A.G. GancarskiJune 7, 2023
3min0
'I listened to advice about "pivoting" and "not punching down."'
Tag: 2016
A.G. GancarskiJune 7, 2023
Danny McAuliffeAugust 27, 2018
2min220
More than 1.86 million Floridians have cast their votes for Tuesday’s primary election, an early turnout total exceeding that of the 2016 primary election and 2014 midterm. Republicans hold the early edge over Democrats heading into the closed-party election. The tally so far: 855,847 Republicans have cast their ballots compared to 810,629 Democrats as of […]
Scott PowersAugust 14, 2018
10min349
Democrats’ voter registration gains in greater Orlando is spelling bigger challenges for several Republicans running in GOP-held Florida House seats. It includes state Reps. Mike La Rosa and Bob Cortes, whose districts are turning bluer as they seek re-elections this fall. In many ways, Central Florida mirrors statewide trends in the era of President Donald […]
Scott PowersJune 11, 2017
6min176
The shock, horror, and a community’s pain have not eased in the year since Orlando’s Pulse massacre and people still come, still in total disbelief, asking, “Why?” The trauma of the nation’s worst-ever mass shooting, on Latino night at Orlando’s popular gay nightclub, is blood-deep among the survivors, and the families and friends of the […]
Drew WilsonMarch 10, 2017
3min302
State Rep. Al Jacquet and Palm Beach County Commissioner Mack Bernard, both Democrats, got a little bit hands-on with voter outreach last year according to an investigation by the Palm Beach Post. The report found that both men entered the homes of vote-by-mail voters and “helped” them fill out their ballots. One voter who is […]
Associated PressDecember 27, 2016
7min224
Emotionally wrenching politics, foreign conflicts and shootings at home took a toll on Americans in 2016, but they are entering 2017 on an optimistic note, according to a new poll that found that a majority believes things are going to get better for the country next year. A look at the key findings of the […]
Joe HendersonDecember 27, 2016
6min278
When the news came on Christmas Day that singer George Michael had died, well … can we get this year completed, please? Just this month alone, we have lost actor Alan Thicke, astronaut/hero John Glenn, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, former Florida Lieutenant Gov. Jim Williams, broadcaster Craig Sager and musician Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 28, 2016
2min207
President Barack Obama is making his final pitch to voters in a new campaign ad. The Hillary Clinton campaign released a new advertisement Friday featuring Obama appealing to voters to get out and vote for Clinton. The 30-second spot — called “On the Ballot” — lays out “how the progress made in the last eight years […]
Staff ReportsOctober 22, 2016
4min326
The New York Times is weighing in on Florida’s U.S. Senate race. The Times encouraged Floridians to support Rep. Patrick Murphy in an editorial released Saturday. The editorial backing Murphy over Sen. Marco Rubio comes just days before in-person early voting begins in more than four dozen Florida counties. “Mr. Murphy’s positions on climate change […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 17, 2016
2min510
The National Republican Congressional Committee is taking a swipe at Joe Garcia in Spanish. The political committee released a new Spanish-language TV ad over the weekend. The advertisement, according to a translation, is meant to highlight Garcia’s support of the Iran nuclear deal. “We fired Joe Garcia once because he embarrassed us, but to send […]