Scott Powers, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2016

Orlando’s theme park behemoths – mostly Walt Disney companies – have already poured $2.77 million into campaign and political committees and parties for this election cycle so far, preferring Republicans by almost 3 to 1 over Democrats. Disney, as usual, leads the way, with a combination of cash and in-kind services (typically providing tickets or […]

Scott PowersFebruary 15, 2016

As if Saturday’s Republican presidential debate wasn’t harsh enough, Donald Trump turned it up Monday in an attack on fellow candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, calling him “unstable,” and the “biggest liar I’ve ever come across.” Trump then threatened to sue Cruz. Trump took issue with how Cruz had characterized Trump’s stands on Supreme Court appointments, abortion, […]

Scott PowersFebruary 15, 2016

Saying, “Enough is enough,” Hillary Clinton on Monday renewed her call for a federal assistance plan for Puerto Rico, and accused hedge funds of blocking the commonwealth’s attempts to recover from economic collapse. Clinton said she is reiterating her call “more urgently than ever amidst a growing crisis” on the island. She accused hedge funds of […]

Scott PowersFebruary 15, 2016

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said Monday he expects President Barack Obama to nominate someone within a month to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court and hopes the Senate will get a hearing and a vote. Nelson’s comments, coming at the ribbon cutting of a health care facility in Orange […]

Scott PowersFebruary 14, 2016

The campaign of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson responded to his opponent U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s attack by calling it an uninformed smear inconsistent with Valentine’s Day. Earlier Sunday, Murphy charged that Grayson has serious problems with criticism and ethics investigations of his handling of private hedge funds and should close the […]

Scott PowersFebruary 14, 2016

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There is Valleri Crabtree at the Rotary Club of Celebration. There she at Place for Grace in St. Cloud. There’s Crabtree at the Leadership Osceola reception, and the Osceola Council on Aging, and the Polk County Democratic Executive Committee, and the Poinciana Villages Community Meeting, and at a Fashion Square Mall festival, and at her […]

Scott PowersFebruary 12, 2016

The U.S. Senate campaign for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson blasted his Democratic opponent U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy Friday because a super PAC backing Murphy had accepted a $50,000 donation from a controversial player in the controversial EB-5 visa program. Grayson’s campaign alleges that the $50,000 given Floridians For a Strong Middle Class came from a […]

Scott PowersFebruary 12, 2016

Val Demings, Annette Taddeo, and Randall Perkins are among 16 Democratic congressional candidates nationally to be picked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Red To Blue program, signaling stronger financial and organizational backing. The DCCC selected the trio and also announced that it would include Congressional District 13 in the program, though it did not identify […]

Scott PowersFebruary 11, 2016

A New York Times article published Thursday reports that U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando used his position in Congress and as a member of the Financial Services Committee to solicit investments for the hedge funds he operated. Grayson, an Orlando Democrat running for Florida’s U.S. Senate Seat, has been the subject of a U.S. […]

Scott PowersFebruary 11, 2016

Susannah Randolph has received the endorsement of Students for a New America Politics organization in her Democratic race for Orlando-based Congressional District 9, her campaign says. SNAP’s political action committee calls itself the nation’s largest and most effective student-run PAC. The organization typically contributes small amounts, three- and low four-figure amounts of cash, to campaigns […]

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Orlando’s theme park companies pour at least $2.77 million into state politics

Donald Trump calls Ted Cruz “unstable,” a “liar” and threatens lawsuit

Hillary Clinton renews call for Puerto Rico assistance

Bill Nelson expects Supreme Court nomination within month, hopes for hearing, vote

Alan Grayson campaign: Patrick Murphy abuses Valentine’s Day with smear attack

Valleri Crabtree, Dena Minning, trying opposite approaches to being CD 9 X-factors

Alan Grayson campaign questions contribution to super PAC supporting Patrick Murphy

Val Demings, Annette Taddeo, Randall Perkins win DCCC “Red to Blue” backing

New York Times says Alan Grayson used position in Congress to solicit for hedge fund; his office denies

Susannah Randolph wins nod from student progressives in CD 9 race