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Mitch PerryFebruary 1, 2018

Westchase-based Democrat Heather Stahl says she entered the House District 64 race earlier this month because she’s grown weary of the dysfunction present every day in Tallahassee and Washington D.C. “I think a lot of people are feeling that the country and the state is not going in the direction that it needs to be,” […]

Drew WilsonFebruary 1, 2018

Democrat Lauren Baer announced raised more than $580,000 last year for her bid to unseat freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. Baer’s end-of-2017 report has not yet been parsed by the Federal Elections Commission, though her raw filing shows $332,109 raised and $153,504 spent during the fourth quarter, with $414,703 […]

Scott PowersFebruary 1, 2018

Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Posey reported that he raised $84,660 in the fourth quarter of 2017 leading his re-election campaign in Florida’s 8th Congressional District to finish the year with $598,821 in the bank. Posey, a five-term incumbent from Rockledge, has no competition who reported any campaign finance activity, though technically there are two Democrats […]

Scott PowersFebruary 1, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto raised $116,652 in the fourth quarter of 2017, helping his re-election campaign in Florida’s 9th Congressional District finish the year with $289,378 in the bank. The relatively modest totals – compared with other Florida congressional incumbents – are nonetheless overwhelming compared with the only other candidate reporting in the race, […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 1, 2018

A second candidate has filed to take over for Miami Beach Rep. David Richardson, who is running in the crowded Democratic primary for Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Miami Beach Democrat Kubs Lalchandani, co-founder and partner at Lalchandani Simon PL, announced his bid for House District 113 Thursday, joining Democrat Deede Weithorn and setting up a […]

Scott PowersJanuary 31, 2018

Orange County School Board Chairman Bill Sublette has suspended his campaign for election to Orange County mayor. Sublette, the only county-wide school board chairman Orange County has ever had, announced late Thursday he was shutting down his campaign “with mixed emotions.” “There is no single reason I can point to that explains my decision. I […]

Scott PowersJanuary 31, 2018

The barbs, insults, and accusations over immigration and sanctuary cities traded by House Speaker and presumed Republican gubernatorial pre-candidate Richard Corcoran and Tallahassee Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum have turned into a Twitter offer from Corcoran to debate — and Gillum has accepted. “If it weren’t for the criminal safe havens that @AndrewGillum […]

Scott PowersJanuary 30, 2018

The Republican U.S. Senate leadership is launching a new digital ad on Tuesday attacking Florida Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson for not working with President Donald Trump. The 15-second ad “Senator Nelson Doesn’t Care” from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, being pushed out on Facebook Tuesday ahead of Trump’s State of the Union Address, accuses […]

Drew WilsonJanuary 29, 2018

Clearwater Republican Ed Hooper picked up a pair of endorsements for his state Senate campaign Monday from clerks of court in Pasco and Pinellas counties. “Ed Hooper knows who how to get things done. In the Senate, we can count on him to make sure our voices are heard and our needs fought for. There […]

Drew WilsonJanuary 29, 2018

Republican Matt Spritz announced Monday that former state Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff endorsed his bid to take over for term-limited Republican state Rep. Bill Hager in House District 89. “I’m pleased to endorse Matt Spritz in his campaign for the Florida House,” Bogdanoff said in a press release. “Matt’s enthusiasm is contagious and his optimism is […]

Tag: 2018 election

Democrat Heather Stahl wants to replace Jamie Grant in Florida’s HD 64 seat

CD 18 Democrat Lauren Baer raised $580K in 2017

Bill Posey raises $84K in fourth quarter for CD 8 re-election bid

Darren Soto raises $116 for CD 9 re-election bid

Democrat Kubs Lalchandani files for HD 113

Bill Sublette suspends campaign for Orange County mayor’s office

Andrew Gillum accepts Richard Corcoran’s Twitter debate offer

Senate Republicans’ ad portrays Bill Nelson as against Donald Trump

Ed Hooper endorsed by Pasco, Pinellas clerks of court

Ellyn Bogdanoff endorses Matt Spritz for HD 89