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Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2016

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The campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is opening six more offices in Florida in conjunction with the Democratic National Committee this week, giving the Clinton campaign 57 Florida offices. The new joint Hillary For Florida-DNC offices are set for Coral Gables, Key West, Pinecrest, East Orlando, West Orlando, and Ft. Myers. The Hillary For […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2016

College students demonstrated it again in last week’s primary election: they don’t vote, at least not in primary elections. As first reported by Orlando Sentinel columnist Beth Kassab over the weekend, University of Central Florida’s on-campus students gave a dismal turnout, 4.3 percent, the worst in Orange County. Kassab noted even worse turnouts were seen among […]

Larry GriffinSeptember 12, 2016

At a fundraising breakfast Monday morning at the Brio Tuscan Grille in Winter Park, 7th Congressional District incumbent John Mica warned of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) trying to “buy” the election for his challenger, Stephanie Murphy. And it was the supporters of his campaign, he stressed, that could stop that from happening. Mica was introduced by […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy is debuting her first television commercial in the Winter Park-based Florida’s 7th Congressional District, highlighting her family’s past and her defense analysis work. The commercial, which begins airing Tuesday, opens by explaining how her family escaped communist Vietnam as part of the historic “boat people” flotilla while she was a baby […]

Associated PressSeptember 12, 2016

An assistance center for victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre should remain open for several more years, according to city officials. The Orlando Sentinel reports the city council voted Aug. 29 to pay the Heart of Florida United Way over $123,000 to staff the Orlando United Assistance Center through early November. City officials said they’ll […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica, the Winter Park Republican who chairs a key house subcommittee, told FEMA officials Friday that some of their responses to the Louisiana flooding last month were “not acceptable.” Mica, who toured the flood-ravaged areas of southwest Louisiana the weekend before winning the Aug. 7 primary in his quest for a 13th […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Texas Democratic icon Wendy Davis and Florida congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy argued Friday that the November election offers picks between women who understand issues such as child care, women’s choice, and equal pay — and men who do not. Davis, the former Texas state senator who made national headlines by filibustering an anti-abortion bill there […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

In the next move in Orlando’s tourism money chess match, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has agreed to put $45 million toward finishing Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The move, assuming Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer agrees and the appropriate boards all sign off, means the postponed-into-limbo final phase known as the acoustic […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Republican nominee Dean Asher has received the endorsements of the Florida Police Benevolent Association and the Central Florida Police Benevolent Association in his bid for Florida’s Senate District 13, his campaign announced Friday. The two organizations represent several thousand law enforcement officers across the state of Florida. “Dean has been a strong advocate for us […]

Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Republican congressional nominee Wayne Liebnitzky may be an Osceola County resident, but he’s hoping for surprisingly strong showings in Orange and Polk counties to carry him to what would be an upset win over Democratic state Sen. Darren Soto in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Liebnitzky, a St. Cloud businessman who decisively won the Republican primary […]

Orlando

Hillary Clinton campaign opening six more Florida campaign offices

College students avoid voting booths like the library on a Saturday night

John Mica, warning of coming DCCC challenge, rallies supporters to help him win at fundraiser breakfast

Stephanie Murphy TV spot in CD 7 introduces her past

Orlando officials want to keep Pulse assistance center open

John Mica declares FEMA response in Louisiana ‘not acceptable’

Wendy Davis and Stephanie Murphy: women’s issues call for woman leadership

Teresa Jacobs agrees to put tourist tax money to finish Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center

Dean Asher gets police associations’ endorsements in SD 13 contest

Wayne Liebnitzky eyeing Polk-Orange path in CD 9 race