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Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott‘s office wants $1,200 from Gwen Graham before it will deliver anything to respond to her public records request, contending that’s how much staff time cost to research her inquiry into whether he spoke with nursing home administrators during the September 2017 tragedy at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. The governor’s office […]

Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum‘s campaign is reporting that he raised a quarter million dollars in December between his official campaign and his independent committee, marking his first $200,000 month since early last spring. Spokesman Geoff Burgan characterized December as a month of momentum. Gillum hadn’t seen much momentum since before his campaign team was […]

Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2018

Republican candidate David Smith continues to roll out endorsements of his candidacy for the Seminole County-based House District 28 seat, with support announced Thursday from Seminole County Property Appraiser David Johnson and two others. With the endorsements from Johnson, Longwood Mayor Benjamin Paris, and Seminole County Soil and Water Commissioner Edmund Young adding to others announced in […]

Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2018

As his introductory television commercials continue to play throughout Florida, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is announcing that money has continued to pour in, another $1 million in December, with about half of that coming from his own pocket. Levine, the former Miami Beach mayor, saw a combined total of $1 million come into his […]

Scott PowersJanuary 3, 2018

Republican Tyler Sirois has become the first candidate to qualify to run in Florida’s House District 51 in Brevard County, getting 1,202 petition signatures validated for the election. Sirois, of Merritt Island, needed 1,160 valid signatures in his quest to succeed term-limited Republican Tom Goodson of Rockledge. The Brevard County Supervisor of Elections validated Sirois’s […]

Scott PowersJanuary 3, 2018

Now that Congress has approved the tax reform bill and President Donald Trump has signed it into law, American Action Network is returning to ads supporting Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast and others who voted for the GOP tax bill last month. AAN is out with a new round of television and digital ads providing […]

Scott PowersJanuary 3, 2018

Evacuees seeking a place to live in Florida after Hurricane Maria wrecked their homes in Puerto Rico will get another two months of a program that allows them to use federal vouchers to live in hotels or motels. FEMA has extended the Transitional Shelter Assistance Program, set to expire Jan. 13, to March 20, U.S. […]

Scott PowersJanuary 2, 2018

Generation Opportunity is sending out campaign mailers lauding Republican state Rep. Bob Rommel of Naples and Republican state Sen. Dennis Baxley of Lady Lake for their support of freedom of speech because the pair introduced bills this Session seeking to prevent college campuses from restricting free speech to “free speech zones.” Generation Opportunity, which promotes conservative […]

Scott PowersJanuary 2, 2018

Democratic state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith is kicking off the new year by kicking off his re-election campaign in Florida’s House District 49, with a new internet campaign video featuring a proud, unrelenting Smith, and a fundraiser set for Friday. Smith, who is openly gay and unabashedly liberal, puts those qualities front-and-center with a re-election […]

Scott PowersDecember 29, 2017

Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis has spent a couple of weeks now seriously signaling his interest in running for governor of Florida including getting an endorsement from President Donald Trump and now he has taken a material step toward a statewide campaign with the announcement of finance teams. The existing federal campaign, Ron DeSantis for […]

Scott Powers

Governor’s office seeks $1,200 to respond to Gwen Graham’s Hollywood Hills query

Andrew Gillum reports raising $250K

David Smith announces more endorsements in HD 28 contest

Philip Levine reporting another $1 million month in governor’s contest

Tyler Sirois qualifies by petition for HD 51 race

American Action Network unveils new ads thanking Brian Mast for tax reform support

Transitional shelter voucher program extended for Puerto Rico evacuees

Group supports Bob Rommel, Dennis Baxley for bills on campus free speech

Carlos Smith re-election video doesn’t hold back

Ron DeSantis announces campaign finance teams with Thomas Peterffy, Sheldon Adelson