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Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

Republican Jennifer Sullivan pulled in five $1,000 checks on the last day of July to give her re-election campaign a fresh shot of money in House District 31 in northwest Orange County and northeast Lake County. Sullivan, a two-term representative from Mount Dora, has done little fundraising this year, having transferred $5,000 from her previous […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

Republican Jeffrey Ramsey posted his second consecutive $4,000-plus month in fundraising and lent his campaign $10,000 in July, giving his candidacy a boost in the race to replace outgoing state Rep. Tom Goodson in House District 41 in Brevard County. Ramsey, a Merritt Island teacher and retired Air Force officer, reported raising $4,550 in July […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

Republican David Smith raised about $9,000 in July, while his Republican primary opponent Chris Anderson raised no money and Democrat Lee Mangold brought in about $1,100 during the month, giving Smith a commanding money advantage seeking what will be an open seat for House District 28. Smith, a retired U.S. Marine colonel and consultant from […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy is showing off her roots and making a pitch for immigration reform. The freshman congresswoman from Winter Park was “the girl rescued at sea,” as a campaign mailer dubbed her last year, a refugee with her family from Vietnam in the 1970s, and a proud U.S. immigrant. And she’s an […]

Phil AmmannAugust 11, 2017

Daniel Webster is making significant headway in the effort to repay debts owed to Florida veterans. In a statement Thursday, the Clermont Republican congressman announced that since January, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded more than $1 million to Florida veterans in compensation, pension or retroactive payments. Webster represents Florida’s 11th Congressional District, […]

Scott PowersAugust 10, 2017

Describing the potential for legal chaos and a “sore loser” from Tuesday’s Republican primary to seek to invalidate next Tuesday’s primary, Republican House District 44 candidate John Newstreet sought Thursday to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to disqualify the only Democrat running, Paul Chandler. Newstreet filed a motion with Florida’s 2nd Judicial Circuit Court […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2017

Bobby Olszewski has launched a television commercial in Orlando that highlights several of his issues positions in the special Republican primary for House District 44 in Orange County. The 30-second spot, dubbed, “Vote Bobby O,” the commercial begins with brief footage of President Ronald Reagan, as a narrator declares, “Republicans want a leader who will […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2017

A lawsuit was filed in Tallahassee seeking to invalidate the candidacy of House District 44 Democrat Paul Chandler – an action that could put the entire special election in jeopardy. The complaint, filed just at the end of the business day on Tuesday in Florida’s 2nd Judicial Circuit by Charles Hart of Windermere against Chandler, […]

Mitch PerryAugust 9, 2017

Two Central Florida first-year members of Congress — Stephanie Murphy and Darren Soto — are joining former U.S. Rep. Jim Davis and a group of Democrats determined to extend the party’s reach to centrist voters. In what reads like an update of the earlier center-leaning Democratic Leadership Council, New Democracy has the explicit mandate to expand the party’s appeal, both demographically and […]

Scott PowersAugust 8, 2017

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With a week left before voters in Florida’s House District 44 decide who will be the Republican nominee seeking to fill the vacant seat, nearly 3,000 votes have been cast, with a large portion of them coming from the Dr. Phillips and Windermere areas of the sprawling southwest Orange County district. Through Tuesday, 2,940 votes […]

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Jennifer Sullivan pulls in $5K on July 31 to defend her HD 31 seat

Loan helps Jeffrey Ramsey make financial progress in HD 51 race

David Smith pulling away in early HD 28 campaign fundraising

Stephanie Murphy lets immigration reform shirt do the talking

Daniel Webster helps secure $1M in back pay for CD 11 veterans

John Newstreet urges court to consider potential for nullified votes if Paul Chandler is disqualified

Bobby Olszewski TV ad highlights positions in HD 44 Republican primary

Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Paul Chandler’s HD 44 candidacy, could jeopardize whole special election

Stephanie Murphy, Darren Soto join ‘New Democracy,’ to win back middle-class voters

Voter turnout in HD 44 special election primary favoring central precincts