19, 2018

Playing off her “workday” visit last week to a center for migrant-labor families around Immokalee, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham released a digital ad Monday pushing her commitment to early childhood education. The new digital buy features a near-two-minute long video showing Graham visiting the Redlands Christian Migrant Association early childhood education school in Immokalee. As […]

Scott PowersMarch 14, 2018

Democratic congressional candidate David Richardson has released his first digital video ad, introducing himself in Florida’s 27th Congressional District race and discussing abortion, prison reform, and his status as Florida’s first openly gay lawmaker. “I decided to talk about these issues publicly. I’m not afraid to talk about this stuff out loud. And I’m not […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2018

The Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, a national gay rights organization launched in response to Orlando’s 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre in order to advocate gun control, is releasing a new video focusing on the pain and anger surrounding mass murders, with the intention of keeping emotions high. The video makes a direct accusation toward […]

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Adam Putnam declares opposition to fracking in Florida

New Andrew Gillum ad pushes ‘bold progressive platform’ from son of a construction worker

Philip Levine video ad touts progressive record

Andrew Gillum announces digital ad buy for ‘Opportunity’

Gwen Graham ‘the mom’ addresses Parkland, guns in new digital ad

Chris King releases ‘March for Our Lives’ video ad

Republicans go after Bill Nelson for supporting Hillary Clinton

Gwen Graham digital ad commits to early childhood education

David Richardson video ad in CD 27 discusses abortion, prison reform, being gay

Pride Fund launching on-line video focusing on the emotions of gun violence