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A.G. GancarskiJuly 31, 2018

Hours before President Donald Trump rallies for his gubernatorial campaign in Tampa, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis appeared on Fox News Channel to outline the state of the race. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1024268892942856192 Even on a day that began with Trump savaging fellow DeSantis backers the Koch brothers, DeSantis couldn’t help but take a victory lap that doubled as a preview of […]

Drew WilsonJuly 31, 2018

National racial justice group Color of Change opened a state-level political committee Tuesday as it gears up a campaign to take on Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law. Color of Change, which bills itself as the “nation’s largest online racial justice organization,” launched its campaign to “Stop ‘Stand Your Ground’” after recent killing of Markeis […]

Drew WilsonJuly 31, 2018

Republican Attorney General candidate Ashley Moody put another brick in her wall of endorsements Tuesday after earning an official thumbs-up from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida. There were hints the construction trade group would be backing Moody, a former prosecutor and circuit court judge, after the association met in Marco Island last week […]

Scott PowersJuly 31, 2018

While Americans For Prosperity has made it clear that nationally it’s not going to be weighing in on every significant election, the national organization is announcing Tuesday that it will be supporting Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s bid for the U.S. Senate this year, or at least opposing Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s re-election effort. The […]

Danny McAuliffeJuly 31, 2018

There’s an ongoing effort to teach Democrats across the country and down the ballot how to run effective campaigns. It’s led by the National Democratic Training Committee, which recently told media it is seeking to supplement the anticipated ‘blue wave’ Democrats are banking on this midterm by providing free online training to any Democrat in any […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 31, 2018

The Koch brothers back Gov. Rick Scott‘s run for Senate and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis‘ run for Governor. However, in classically contrarian fashion, President Donald Trump, who will appear with Scott in Tampa Tuesday before a fairgrounds rally in the evening, devoted two tweets this morning to blast the Koch brothers. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1024236805477097472 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1024239166429769729 The timing on this blast […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 31, 2018

Former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine rolled out a meaningful video endorsement Tuesday, via San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto. Cruz rooted the endorsement in Levine’s reaction in the immediate wake of last year’s hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico. “Out of nowhere,” Cruz related, “I got a phone call from this guy I had never heard […]

Peter SchorschJuly 31, 2018

As President Donald Trump comes to Tampa on Tuesday to rally for Republican gubernatorial front-runner Ron DeSantis, Republican voters across Florida began receiving a mail piece which highlights the President’s endorsement of DeSantis. On the other side of the mailer is a multi-pronged, heavily sourced attack on Adam Putnam‘s long record in public office. The […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 31, 2018

The left-leaning American Bridge group on Tuesday is rolling out a new 80-second digital ad spotlighting U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis‘ perceived evasions to answering questions about the Parkland school shooting. The spot will be seen on Facebook and Instagram and will be geotargeted to young voters in the area around the Donald Trump rally in Tampa. “Young voters […]

Scott PowersJuly 31, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott has slipped ahead of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in the latest Mason-Dixon poll of Florida’s 2018 U.S. Senate race, which also shows a stark difference of opinion between men and women. The new poll, conducted last Tuesday and Wednesday, gives the two-term governor a three-point lead, 47 to 44, over […]

Ron DeSantis: Donald Trump endorsement ‘separates the wheat from the chaff’

Color of Change opens state-level political committee for ‘Stand Your Ground’ fight

Builders back Ashley Moody for Attorney General

Americans For Prosperity ‘encourage(s) voters to remove Bill Nelson’

Free online courses teach Democrats how to run campaigns

Before Tampa appearances with Koch-backed Ron DeSantis & Rick Scott, Donald Trump blasts Koch brothers

Mayors stick together, as Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto backs Philip Levine

New mailer touts Trump’s nod for Ron DeSantis, takes down Adam Putnam’s record

New American Bridge ad slams Ron DeSantis for having no answers to school shootings

Rick Scott 47%, Bill Nelson 44% in latest Mason-Dixon poll