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Scott PowersApril 18, 2018

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson took another swing Wednesday morning at the nomination of Oklahoma Republican U.S. Rep. James Bridenstine‘s appointment as the next NASA administrator, calling him partisan and unqualified. During a 16-minute speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Nelson suggested that Bridenstine could be dangerous overseeing NASA missions that had […]

Scott PowersApril 18, 2018

Democrat Tracey Kagan of Longwood announced her entry Wednesday into the race for Florida’s House District 29, seeking to take on Republican state Rep. Scott Plakon in the central Seminole County district. Kagan, a lawyer with her own criminal defense law practice in Orlando, joins a race with Democrats Patrick Brandt of Longwood and Darryl Block of […]

Scott PowersApril 17, 2018

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio today announced he has hired Michael Needham, CEO of Heritage Action for America, as his new chief of staff. Needham fills a position vacated in late January when Rubio fired Clint Reed for violating policies “regarding proper relations between a supervisor and their subordinates.” Deputy Chief of Staff Jessica Fernandez […]

Scott PowersApril 17, 2018

Warning that Florida may be in violation of the Federal Voting Rights Act, state Sen. Victor Torres on Tuesday led a group of eight mostly-Hispanic Democratic lawmakers in urging Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner to respond to reports that some Florida counties are not providing Spanish-language elections materials. Torres and the others wrote to […]

Scott PowersApril 17, 2018

Former Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, state Rep. Jason Brodeur, former state Rep. Chris Dorworth, and Trump 2020 Club founder Randy Ross are helping host a Republican Mikaela Nix‘s campaign in Florida House District 47. Carroll, Brodeur, Dorworth, and Ross are among host committee members for an event Mikaela has scheduled for April 25 at […]

Scott PowersApril 17, 2018

Republican state Rep. Mike Miller has launched a new digital video ad that offers U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio‘s endorsement praise in Florida’s 7th Congressional District race. The ad shows Miller and Rubio together at a recent fundraiser for Miller’s campaign, walking a corridor of Orlando’s Amway Center with Miller, stating, “The people of Central Florida […]

Scott PowersApril 17, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist and Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo have joined 16 other members of Congress to sponsor a bipartisan bill that would seek to stymie foreign political online advertising like that alleged in the 2016 campaign by Russia. The bill, House Resolution 4077, dubbed the “Honest Ads Act,” seeks to improve disclosure […]

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 PowersApril 16, 2018

Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called Monday for the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate safety at the low-cost carrier Allegiant Air that is the dominant carrier at Orlando-Sanford International Airport and also serves a half-dozen other Florida cities. Nelson’s request comes on the heels of a scathing report aired Sunday evening on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that […]

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. […]

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Helene, early Sept. 27. Image via NOAA via AP.

Bill Nelson again blasts Jim Bridenstine as nominee for NASA administrator

Tracey Kagan enters HD 29 race

Marco Rubio hires new chief of staff away from Heritage Action

Victor Torres leads effort demanding Spanish materials in Florida elections offices

Mikaela Nix fundraiser to feature Jennifer Carroll, Jason Brodeur, Chris Dorworth

Mike Miller digital ad highlights Marco Rubio endorsement in CD 7

Charlie Crist, Carlos Curbelo push bipartisan bill on misleading, foreign political ads

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

Bill Nelson calls for safety probe into Allegiant Air

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