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Scott PowersJune 6, 2016

Democrat Val Demings‘ campaign for Florida’s 9th Congressional District is receiving two full-time interns as part of the package it received with a Students for a New American Politics PAC endorsement. The SNAP PAC provided the two trained fellows to work as field organizers on Demings’ campaign this summer. Demings is in a Democratic Aug. […]

Scott PowersJune 6, 2016

Organize Now activists said it intends to deliver 7,000 petition signatures to three Orlando members of Congress this week demanding they prevent any more austerity measures for the people of Puerto Rico. The Orlando-based progressive politics group has been gathering the petitions for several months, announcing its Puerto Rico-assistance campaign in early April at a press […]

Scott PowersJune 6, 2016

Democrat Rick Roach drew 155 people in his quest for state Senate District 13 and said he received a standing ovation Sunday for delivering a new platform for reforming school testing and education in Florida. “It kind of exceeded my expectations. I think I’ve given people something to vote for,” said Roach, a former Orange […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 6, 2016

As torrential rains and high winds buffet points to the south and the west, Jacksonville braces for whatever impact Tropical Storm Colin will present later on Monday and Tuesday morning. To that end, an afternoon press briefing was held by Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on Monday. Curry noted that the current state of emergency includes Duval […]

Ryan RayJune 6, 2016

Libertarian Rob Lapham has joined Florida’s 2nd Congressional District campaign to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham. Lapham, who has lived in Alaska and Texas in recent years, served on the Texas Libertarian Executive Committee. He ran for Congress in 2014, where he promised to abolish the IRS, cut military funding, and liberalize federal drug laws. Lapham moved […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 6, 2016

Francis Rooney will support Donald Trump in the 2016 election. “I’m 100 percent for Donald Trump, he’s our nominee,” said Rooney, a Naples Republican running for in Florida’s 19th Congressional District. “We may not know all of the things we’d like to know about Donald Trump. He hasn’t been in this game a long time, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 6, 2016

Calling himself a patriot and conservative, Francis Rooney officially kicked off his campaign for Florida’s 19th Congressional District by promising to fix Washington, D.C. Rooney, the former ambassador to the Holy See and a longtime Bush family supporter, kicked off at Mel’s Diner in Fort Myers on Monday morning. “I’ll fight for you, because we’re […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 6, 2016

The concept of “grit” has become increasingly popular of late, aided and abetted by the release of a book (“GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance“) by MacArthur Genius Fellow Angela Duckworth. Duckworth, a former consultant who took a job teaching public school in New York City, learned that IQ was not the sole predictor of success […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 6, 2016

Those who thought the Republican field in Florida’s 4th Congressional District was set need to think again, as yet another Jacksonville Republican jumped into the race Monday. Steve Kaufman, a marketer in the Riverside area, acknowledges he’s a “longshot,” but he’s running anyway, “to represent those First Coast workers, businesses and families struggling to get ahead in the Obama economy.” […]

Melissa RossJune 6, 2016

Michael Dunn, the man convicted in 2014 in the shooting death of unarmed black teen Jordan Davis of Jacksonville, will draw yet another protest this week. The group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) says it will protest outside the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. Dunn’s attorney is appealing the […]

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(L-R) Lawyers Richard Cole and Rahul Patel were both reappointed to their alma mater's Board of Trustees. Images via University of Florida.

Val Demings campaign receives national interns in CD10 race

Organize Now to deliver 7,000 petitions demanding no more austerity for Puerto Rico

Democrat Rick Roach finds his mark in SD 13 race with fix-education platform

Jax preps for TS Colin; Lenny Curry says to ‘expect the unexpected’

Libertarian Rob Lapham enters CD 2 race

Francis Rooney says he will support Donald Trump

Francis Rooney officially kicks off CD 19 bid

Richard Corcoran wants you to read ‘Grit’

Steve Kaufman enters GOP battle royale in CD 4

Protestors to rally outside Michael Dunn appeal hearing in Tallahassee