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Scott PowersAugust 16, 2016

State Sen. Darren Soto announced the endorsements of Democratic caucus leaders representing Hispanic, Caribbean and Muslim caucuses in his bid to be elected to Congress in the Orlando-based Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Soto’s campaign announced Tuesday he had received endorsements from Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Florida President Vivian Rodriguez, Democratic Caribbean Caucus-Orlando Branch Vice Chairman […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2016

There are more than 300 candidates running for the 160 seats in the Florida House and Senate. And, try as we will, FloridaPolitics.com won’t be able to interview all of them. So we are asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2016

Democratic Florida House District 47 candidate Henry Lim was arrested for carrying a gun into the Miami U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in 2015, a case he said Monday was due to his unfortunate oversight. Lim, an immigration lawyer, said he was representing a client in Miami and left Orlando early the morning of Nov. […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2016

This is the year that Central Florida gays step boldly into the political spotlight, joining an increasingly large outpouring of gay candidates statewide. Four openly gay Orlando-area Democratic candidates are running for election in federal and state races this year; Valleri Crabtree in Florida’s 9th Congressional District centered in south Orlando and Kissimmee; Bob Poe in […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2016

More than 300 candidates are running for the 160 seats in the Florida House and Senate. And, try as we will, FloridaPolitics.com won’t be able to interview all of them. So we are asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are and […]

Scott PowersAugust 14, 2016

Democrat Bob Poe is taking on guns again, in his fourth television commercial released in his campaign to be elected in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. The new 30-second spot, “91” shows Poe standing before a grandstand full of people, talking about gun violence and the need for Congress to “get real” about getting guns off […]

Associated PressAugust 14, 2016

Two months after the massacre at a gay Orlando nightclub, residents say this city of newcomers is bonding in unprecedented solidarity, upending an old adage attributed to a former governor: “Florida isn’t so much a community as a crowd.” Elements that often unite communities — sports teams, food culture, generations of residents living in the […]

Larry GriffinAugust 12, 2016

Friday was the two-month anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12. At a Tiger Bay luncheon and panel, community leaders Buddy Dyer, Teresa Jacobs, Orlando Police Chief John Mina, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings, and Carlos Carbonell spoke about the tumultuous path of the summer so far and what the plans are going forward in how […]

Scott PowersAugust 12, 2016

The national progressive Democrats’ group Democracy For America has announced endorsements in several more Florida races, including backing Henry Lim, Alex Barrio, and Sheena Meade in Florida House races, and Dwight Bullard in a Florida Senate race. Meade is running in House District 46, Lim in House District 47 and Barrio in House District 48, […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2016

The Central Florida Police Benevolent Association has endorsed Democrat Bob Poe in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, despite the fact that former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings is one of his opponents. The Central Florida PBA represents approximately 700 members of numerous law enforcement agencies throughout the Central Florida area. “The Central Florida Police Benevolent Association […]

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Darren Soto announces Hispanic, Caribbean, Muslim caucus leaders’ endorsements

Meet Victor Torres: Democrat running for Senate District 15

HD 47 Democrat Henry Lim dismisses 2015 arrest charge as oversight

The year of the openly gay candidate in Central Florida and other parts of Florida

Meet Linda Stewart, Democrat running for Senate District 13

Bob Poe releases another gun control TV ad in CD 10 race

In Orlando, unprecedented unity after nightclub shooting

Buddy Dyer, Teresa Jacobs talk path forward for Pulse at Tiger Bay panel

National progressive group endorses Henry Lim, Alex Barrio, Sheena Meade, Dwight Bullard

Police union endorses Bob Poe in CD 10 race