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Danny McAuliffeSeptember 11, 2018

The Panhandle Republican Liberty Caucus is requesting the Florida GOP publicly denounce the actions of state House District 1 Republican nominee Mike Hill. The news follows a weekend report from Florida Politics of the racially charged, sexist and deceitful campaign waged by Hill in the Republican primary for the seat, which saw Hill prevail over […]

Scott PowersSeptember 11, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum‘s independent political committee Forward Florida received a second $1 million cash influx Tuesday from the Democratic Governors Association. The DGA first signaled its full backing of the surprise Democratic nominee with a $1 million donation Aug. 29, one day after he knocked off U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 11, 2018

Nikki Fried, the Democratic candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, earned the nod of Florida’s AFL-CIO Tuesday. “I’m thankful to have earned the endorsement of the Florida AFL-CIO—as your next Commissioner of Agriculture, we will work together to ensure Florida’s working families have the strongest consumer protections against fraud and abuse,” Fried, a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 11, 2018

Days after Sen. Bill Nelson released an ad charging that Gov. Rick Scott has “failed” when it’s come to education, Scott may have the last laugh — with his own spot touting Florida accomplishments in the sphere. A new spot from Scott, per the campaign, “highlights how Florida’s incredible economic turnaround under Governor Scott has led to […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 11, 2018

Two organizations created in the aftermath of February’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have joined together to ban assault weapons in the state of Florida. Americans for Gun Safety Now (AFGSN) and Ban Assault Weapons Now (BAWN) say they have combined forces to create a bipartisan coalition to ban those weapons, with the goal […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

Liberal PAC End Citizens United on Monday filed a FEC complaint against Governor Rick Scott, his Senate campaign and New Republican PAC. The charge: “illegal coordination resulting in excessive in-kind campaign contributions to Scott’s Senate campaign from New Republican PAC.” “New Republican PAC ran television ads within the 120 day period following Scott’s tenure as […]

Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018

In the past week or so, President Donald Trump‘s presence in statewide Florida Republican election politics may have all but vanished, leading Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Monday to essentially say that his opponent Gov. Rick Scott might run but can’t hide from his past with Trump. “My opponent is acting as if Trump […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott continued his “Make Washington Work” bus tour Monday morning with a Jacksonville stop. As opposed to a previous stop, which saw Scott change his schedule in apparent aversion to protesters of HB 631, a controversial beach access law that the Governor signed then suspended weeks later, the Jacksonville appearance at Mac Papers on […]

Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018

Voters who support Florida’s medical marijuana law and especially those who support further legalization of marijuana appear to be lifting Nikki Fried into the lead in the Florida Agriculture Commissioner’s race, according to a new poll. Fried, the Democrat, leads among all voters surveyed last week by St. Pete Polls, getting 47 percent of the support of […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 10, 2018

Two tax-related proposed constitutional amendments, placed on the November ballot by the Legislature, would shift the burden from the wealthy and corporations to working families, a newly formed political action committee complained Monday. Floridians for Tax Fairness, registered with the state on Wednesday by the League of Women Voters of Florida, Florida Education Association, AFSCME, […]

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Sen. Ashley Moody (right) fields questiosn about the space program during a town hall in Melbourne. Image via Ashley Moody.

Republican Liberty chapter requests Florida GOP denounce Mike Hill’s campaign tactics

Democratic governors donate another $1 million to Andrew Gillum’s committee

Look for the union label: AFL-CIO backs Nikki Fried in Ag race

Rick Scott touts education accomplishments in new ad

Coalition aims to ban assault weapons by constitutional amendment

New elections complaint for Rick Scott ‘New Republican’ PAC

Bill Nelson: Rick Scott ‘is a creature of Trump’

Rick Scott says Democrats want ‘big government socialism’

Poll: Marijuana legalization support helps Nikki Fried’s Ag. Commish bid

PAC organizes to oppose tax amendments 1, 5