Did Florida Democrats hurt down-ballot candidates by canceling the state Primary?

Party leaders say they are providing other support for municipal candidates.
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Six Orange County municipalities to decide elections

Candidates are running in Apopka, Eatonville, Ocoee, Oakland, Winter Garden and Winter Park.
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Race to replace Kathleen Beckman on Clearwater City Council features some familiar faces

Area Republicans are lining up to back and fund Mike Mannino, while Florida Democrats are rallying behind a young candidate and progressives back the grassroots candidate.
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Expensive Naples contests draw to a close for Naples, City Council

Will Teresa Heitmann defend her Mayor seat or will Ted Blankenship or Gary Price prevail?
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Legislative, Influence & Policy


Pressure to expand Medicaid in Florida keeps slowly rising

Rep. Joel Rudman, a conservative Republican and doctor, says he’s paid the price for publicly supporting a Medicaid expansion in Florida.
7 10min

2024 – Presidential


What’s at stake in Florida’s Presidential Primary?

Not much. But Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and 5 others appear on the GOP ballot statewide regardless.
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2024 – Down Ballot


Democrat rises to challenge Kiyan Michael in HD 16

Despite long odds and powerful backers for her opponent, Democrat Rachel Grage is challenging the incumbent.
7 6min

Lois Frankel endorses Whitney Fox for CD 13

Fox’s list of endorsements is now well into the double digits.
3 8min

Culture Wars


Zieglers sue to stop release of rape investigation records

The once powerful Republican power couple are suing the City of Sarasota and State Attorney’s Office.
5 6min

VP Harris calls for marijuana rescheduling, leniency

The Biden administration is mulling rescheduling the plant.
3 3min

Gov. DeSantis poised to sign homeless camping ban he wanted

Locals will have to set up camps. And find money to fund them.
27 3min

NAACP warns athletes against Florida colleges

‘Florida’s rampant anti-Black policies are a direct threat to the advancement of our young people.’
25 4min

Legislature raises minimum age for strippers to 21

Will this law curb human trafficking? That’s the hope of legislators.
14 4min

Gov. DeSantis says people ‘across the political spectrum’ back state-mandated homeless camps

Only the ‘far left’ is upset by the legislation creating unfunded mandates for local jurisdictions, according to the Governor.
19 3min

South Florida


Pembroke Pines voters to pick first new Mayor in decades, two City Commissioners

City overdevelopment, traffic congestion, housing affordability and a proposed trash incinerator are all top-of-mind for voters and candidates.
1 14min

‘This is human behavior’: Sheriff candidate wants to legalize prostitution in Miami-Dade

‘Men weren’t buying cognac to dip their cigars in (after the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal). They were dipping their cigars in vagina.’
2 7min

GOP-skewed poll suggests Miami-Dade voters oppose $2.5B bond plan after learning of tax effect

Less than a third of respondents said they agreed with the plan. Ten percent were uncertain.
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Poll suggests CD 27 voters think border security, crime are biggest issues this election

A plurality of voters agreed that the U.S. needs to better enforce its immigration laws and deport those who enter the country illegally.
3 5min

Hollywood couple arrested in connection to dead baby found in trash bin

The full-term baby boy, with an umbilical cord still attached, was found on Jan. 7 by a roofing company worker who had noticed a foul odor
1 2min

Federal


Venezuelan gang targeted as international crime op by Florida Republicans

‘How many more innocent victims will have to suffer before we fully recognize and address the grave threat Tren de Aragua gang members cause?’
5 2min

Marco Rubio says Ukraine aid comes at expense of military ‘quality of life’

The Senator draws a direct connection between bad treatment of American troops and an ongoing crisis in recruitment and retention.
26 3min

‘Unvetted illegal aliens’ on planes rile Rick Scott

The Joe Biden administration is taking criticism over a controversial app.
10 3min

Rick Scott seeks freeze on wage increases for H-2A field workers

The Senator signed a Mike Crapo letter seeking a ‘freeze’ to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate.
21 5min

Kamala Harris to visit Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, talk gun safety

The Vice President has already visited Florida 10 times since taking office.
1 2min

Foreign Affairs


Mitch Albom recalls evacuation from Haiti by Cory Mills

The author said it took only about 67 seconds to be airlifted off the island.
1 5min

Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks on, perhaps as soon as Sunday

Hamas gave mediators a new proposal for a three-stage plan that would end the fighting.
3 3min

Russians vote for inevitable re-election of Vladimir Putin

The 71-year-old Putin faces three token rivals from Kremlin-friendly parties.
4 2min

Gov. DeSantis confirms rescue flights to Haiti for ‘Christian missionary groups’

Details are vague: ‘We don’t want to say anything too publicly about what exactly we’re doing until it happens.’
8 3min


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Universities


Sprinkle list: UF lands $19M to buy ‘Lee property’ conservation area

‘If acquired, this project would be one of the only large conservation areas in this area of the county.’
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