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Staff ReportsMay 11, 2017

Gwen Graham is out with her first campaign video, highlighting recent Workdays and her 2018 gubernatorial launch. “My love for Florida runs deep, but my patience, my patience for inaction in the state I love has run out,” Graham says in the video over scenes of her announcement speech and Workdays across Florida teaching, installing […]

Scott PowersMay 10, 2017

Former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham has quickly surged to the front of the pack in campaign fundraising in her drive for the Florida governor’s office in 2018. Graham, who officially entered the race on May 2, raised more than $429,000 in April for her independent political committee, Our Florida, her official campaign announced. That’s almost […]

Mitch PerryMay 10, 2017

With a setting out of a Norman Rockwell painting, Florida Agriculture Commissioner and fifth generation Floridian Adam Putnam formally announced his candidacy for governor on Wednesday morning before hundreds of adoring friends and supporters in his home town of Bartow in Polk County. Harkening back to an earlier era, Putnam said “some people say that […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 10, 2017

Adam Putnam will detail his vision for Florida’s future, laying out a plan to make Florida a “launch pad for the American Dream” when he formally announces his 2018 gubernatorial bid today. Putnam, the state’s agriculture commissioner, will launch his gubernatorial bid on the steps of the Old Polk County Courthouse in Bartow at 11 […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 10, 2017

Matt Caldwell is ready to kick is campaign for agriculture commissioner into high gear. The North Fort Myers Republican will officially kick-off his campaign with an event at Sun Harvest Citrus, 14601 Six Mile Cypress Parkway in Fort Myers at 11:15 a.m., Monday. Caldwell, who had been expected to throw his hat in the race […]

Jim RosicaMay 9, 2017

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A day after the end of the 2017 Legislative Session, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum on Monday called on state lawmakers to pass a bill “strengthening insurance protections for those with pre-existing conditions.” Gillum, the sitting mayor of Tallahassee, appeared at the Florida Press Center with two local women who told of their family members’ […]

Scott PowersMay 9, 2017

Republican gubernatorial candidate and Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is kicking off his 2018 campaign with a rally in his hometown Bartow Wednesday, followed by a bus tour that will take him to 22 cities in 10 days. Putnam, who entered the race May 1 – and is the only major Republican to file thus […]

Mitch PerryMay 8, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham is calling on the Florida Legislature to return to Tallahassee to do what it failed to do over the past two months – pass a bill enacting legislation for the medical marijuana amendment supported by more than 71 percent of Floridians. “I watched my husband battle cancer and the sickening effects of chemotherapy. […]

Associated PressMay 8, 2017

Three schools canceled classes due to smoky conditions from a nearby wildfire as Florida’s agriculture commissioner said the state is in the “midst of its worst wildfire season in years – with no end in sight.” Commissioner Adam Putnam said in a news release that nearly 125 active wildfires were burning Monday morning. Officials in […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 6, 2017

It’s an illustration of the old saying: if you’re hunting, you go where the ducks are. When scooping up GOP votes in Duval County, there’s almost no better place to go than the Jacksonville Beaches, as one prominent Gubernatorial candidate shows. On May 17, Adam Putnam will have a “meet and greet” event in Jacksonville Beach, […]

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Gwen Graham talks about making a difference in first campaign video

Gwen Graham surges to front in Dems’ gubernatorial money race

Adam Putnam touts Florida exceptionalism as he starts his campaign for governor

Adam Putnam to proclaim: ‘Florida can be launch pad for American Dream’

Matt Caldwell to kick-off Ag Commissioner campaign Monday in Fort Myers

Andrew Gillum calls for ‘strengthening’ Obamacare in Florida

Adam Putnam kicking off governor’s race campaign in Bartow, then bus tour

Gwen Graham wants special session to enact medical marijuana amendment

Florida Ag commissioner: ‘No end in sight’ for wildfires

Adam Putnam slates ‘meet and greet’ for Jax Beach