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Drew WilsonSeptember 25, 2018

Tampa Republican Rep. Shawn Harrison leads in a fresh poll of the race for Hillsborough County’s House District 63, but Democratic challenger Fentrice Driskell holds the edge among voters who say they have a “high interest” in the 2018 election. The SEA Polling & Strategic Design survey, commissioned by the Florida Democratic Party, found Harrison […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2018

Freshmen Jacksonville-area Republican state Reps. Cord Byrd and Clay Yarborough continued to maintain strong cash leads over their Democratic challengers through the first half of September. Byrd, whose majority-Republican House District 11 includes coastal Duval and all of Nassau County, brought in $3,500 of new money between Sept. 1 and 14, pushing his campaign account near $42,000 […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2018

In the competitive race to replace Jay Fant in Westside Jacksonville’s House District 15, the battle between Democrat Tracye Polson and Republican Wyman Duggan is headed down to the wire, per one recent survey commissioned by the Polson campaign. An internal poll from SEA Polling and Strategic Design showed Duggan up two points (41-39) in what Democrats see as a […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 25, 2018

Democratic state Rep. Sean Shaw has brought on longtime Gwen Graham staffer Julia Gill Woodward and Alex Sink for Governor alumna Shellie Levin as senior finance consultants for his statewide bid for Attorney General. Woodward, a graduate of Florida State University, was Graham’s campaign manager during her 2018 bid to become Florida Governor, which fell short […]

Scott PowersSeptember 25, 2018

Republican state Rep. Bobby Olszewski brought in more than $11,000 in the first two-week reporting period following the Aug. 28 primary pushing him much further ahead of former state Sen. Geraldine Thompson in the cash race behind the contest for his Florida House District 44 seat. Olszewski’s latest contributions, totaling $11,850 for the first two […]

Scott PowersSeptember 25, 2018

Florida Democrats are releasing their first attack ad against Republican nominee Ron DeSantis, charging that he favors letting insurance companies deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions like cancer. The new TV commercial from the Florida Democratic Party blisters the Republican congressman’s participation in efforts to strike down and replace the Affordable Care Act with […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 24, 2018

Incumbent Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White has continued piling on cash in his District 4 re-election bid, while fellow Commissioners Victor Crist and Ken Hagan are each far ahead as they look to swap seats on the seven-member panel. White, first elected in 2014, added a couple thousand dollars to his war chest during the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 24, 2018

Fresh off his hard-fought victory in the Aug. 28 Republican primary, Tyler Sirois raised $5,100 in the first two weeks of September for his quest to be elected to the open seat in Florida House District 51, extending his campaign cash advantage over Democratic former Cocoa Mayor Mike Blake. Sirois’s campaign reported last week its […]

Scott PowersSeptember 24, 2018

Two Democratic political committees that have been pounding Florida’s airwaves and social media pushing U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and opposing Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s U.S. Senate bid are launching new ads that turn in another, more subtle direction. Senate Majority PAC and Priorities USA are jointly launching three new 15-second internet ads that encourage voter turnout, […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 24, 2018

State Rep. Kathleen Peters has raised nearly $34,000 for her Pinellas County Commission campaign during the first two weeks of the month, putting her far ahead of Democratic challenger Amy Kedron. Peters emerged from the three-way Republican primary battle for the District 6 seat with 48 percent of the vote compared to 36 percent for […]

Tag: 2018 election

Shawn Harrison leads in HD 63 battleground, but tuned-in voters favor Fentrice Driskell

Cord Byrd, Clay Yarborough maintain fundraising leads in re-election bids

Latest poll shows Tracye Polson and Wyman Duggan running neck-and-neck in HD 15.

Personnel note: Sean Shaw for AG brings on Julia Gill Woodward, Shellie Levin

Bobby Olszewski swamping Geraldine Thompson in campaign cash

Democrats’ ad attacks Ron DeSantis on pre-existing conditions coverage opposition

Hillsborough Co. Commissioners up big in re-election fundraising

Tyler Sirois raises $5,100, Mike Blake $1,485 in HD 51 contest

Democrat groups’ new ads seek to inspire young people of color to vote

Kathleen Peters far out front in Pinellas Co. Commission fundraising