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Scott PowersNovember 4, 2016

Staking his stand for Hispanic support in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica Friday released a long list of Hispanic leaders who have endorsed him, including several former leaders of Puerto Rico and several Cuban-American members of Congress. The list also includes Hispanic veterans, community activists, and business leaders, in addition to current and […]

Scott PowersNovember 4, 2016

In what likely is an early indication of statewide voting patterns, mail-in and early voting tallies already have broken all-time records in Seminole County, reported Supervisor of Elections Mike Ertel. Through the end of Thursday, with four postal service days left, 53,149 mail ballots have been received by his office. And through Thursday, with three early voting days […]

Scott PowersNovember 3, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica and his Democratic opponent Stephanie Murphy now are getting showered with many tens of thousands of dollars in political action committee money heading into the final days before their showdown in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. In the past seven days, from Oct. 26 through Nov. 1, Mica’s campaign reported receiving 52 […]

Scott PowersNovember 3, 2016

U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, a New York Democrat with a high profile in her native Puerto Rico, has joined Stephanie Murphy for the closing days of her campaign to help her mobilize votes in Florida’s 7th Congressional District’s sizable Puerto Rican communities. Murphy, a Democrat from Winter Park, is trying to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. […]

Scott PowersNovember 3, 2016

And, he’s back. President Barack Obama will make his second Central Florida appearance in the closing days of the election campaign with a rally in Kissimmee for Hillary Clinton Sunday afternoon. Interstate 4 is seeing more power players than Pennsylvania Avenue lately. Obama was last in the Orlando area last Friday. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary […]

Scott PowersNovember 2, 2016

Donald Trump focused much of his Orlando speech Wednesday on decrying Hillary Clinton as someone with so many legal problems that if she were elected she would create a constitutional crisis. Republican presidential nominee Trump, speaking before a moderately sized outdoor crowd at the Orlando Amphitheater in the Central Florida Fairgrounds, spent much of his 26-minute […]

Scott PowersNovember 2, 2016

With wage increases as the key issue, two major labor unions representing workers at Walt Disney World and other hospitality businesses in Central Florida plan to rally Wednesday afternoon in Kissimmee to support mayoral candidate Jose Alvarez. Alvarez is in a heated election battle with Art Otero in the non-partisan race. UNITE HERE Locals 737 […]

Scott PowersNovember 2, 2016

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Donald Trump will be in Orlando Wednesday for a roundtable meeting with Florida Puerto Rican leaders and a 4 p.m. rally, and in three other Florida cities Wednesday and Thursday, while his campaign is fanning out his family and surrogates to other states in the next few days. “This week, major Trump surrogates and the Trump family […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2016

The national Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund is going up with digital video commercials in Florida to support several gay candidates for Florida House seats and attack their Republican opponents for voting with the gun lobby. The 30-second commercials begin by pegging onto the June 12 mass murder at Orlando’s popular gay nightclub Pulse, saying […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2016

Democratic House District 30 candidate Ryan Yadav is calling for the state to take “all steps necessary to address” missing ballots in Seminole County, suggesting there may be voter fraud at work. Yadav, who’s taking on Republican state Rep. Bob Cortes, is responding to news reports in the Orlando Sentinel Tuesday that the Seminole County […]

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John Mica rolls out list of Hispanic endorsements in CD 7

Seminole County reports records already in mail-in, early voting

PAC money now flooding into CD 7 race

Nydia Velazquez helping Stephanie Murphy with Puerto Rican vote in CD 7

Barack Obama making one more swing through Central Florida

Donald Trump says a President Hillary Clinton would spark ‘constitutional crisis’

Disney unions rallying behind Kissimmee mayoral candidate Jose Alvarez

Donald Trump campaigning in Florida while sending surrogates elsewhere the next few days

Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund internet videos to support LGBT state candidates; pushes gun issues

Ryan Yadav calls for state response to missing ballots in Seminole County