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Scott PowersOctober 17, 2016

Though he has not yet drawn the kind of massive outside campaign support backing his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. John Mica raised $400,000 in the seven weeks prior to October and had more than $1 million left to spend against Stephanie Murphy in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. Murphy also raised nearly $400,000 between the Aug. […]

Scott PowersOctober 14, 2016

Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica and his Democratic opponent Stephanie Murphy found surprisingly much to agree on — though they wouldn’t admit it — yet that included the mutual disdain on display in a debate exclusively presented Friday by WESH-2 News in Orlando. During the debate, produced by WESH Friday morning, moderated by political reporter Greg Fox, […]

Scott PowersOctober 14, 2016

To many Puerto Ricans, Oscar López Rivera was a freedom fighter for independence who has spent the past 35 years as a political prisoner. Yet to stateside police, the U.S. Department of Justice, and federal courts he was a terrorist, a maker of bombs, and a leader of the FALN network that terrorized the United […]

Scott PowersOctober 14, 2016

Polling done for and released Friday by Democrat Val Demings‘ congressional campaign shows she has a 38-point lead over Republican nominee Thuy Lowe in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. The poll, done by Democratic pollster Global Strategy Group in early October, shows Demings with 59 percent of the vote in the west Orlando district and Lowe with […]

Larry GriffinOctober 14, 2016

Actress Eva Longoria Bastón appeared in Orlando Friday to help mobilize and energize the vote for Hillary Clinton for president. At a packed office Friday morning, full of a diverse crowd of young and old; black and white and Hispanic Clinton supporters, Longoria Bastón made her case — Clinton clearly the best choice for president, especially when talking about which […]

Scott PowersOctober 14, 2016

The Human Rights Campaign — billed as the nation’s largest gay rights organization — has endorsed Democrat Stephanie Murphy in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, her campaign announced Friday. “Stephanie Murphy is someone who will work to ensure that everyone, including LGBTQ people, can one day live free from fear of discrimination,” JoDee Winterhof, the organization’s senior vice […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2016

Democratic nominee Stephanie Murphy has received the endorsements of firefighters’ unions in Orange and Seminole counties in her quest to be elected in Florida’s 7th Congressional District representing those counties, her campaign announced Thursday. Murphy, a businesswoman and business professor at Rollins College who once served as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Department of Defense, […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica has been presented with the Federal Aviation Administration Managers Association’s first-ever “Lifetime Achievement Award,” his congressional office announced Thursday. During his career in Congress, Mica, a Republican from Winter Park, has served as chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and the Transportation and Public Assets […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2016

House District 47 Democratic nominee Beth Tuura is releasing a new internet video highlighting her background as a glass ceiling-breaking woman in TV production and declaring her determination to continue fighting. The 30-second spot, “Determination,” discusses her rise to success from being one of the first women in sports TV production booths to someone who […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2016

Democratic nominee Ryan Yadav has won the endorsement an umbrella group for four local labor groups in the Seminole County Public School System, including the teachers union, according to his campaign for Florida House District 30. Yadav announced the endorsement of Seminole UniServ, which covers the Seminole Education Association, the Seminole Educational Clerical Association, the […]

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John Mica, Stephanie Murphy, each raise about $400K in latest period

WESH 2 News debate show John Mica, Stephanie Murphy getting personal in CD 7 race

Darren Soto calls for release of Oscar López Rivera

Val Demings’ poll says she has a 38-point lead in CD 10 race

Actress Eva Longoria Bastón says Hillary Clinton ‘will defend and unite us all’

Nation’s largest gay rights group endorses Stephanie Murphy in CD 7

Firefighters’ unions endorse Stephanie Murphy for Congress in CD 7

FAA managers honor John Mica with first-ever ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’

Beth Tuura up with video ad on her background, determination

Seminole educators’ organization endorses Ryan Yadav in HD 30