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Scott PowersSeptember 8, 2016

Democratic nominee Fred Marra has opened up his campaign by going after his opponent on the fracking front in the House District 29 race. Marra, who spearheaded an anti-fracking petition drive in 2013, released a statement Thursday denouncing his Republican opponent, incumbent state Rep. Scott Plakon, for voting in favor of a fracking bill in […]

Associated PressSeptember 7, 2016

The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its legal case against the release of 911 calls from the massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida, saying Wednesday that withholding the recordings is no longer necessary to the federal investigation. The reversal by federal prosecutors keeps the freedom of information fight in state court. About two […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2016

Central Floridians will soon be getting to know Stephanie Murphy and presumably John Mica very, very well — at least from the perspective of Democrats who are pushing her in the now intensely competitive contest for Florida’s Congressional District 7. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which helped find and promote Murphy to run against Mica this year, […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2016

Former President Clinton is stumping for his wife in Orlando, a day after Hillary Clinton campaigned in Tampa. Clinton’s appearance at a neighborhood center in Orlando on Wednesday underscores the importance of Florida’s Interstate 4 corridor in the presidential race. The I-4 corridor from Tampa to Daytona Beach traditionally is considered the biggest swing region […]

Scott PowersSeptember 5, 2016

Former President Bill Clinton will lead a rally for his wife Hillary Clinton‘s Democratic presidential campaign in Orlando Wednesday morning. The Hillary Clinton campaign announced Bill Clinton will appear at the Dr. Smith Neighborhood Center in Orlando at an event set to start at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. It will be Bill Clinton’s first campaign event […]

Associated PressSeptember 5, 2016

The parents of the toddler who was killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World in Florida say they will always remember their sweet little boy. Melissa and Matt Graves spoke to a group of several hundred people gathered at a high school football stadium Saturday to remember Lane Graves on what would have been […]

Scott PowersSeptember 2, 2016

Many of Central Florida’s November election contests likely were decided in Tuesday’s primary, because of the strong partisan leans of voters or the apparent mismatches of nominees, but there are a few that will be worth watching this fall if for no other reason than absolute entertainment. Reflecting the gains Democrats have made in voter […]

Scott PowersSeptember 2, 2016

Republican nominee Dean Asher has won the endorsement of the Greater Orlando Builders Association PAC in his bid for Florida’s Senate District 13, his campaign announced Friday. “The majority of our members are small business owners just like Dean. It is important to our members that we have legislators who understand the role fall business […]

Scott PowersAugust 31, 2016

Thuy Lowe has made it into Cosmo. The Republican nominee in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, based in Orlando, is profiled on Cosmopolitan.com as one of “19 Women Who Will Make History if Elected to Congress This Year.“ To do that, Lowe, a retired businesswoman from Sorrento, will need to beat Democratic nominee Val Demings in […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016

Coach P is heading for another victory lap. Republican state Rep. Rene “Coach P” Plasencia narrowly defeated a surprisingly strong challenger in Florida’s House District 50 Republican primary Tuesday, gathering 52 percent of the vote to George Collins’ 48 percent. Plasencia, who won election in 2014 to represent neighboring House District 49, switched districts last fall, […]

Orlando

Fred Marra’s opening salvo condemns fracking in HD 29 race

DOJ drops fight over release of 911 calls from club massacre

DCCC, House Majority PAC make massive TV buys in Stephanie Murphy-John Mica contest

Bill Clinton stumps today in Orlando for his wife

Bill Clinton to lead rally in Orlando Wednesday

Family remembers boy killed by alligator at Disney World

Previewing the hot general election campaigns in Central Florida

Dean Asher gets Orlando builders’ endorsement in SD 13 contest

CD 10 Republican Thuy Lowe makes it into Cosmo

Rene ‘Coach P’ Plasencia pulls out GOP primary win in HD 50