South Florida

Ryan NicolNovember 2, 2018

Democratic candidate Donna Shalala is letting her supporters make her closing argument to voters in the campaign’s final ad of the 2018 midterm elections. Shalala is competing for the seat in Florida’s 27th Congressional District against Republican nominee Maria Elvira Salazar and non-party affiliated candidate Mayra Joli. Shalala’s new spot, titled “Getting It Done for […]

Drew WilsonNovember 2, 2018

Miami Republican Vance Aloupis, a candidate for House District 115, is out with a new campaign mailer highlighting his work expand free and reduced-cost health coverage for Florida children. Aloupis heads up The Children’s Movement of Florida, a charitable organization devoted improving outcomes for children in the first five years of life. Among the issues […]

Ryan NicolNovember 1, 2018

Republican Maria Elvira Salazar appears to be playing to both side of the controversy surrounding Donald Trump‘s proposal to end birthright citizenship via an Executive Order. Salazar is competing with Donna Shalala in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Trump claimed Tuesday that he was reviewing whether to use an EO to revoke birthright citizenship as a […]

Ryan NicolNovember 1, 2018

With Honor, the group behind a since-retracted ad supporting U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, has added another $155,000 to support the Republican’s re-election bid. The new round of money was first spotted by TCPalm’s Ali Schmitz on Twitter. With Honor, a group aimed at electing veterans to Congress, has now spent more than $900,000 backing the […]

Ryan NicolOctober 31, 2018

A series of email blasts from former Republican congressional candidate and political blogger Javi Manjarres is resulting in the threat of legal action from the Broward Republican Party. Florida Politics has obtained two copies of those emails, where Manjarres identifies himself in the “From” line as “Broward Republican.” The emails go on to blast Republican […]

Ryan NicolOctober 30, 2018

Republican Anthony Rodriguez, a candidate in House District 118 and owner of Florida Advanced Properties, is being accused of neglect and mismanagement by two residents at a residential property in Kendall managed by his company. Those allegations come in the form of a new digital ad from the Florida Democratic Party (FDP), featuring those allegations. Rodriguez […]

Ryan NicolOctober 30, 2018

A new ad from the National Republican Congressional Committee is arguing that Democratic candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell will be bad for the environment. Mucarsel-Powell is competing against Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in Florida’s 26th Congressional District. The NRCC, which aims to elect Republicans to the U.S. House, hits what it calls Mucarsel-Powell’s shady ties to donors […]

Ryan NicolOctober 30, 2018

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is attempting to frame Democratic candidate Lauren Baer as a limousine liberal ahead of next week’s vote in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. The ad also hits a familiar note for the GOP, as it tries to tie Baer to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The NRCC’s new ad is […]

Ryan NicolOctober 30, 2018

A new poll from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has Democratic candidate Donna Shalala ahead by 10 percentage points in the race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District. That’s double her lead in the previous version of the group’s poll. Shalala was leading her Republican opponent, Maria Elvira Salazar, by 5 points just two weeks […]

Ryan NicolOctober 30, 2018

The Congressional Leadership Fund is going on the offensive on behalf of Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, labeling his Democratic opponent, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, “too extreme” and “too dangerous” for South Florida voters. The ad, titled “Extreme,” refers to Mucarsel-Powell as “Debbie Powell” throughout the ad, laying out her policy proposals that the group deems out-of-step with […]

South Florida
Capitol. Image via AP

Donna Shalala will ‘get it done for us,’ say supporters in new ad

Direct mail round-up: Vance Aloupis ‘has always fought for our children’

Maria Elvira Salazar dances around Donald Trump birthright citizenship proposal

With Honor adds another $155K in TV time to support Brian Mast

Broward Republicans issue cease-and-desist to failed candidate Javier Manjarres

Republican Anthony Rodriguez accused of rental mismanagement in new ad

NRCC ad argues Debbie Mucarsel-Powell will ‘threaten’ the environment

Lauren Baer a ‘limousine liberal?’ GOP ad says yes

Internal poll shows Donna Shalala up 10 over GOP rival

New ad calls out Carlos Curbelo’s ‘extreme’ opponent