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Ryan NicolJune 6, 2018

A new ad is supporting Congressman Carlos Curbelo‘s work to address the effects of climate change. The 30-second spot, released by The Alliance for Climate Solutions, replays pieces of a speech the South Florida Republican gave on the House floor regarding the conversation around climate change. “Enough of the demagoguery. Enough of the fact-less conversation. Let’s focus on […]

Danny McAuliffeMay 16, 2018

Orlando businessman Chris King, who consistently polls behind at least two of the four other Democratic gubernatorial candidates in the 2018 election, is airing a new 30-second ad Wednesday in television markets peppered across the state. King is the second Democrat in the Governor’s race to break into TV. The other, former Miami Beach Mayor […]

Peter SchorschApril 23, 2018

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, arguably the leading GOP candidate for Florida governor in 2018, will have ads on the air for the first time, according to Medium Buying. “I’m Adam Putnam. For me, it’s always been Florida first,” the 60-second version of the ad begins. In the ad, Putnam talks of growing up in Bartow, raising cattle […]

Scott PowersApril 19, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s second television commercial of his U.S. Senate campaign is a Spanish pitch touting jobs and tax cuts and heading for Spanish TV. The ad, “Tanto,” [“So Much”] will be airing on Spanish-language networks and stations in Miami, Tampa, and Orlando. It’s part of a $3 million buy that also includes the […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 22, 2018

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is airing an ad in the Tallahassee market urging passage of a new gambling deal between the Tribe and the state. But with lawmakers saying their “bandwidth” has been sapped by a fight over the 2018-19 budget and by a legislative response to the Broward County high school shooting, it’s […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 16, 2018

What’s clear: former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown has a strategy to win the Democratic primary against Rep. Al Lawson in Florida’s 5th Congressional District. Brown is running a TV ad in Tallahassee, Lawson’s home base, proclaiming Lawson to be President Donald Trump‘s “favorite Democrat.” [SEE THE AD HERE] The ad juxtaposes Trump approving of Lawson applauding him during the State of […]

Scott PowersJanuary 25, 2018

In the midst of the free-for-all battle for the open seat to represent Florida’s 27th Congressional District, Democrat Mary Barzee Flores firmly staked out the anti-Trump space Thursday with her first television commercial, calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Barzee Flores, a lawyer, former circuit court judge for eight years, former public defender, and […]

Scott PowersOctober 16, 2017

The conservative fiscal policy organization Americans for Prosperity-Florida Monday urged Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to vote yes on the U.S. Senate’s Republican budget bill. AFP-FL stressed that the bill contains a set of parameters for a tax reform package that could pass the U.S. Senate by a simple majority vote. The budget blueprint […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 24, 2016

In the second television ad of his campaign for the GOP nod in Florida’s 4th Congressional District, Hans Tanzler is back on his ranch, dispensing homespun wisdom in a half-minute spot called “Lessons.” The rustic scenery familiar to fans of his previous spot, “Rawhide,” abounds in the ad, with shots of his son doing farm work and […]

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Lake Mary’s team celebrates in the eighth inning of the Little League World Series Championship game against Taiwan. Florida won in eight innings 2-1. Image via AP.

New ad pumps up Carlos Curbelo’s efforts on climate change

Chris King hits TV with progressive-themed ad

First look: Adam Putnam’s first campaign ad

Rick Scott Spanish ad touts jobs, tax cuts

Seminole Tribe ad is a Hail Mary for a gambling deal

Alvin Brown links Al Lawson to Donald Trump in Tallahassee ad buy

Mary Barzee Flores opens CD 27 air campaign with ad calling for Donald Trump’s impeachment

Americans for Prosperity urges Bill Nelson to support Republican budget bill

‘We don’t eat our seed corn,’ says CD 4 Republican Hans Tanzler in new ad