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Scott PowersAugust 12, 2017

Adam Putnam assured the 200 or so delegates to his breakfast at the Republican Party of Florida quarterly meeting in Orlando Saturday that he knows their towns, he knows their roads, he knows their barbecue places, and he knows their hopes, dreams, and struggles of living somewhere that’s not on an Interstate exit. The Florida […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

It’s got to be tough trying to explain why you are running for governor when you don’t actually want to say that you’re running for governor. Republican state Sen. Jack Latvala of Clearwater tried that out Friday night at a dessert reception he hosted for about 200 people at the Republican Party of Florida’s quarterly […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

Republican Jennifer Sullivan pulled in five $1,000 checks on the last day of July to give her re-election campaign a fresh shot of money in House District 31 in northwest Orange County and northeast Lake County. Sullivan, a two-term representative from Mount Dora, has done little fundraising this year, having transferred $5,000 from her previous […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

Republican Jeffrey Ramsey posted his second consecutive $4,000-plus month in fundraising and lent his campaign $10,000 in July, giving his candidacy a boost in the race to replace outgoing state Rep. Tom Goodson in House District 41 in Brevard County. Ramsey, a Merritt Island teacher and retired Air Force officer, reported raising $4,550 in July […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

Republican David Smith raised about $9,000 in July, while his Republican primary opponent Chris Anderson raised no money and Democrat Lee Mangold brought in about $1,100 during the month, giving Smith a commanding money advantage seeking what will be an open seat for House District 28. Smith, a retired U.S. Marine colonel and consultant from […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy is showing off her roots and making a pitch for immigration reform. The freshman congresswoman from Winter Park was “the girl rescued at sea,” as a campaign mailer dubbed her last year, a refugee with her family from Vietnam in the 1970s, and a proud U.S. immigrant. And she’s an […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney earned a new title Thursday: Python hunter. The Republican congressman from Naples, who has asserted leadership in the Florida delegations’ efforts to address Everglades problems, announced he bagged five pythons Thursday night, the invasive snakes clogging up the South Florida ecosystems. Rooney captured the beasts while he participated in the South Florida […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

In a matter of minutes Thursday night in Lake Mary, gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham went from indignation over Gov. Rick Scott‘s climate change policies to laughing at why President Donald Trump used the words “fire and fury,” to near tears in explaining her presence at a July 4 party with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. […]

Scott PowersAugust 10, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham pledged Thursday to a number of educators and parents concerned about public education that she would make public education her top priority. While meeting with a roundtable of teachers, former teachers, public education advocates, and parents in an Orlando restaurant Thursday, Graham blasted Republican efforts to promote charter schools, which […]

Scott PowersAugust 10, 2017

Describing the potential for legal chaos and a “sore loser” from Tuesday’s Republican primary to seek to invalidate next Tuesday’s primary, Republican House District 44 candidate John Newstreet sought Thursday to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to disqualify the only Democrat running, Paul Chandler. Newstreet filed a motion with Florida’s 2nd Judicial Circuit Court […]

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Adam Putnam: Nobody knows Florida better than I

Jack Latvala: ‘I have never forgotten the party, I will never forget the party’

Jennifer Sullivan pulls in $5K on July 31 to defend her HD 31 seat

Loan helps Jeffrey Ramsey make financial progress in HD 51 race

David Smith pulling away in early HD 28 campaign fundraising

Stephanie Murphy lets immigration reform shirt do the talking

Francis Rooney joins the ranks of python hunters

Gwen Graham talks July 4 party presence, climate change, ‘fire and fury’

Gwen Graham pledges public education as her priority, blasts Richard Corcoran

John Newstreet urges court to consider potential for nullified votes if Paul Chandler is disqualified