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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 29, 2016

Marco Rubio holds a 60-plus point lead over Carlos Beruff. That’s according to a new Associated Industries of Florida poll of likely Republican primary voters. The survey — conducted June 27 and June 28, one week after Rubio announced he was running for re-election — found 71 percent of respondents said they would support Rubio in […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 28, 2016

Marco Rubio has a 52-point lead over his nearest competitor, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The Florida Decides poll, a statewide poll conducted for News 13/Bay News 9, found 63 percent of Republicans said they would vote for Rubio in the Aug. 30 primary. The poll found 11 percent of voters said they […]

Mitch PerryJune 28, 2016

Carlos Beruff, the last man standing between Marco Rubio being renominated by the Republican Party of Florida to run for re-election to the U.S. Senate, gets crushed by the GOP incumbent in a poll conducted last week. A survey by Gainesville-based GOP polling firm Data Targeting, done on the day before and the day of Rubio’s announcement last week […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 27, 2016

Some Republicans may be shying away from the Republican National Convention; Carlos Beruff doesn’t appear to be one of them. On Monday, POLITICO reported dozens of prominent Republicans, including governors, senators and House members are saying they were not interested in speaking at the convention, and many stated that they weren’t going to Cleveland at all. According […]

Mitch PerryJune 22, 2016

Patrick Murphy and Alan Grayson are reacting to the news that Marco Rubio intends to run for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat. “Marco Rubio abandoned his constituents, and now he’s treating them like a consolation prize. Unlike Marco Rubio, I love working hard every single day for the people of Florida,” Murphy said early Wednesday. “From missing the most votes of […]

Ryan RayJune 21, 2016

In 1517, German theologian Martin Luther nailed his “95 Theses” to the door of All Saints Church in Wittenberg, a move that helped spark the Protestant Reformation. Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson taped a copy of Connecticut’s assault weapons ban to the door of the Florida House in an effort to kickstart a populist U.S. Senate campaign most observers are […]

Peter SchorschJune 14, 2016

It’s the seemingly intractable problem of Florida politics these days, one that has eluded even the most savvy operators. If Marco Rubio does jump back into the race for his U.S. Senate seat, how do you rearrange the chess pieces — at least the ones that matter — so everyone comes out a winner? After weeks […]

Mitch PerryMay 20, 2016

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If you’ve heard GOP senate candidate Carlos Lopez-Cantera at all on the campaign trail, he makes his disdain for Washington and D.C.-based politicians very explicit. He’s doubling down on how ineffective he believes government has been in people’s lives with a new digital ad called “Contempt.” “I think anybody who serves in public office should have a little contempt […]

Ryan RayMay 17, 2016

U.S Rep. David Jolly‘s quixotic “Stop Act” proposal to bar sitting members of Congress from raising money on the job may have gotten him in hot water with some in his party, but it also seems to have won him some admirers in the press. The plan at least “deserves a look,” writes Dana Milbank of the […]

Ryan RayApril 18, 2016

When U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Beruff stopped by the state capital on Monday, he mostly kept it personal. The Manatee homebuilder and close political ally of Gov. Rick Scott spoke to reporters before a brief appearance at the Republican Women’s Club of Tallahassee, but didn’t say much beyond the standard GOP boilerplate. Perhaps that’s to be expected in a tight […]

Tag: 2016 U.S. Senate race

Marco Rubio leads Carlos Beruff 71% to 7% in new AIF poll

Poll: Marco Rubio leads Carlos Beruff 63 percent to 11 percent

Carlos Beruff trailing badly to Marco Rubio, 73%-6%, according to new poll

Carlos Beruff says he is ‘not ashamed of Donald Trump as our nominee’

Patrick Murphy and Alan Grayson blast Marco Rubio’s decision to run for re-election to his Senate seat

Alan Grayson takes his crusade to Tallahassee

CLC to CFO? Ron DeSantis to A.G.? It’s all in play if Marco Rubio runs for re-election

Carlos Lopez-Cantera says he wants to ‘un-do’ things in Washington in new ad

David Jolly ‘speaks the truth’ on fundraising reform

Carlos Beruff coy on 2016 presidential support in Tallahassee visit