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Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018

The race for SD 8 has already taken to the airwaves, but both candidates for the Alachua County-based seat have been sending out mailer after mailer pitching themselves as the best candidate for the job. As he’s done throughout the election cycle, Gainesville Republican Sen. Keith Perry put out another mailer this week tying his […]

Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018

The committee sponsoring the “Voting Restoration Amendment,” which would restore voting rights to Florida felons who have completed their sentences, added more than $600,000 to its coffers during the last full week of September. Floridians for a Fair Democracy, which led the drive to get Amendment 4 on the ballot, received 138 contributions for the […]

Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018

St. Pete Republican Sen. Jeff Brandes is sitting pretty a month out from Election Day according to a new poll of his contest against Democratic nominee Lindsay Cross. A new St. Pete Polls survey, commissioned by Florida Politics, found the longtime lawmaker with an 11-point lead over Cross, 52-41 percent with the remaining 7 percent […]

Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018

The political committee opposing a constitutional amendment to limit gambling expansion in the Sunshine State raised more than $1.45 million between Sept. 22 and Sept. 28 with the help of a $500,000 infusion from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The committee, known as Citizens for the Truth About Amendment 3, tacked on $1.45 million during the late-September […]

Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018

Orlando Democrat Anna Eskamani rolled out a new ad Monday in her campaign to succeed exiting Rep. Mike Miller in Orange County’s House District 47. The 30-second ad, titled “Why Are They Afraid,” features the Planned Parenthood exec shutting her laptop on one of the ads being run against her in the Orlando-based district and […]

Drew WilsonOctober 5, 2018

Americans for Prosperity-Action (AFP-Action) said Friday that it’s anteing up “seven-figures” for digital and direct mail campaigns urging voters to send Bill Nelson packing after three terms in the U.S. Senate. The new AFP-FL digital ad, titled “Bill Nelson Has Had 30 Years,” hits the longtime Democratic lawmaker’s perceived lack of progress on health care, […]

Drew WilsonOctober 4, 2018

The state’s largest professional association, the Florida Realtors, ponied up another half million dollars to support one of the property tax measures that will be on the November ballot. Amendment 2 would make instill a permanent tax cap on annual assessments for non-homesteaded properties, excluding school taxes. Voters approved a measure a decade ago current […]

Drew WilsonOctober 4, 2018

The Florida Conservation Voters Action Fund said Wednesday that it’s putting $250,000 behind a digital ad campaign supporting the Democrats challenging Gainesville Sen. Keith Perry and St. Petersburg Sen. Jeff Brandes in the fall. The ad supporting Gainesville Democrat Kayser Enneking’s campaign in Senate District 8 hits Perry for his “disastrous ‘toilet to tap’ bill.” […]

Drew WilsonOctober 3, 2018

The Koch-backed political committee Americans for Prosperity Action, or AFP-Action, announced Wednesday that it was launching a digital and direct-mail campaign attacking Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum over his “record and extreme agenda.” “Andrew Gillum’s agenda is too extreme for Florida,” said AFP-Action senior adviser Chris Hudson. “His plan for the economy? Raise taxes that […]

Drew WilsonOctober 2, 2018

Tampa Republican Sen. Dana Young is holding a fundraiser for her Senate District 18 re-election campaign Tuesday, Oct. 2 in Tallahassee. The event will run from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the BC Room of the Governors Club, 202 South Adams St. Those looking for more information or to RSVP can contact Kristin Lamb via [email protected] or 850-339-5354. Young […]

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Direct mail roundup: Kayser Enneking, Keith Perry release dueling mailers in SD 8

Billionaires, Ben & Jerry’s back felons’ rights amendment

Jeff Brandes still up double digits in SD 24 re-election battle

Tampa Bay Buccaneers top $1.4M report for anti-Amendment 3 committee

Anna Eskamani says political insiders ‘should be afraid’ in new ad

Americans for Prosperity Action spending $1M-plus on anti-Bill Nelson ads

Florida Realtors dump more cash into Amendment 2

Environmental group launches ad buy supporting Kayser Enneking, Lindsay Cross

Americans for Prosperity Action hits ‘extreme’ Andrew Gillum in new ad buy

Dana Young hosting Tally fundraiser tonight for SD 18 re-election