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Scott PowersOctober 24, 2016

President Barack Obama has endorsed the congressional candidacies of Democrats Val Demings and Stephanie Murphy, their campaigns announced Monday. Murphy, of Winter Park, is running against Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. John Mica, also of Winter Park in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. Demings, a former Orlando police chief, is running against Republican nominee Thuy Lowe of […]

Associated PressOctober 23, 2016

Clasping the $4,000 check that Orlando area real estate agents handed him, Rep. John Mica stood in the F&D Cantina restaurant and described his pathway to a 13th term in Congress. “We’ve got to get everybody out to vote,” the Florida Republican told supporters last week. “Don’t let it get caught up in any of […]

Scott PowersOctober 21, 2016

The National Rifle Association and Gabby Giffords‘ Americans for Responsible Solutions are weighing in on Florida’s 7th Congressional District race between Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica and Democratic challenger Stephanie Murphy. The first shot fired was by Americans for Responsible Solutions, the gun-law-reform group founded by former Arizona congresswoman, Giffords, who was shot and nearly […]

Scott PowersOctober 21, 2016

Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica was hit with a formal complaint to the Federal Elections Commission Friday alleging he and his campaign violated federal law by failing to present proper campaign disclosures in a TV commercial airing in Florida’s 7th Congressional District race. The ad already has been changed to present the correct disclosures, Mica’s campaign […]

Scott PowersOctober 21, 2016

Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh has been hit with an ethics complaint for hiring his daughter’s nonprofit to run his office’s “State of Orange County Real Estate” galas. The complaint, brought against him by the campaign of his opponent, Edward DeAguilera, in the Nov. 8 election, charges Singh violated several ethics laws that prevent […]

Scott PowersOctober 20, 2016

Four members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus joined Val Demings Thursday night, seeking to give her a boost in Florida’s 10th Congressional District race and to encourage more people to vote in Eatonville, Florida’s oldest historically black town. “We’re here for the chief,” U.S. Rep. Al Green, a Texas Democrat, said of Demings, a retired […]

Scott PowersOctober 19, 2016

No more Mr. Nice Guy: U.S. Rep. John Mica, who vowed last month to try to present a positive campaign as long as possible, has launched a new TV commercial blasting the backers and views of his Democratic opponent, Stephanie Murphy. In the 30-second commercial “Washington’s Perfect Candidate,” debuting Wednesday on Orlando TV, Mica, a 12-term […]

Peter SchorschOctober 19, 2016

A political committee founded by former Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords is funding a $20,000 direct mail campaign against incumbent Republican John Mica in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. Gifford’s committee, “Americans for Responsible Solutions,” advocates for candidates and legislation to reduce gun violence, and has come out in support of Democrat Stephanie Murphy in the […]

Scott PowersOctober 19, 2016

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio expanded his concerns Wednesday about WikiLeak’s reports regarding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, saying that paying any attention to them can foster national security problems through international blackmail. Speaking to the media after a meeting with Puerto Rican leaders in Florida, Rubio repeated, emphatically, his assertion that he will not discuss […]

Larry GriffinOctober 19, 2016

Shea Silverman, the lone challenger to Carlos Guillermo Smith in House District 49 this year, is going to be spending this weekend at the Orlando Maker Faire showing off a game console he made himself. He said he isn’t trying to tie the event to his campaign, but he does hope it will show voters he […]

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Barack Obama endorses Val Demings, Stephanie Murphy

As Dems seek House wins, John Mica walks Trump tightrope

Gun groups weighing in on John Mica-Stephanie Murphy race in CD 7

John Mica hit with FEC complaint about TV commercial disclosure

Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh hit with ethics complaint by opponent’s campaign

Four Congressional Black Caucus members stump for Val Demings

John Mica ad blasts Stephanie Murphy, her backers, support for Iran deal

Gabby Giffords’ super PAC hits John Mica with $20K direct mailer in CD 7

Marco Rubio: WikiLeaks boycott a matter of national security

Independent candidate Shea Silverman talks about HD 49 race and his self-made game console