Orlando

Scott PowersOctober 10, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica said Monday he’s using his influence as chairman of the House Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets to work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency in its restoration efforts from Hurricane Matthew’s swath of damage along Florida’s northern Atlantic coast last week. Mica toured hard-hit areas of Flagler County and other […]

Scott PowersOctober 10, 2016

The Pride Fund — a political action group tying gay rights and gun control inspired by the June 12 Pulse nightclub massacre — is planning a press conference in Orlando Wednesday with Democrats Patrick Murphy, Chris Murphy, and Val Demings. U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, taking on incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Marco […]

Larry GriffinOctober 10, 2016

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, standing in the small living room of the Orlando Democratic Executive Committee on Park Lake Street Monday morning, announced his endorsement for Beth Tuura for the House District 47 seat. In doing so, he recalled his own time running for HD 47, especially his early adventures going door to door to promote […]

Scott PowersOctober 10, 2016

Democratic state Rep. Victor Torres‘s bid for a promotion to Florida Senate District 15 is getting the financial blessing of several big Orlando business interests, according to the latest campaign finance reports. Torres, who is facing Republican Peter Vivaldi, received thousands of dollars in the last two weeks of September from interests representing the Walt […]

Scott PowersOctober 10, 2016

Republican nominee Dean Asher continues to raise campaign money at a pace Democratic nominee Linda Stewart can’t even dream of in their contest for Florida Senate District 13, bringing in almost $56,000 in the last two weeks of September. That’s more money than Stewart has raised in the nine months since she began her campaign. […]

Scott PowersOctober 8, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy has called on her Republican opponent U.S. Rep. John Mica to denounce Donald Trump for newly disclosed statements about women and she released a new TV commercial saying Mica shares’ Trump’s ‘harmful policies.’ The TV commercial, “It’s Time To Change Washington,” charges that Mica and Trump share policies opposing a woman’s […]

Scott PowersOctober 7, 2016

Republican state Rep. Scott Plakon will be declared re-elected to his seat in Florida’s House District 29 at 5 p.m. Friday because the Florida Democratic Party will not nominate a replacement candidate for Fred Marra, who dropped out last week. Plakon has been in limbo for seven days since Marra dropped out Sept. 30 for […]

Scott PowersOctober 7, 2016

Those who want to see Republican state Rep. Mike Miller win re-election in his tough battle with Beth Tuura for Florida House District 47 are coming to the table. The Orlando incumbent raised more than $52,000 in the last two weeks of September, not including another nearly $30,000 worth of in-kind services such as research, […]

Scott PowersOctober 7, 2016

Volusia County has gone almost entirely dark, and Flagler and Indian River counties are not far behind, because of Hurricane Matthew. The latest power outage reports provided by Gov. Rick Scott‘s office show 78 percent of power customers in Volusia were without electricity as of noon, while 69 percent of Flagler customers, 67 percent of Indian […]

Scott PowersOctober 7, 2016

Democratic House District 49 nominee Carlos Guillermo Smith never drew a political party opponent in his quest to win Florida House District 49 back from the Republicans, and he’s not taking lightly his lone rival, independent candidate Shea Silverman. Smith, who has pushed one of the strongest fundraising campaigns in Florida of any non-incumbent running for […]

Orlando

John Mica checking on Matthew damage, FEMA preparations

Pride Fund, Val Demings, Patrick Murphy bring gun control pitch to Orlando

Bill Nelson endorses Beth Tuura in HD 47, predicts Hillary Clinton will win election

Labor, tourism, citrus money coming in for Victor Torres in SD 15 race

Dean Asher continues upping campaign finance advantage in SD 13

New Stephanie Murphy TV ad says John Mica shares Donald Trump’s ‘harmful policies’

Scott Plakon to be declared winner of HD 29 seat

Mike Miller collects $52K cash plus $30K in services from RPOF

Power outage in Volusia approaches 80%; 826,000 statewide and rising

Carlos Guillermo Smith not taking independent opponent Shea Silverman for granted