Jacob OglesApril 23, 2019
6min508
Among other tidbits: "Republicans (are) at the end of their majority, and they can feel it."
Tag: 2018 U.S. Senate raceLawsikia Hodges is joining the law firm of Smith, Gambrell & Russell. Photo via Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Jacob OglesApril 23, 2019
Drew WilsonDecember 6, 2018
4min416
It took more than $82 million in campaign funds for Republican Rick Scott to boot Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson from office, and more than three quarters of that cash came from two-term Governor’s personal wealth. The post-election finance report for Scott’s principal campaign committee, Rick Scott for Florida, shows the former HCA exec plunked […]
Jim RosicaNovember 15, 2018
7min586
The Rick Scott for Senate campaign is calling on incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson “to demand the immediate resignation” of Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo. Jackie Schutz Zeckman, Scott’s campaign manager, sent an email to news media Thursday. “News reports yesterday and today revealed that the Florida Democrat Party (sic) engaged in an illegal scheme to alter election forms and […]
Jim RosicaNovember 15, 2018
7min806
Updated Thursday — Judge Walker has ordered Florida elections officials to allow “voters who have been belatedly notified they have submitted a mismatched-signature ballot” to fix them by 5 p.m. Saturday. Click here to read more about the order. Wednesday’s story is below. The full 34-page order is at the bottom of this article. __ […]
Jim RosicaNovember 14, 2018
3min283
Gov. Rick Scott will sit out next Tuesday’s meeting of the state’s Elections Canvassing Commission, his attorney told a federal judge on Wednesday. The news came during a conference call with Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in a case brought by the League of Women Voters of Florida and Common Cause Florida. They wanted Scott […]
Jim RosicaNovember 9, 2018
7min451
After a brief scheduling call Friday afternoon, lawyers will be in court Wednesday to argue for and against Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s lawsuit to count provisional and mail ballots invalidated because of mismatched signatures. And it only took a short while before Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle brought up the specter of Bush v. Gore. […]
Drew WilsonNovember 5, 2018
4min506
If Election Day were today, Democrat Nikki Fried would eke out a victory over Republican Matt Caldwell in Agriculture Commissioner race. That’s according to a new survey from St. Pete Polls conducted Thursday. The poll, commissioned by Florida Politics, found Fried leading by just under a percentage point with 6 percent of voters still undecided. The same survey […]
Staff ReportsNovember 3, 2018
3min464
Most polls have shown Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum leading the race for Governor and incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson tied with Gov. Rick Scott, but a new poll from Nashville-based Targoz Market Research says that could shift come Election Day. The poll asked an online panel of respondents who voted in 2012 and 2016 who they […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2018
2min270
Ahead of his final GOTV rally for Gov. Rick Scott‘s Senate campaign Saturday in Pensacola, President Donald Trump whetted appetites with tweets bemoaning incumbent Bill Nelson‘s failure to reach out and ask the White House for help. Trump’s tweets echo complaints the President made about Nelson at his Halloween rally in Estero. “I am here a lot and I […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 1, 2018
10min521
Gov. Rick Scott has been easing his way back onto the campaign trail, including a cameo at President Donald Trump‘s southwest Florida rally Wednesday. Scott will return to Jacksonville Friday afternoon, for a rally at a local church for his Senate bid. Accompanying him: South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who undoubtedly will make a strong case as to […]