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Drew WilsonNovember 6, 2018

Lakeland Democrat Kristen Carlson started Tuesday up three-tenths of a point over Dover Republican Ross Spano, but if he puts some elbow into his final drive he’ll punch his ticket to Washington. According to St. Pete Polls the top-line score is 46-44 percent, advantage Spano. Six percent of early voters either forgot or closed their […]

Bill RuftyNovember 3, 2018

Democratic members of Congress and a national women’s political group began a heavy push toward Election Day for Lakeland attorney Kristen Carlson in her campaign for Florida’s 15th Congressional District. U.S. Reps. Val Demings, and Darren Soto and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez a Democrat from New York and the first Puerto Rican woman to be elected […]

Peter SchorschOctober 31, 2018

Despite being outspent and hammered by PACs on everything from health care votes to yacht purchases, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan appears primed to stave off a challenge from Democratic attorney David Shapiro in Florida’s 16th. The polls have been clear for quite a while. October polls have shown Buchanan with a growing, outside-the-margin lead: St. […]

Peter SchorschOctober 29, 2018

Will moderate Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo succumb to a Blue Wave? Will Democrat, Donna Shalala actually lose a seat that went plus-20 for Hillary in ‘16? While those questions get hashed and rehashed by the media and those of us in The Process, a third Miami congressional seat appears to be breaking late, setting […]

Drew WilsonOctober 29, 2018

Environmental group Sierra Club is getting ready for Halloween with a new quiz inviting Floridians to face their “most rational worst fears” when it comes to Gov. Rick Scott’s environmental policy. “Halloween is right around the corner, and, tbh, there’s some super scary stuff going on this year. Bomb threats, white nationalism, embattled midterm elections, […]

Drew WilsonOctober 26, 2018

A new TV ad from Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s Senate campaign is going after incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson for his attendance record in Washington and saying it is time to force the third-term Democrat into retirement. The ad, titled “46 years,” beats the drum on several of the Scott campaign’s criticisms of Nelson, from his […]

Drew WilsonOctober 25, 2018

According to newly filed finance reports, Republican Gov. Rick Scott pumped nearly $7.5 million more cash into his bid to oust incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. The Wednesday filing indicates Scott’s check went into his campaign account on Monday alongside a dozen or so other contributions from all corners of the country. The cash […]

Drew WilsonOctober 24, 2018

Lakeland Democrat Kristen Carlson added another $79,000 for her campaign to Florida’s 15th Congressional District from the Republican column in November. A pair of 48-hour finance reports uploaded to the Federal Elections Commission this week show the Democratic nominee to replace U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross reeled in dozens of donations on Sunday and Monday. The […]

Drew WilsonOctober 24, 2018

Former U.S. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg has built a sound lead in the money race for Florida’s 6th Congressional District, and 48-hour finance reports filed this week show the Democratic nominee continuing to reel in the cash. On Monday, Soderberg’s campaign disclosed $35,100 in new contribs and followed it up with another 48-hour report Wednesday showing […]

Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2018

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Fresh off a strong fundraising quarter, former U.S. Ambassador Nancy Soderberg is out with a new ad touting her healthcare priorities in the race for Florida’s 6th Congressional District. The new ad, “Afford,” features one of the St. Augustine Democrat’s would-be constituents, Kay, explaining why she left the Republican Party to cast a ballot for […]

Tag: 2018 Congressional Races

Ross Spano enters Election Day primed for successful defense of CD 15

Kristen Carlson gets backup from Val Demings, Darren Soto

Vern Buchanan primed to survive unprecedented negative assault in CD 16

Could Mary Barzee Flores be 2018’s sleeper upset?

Sierra Club opens ‘Rick Scott’s House of Horrors’

New Rick Scott ad says ‘it’s time to retire’ Bill Nelson

Rick Scott writes another $7.5 million check for Senate bid

Kristen Carlson piles on cash for final sprint in CD 15

Daily finance reports show Nancy Soderberg building cash lead

New ad touts Nancy Soderberg’s bipartisan approach to healthcare