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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 15, 2016

Marco Rubio’s attendance record is front and center in a new TV ad for Carlos Beruff. The ad features people talking about Rubio and his time in office, with many saying they were disappointed with the Miami Republican. “I liked Marco Rubio. When he was running for the Senate originally back in 2010, I liked […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 12, 2016

Robert Wexler doesn’t want his words used against Democrat Irv Slosberg. The former South Florida congressman told Slosberg he was “happy to set the record straight” after mailers and television advertisements supporting Jeff Clemens used quotes from Wexler. The advertisements, the Slosberg campaign said in a news release, contained the wrong date of Wexler’s comments. […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2016

There’s only one super PAC in the Republican race in Florida’s Congressional District 4, and it has set its sights on front-runner John Rutherford. The Conservative Outsider PAC is spending $120,000 this month to sway voters in Duval, Nassau, and St. Johns counties, in what appears to be a last gasp of the anti-Rutherford forces. Of […]

Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2016

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz is up with the first television campaign ad of her primary campaign against challenger Tim Canova. “People who don’t even live in Florida, including Republicans, are spending outrageous amounts of money on personal attacks directed at me. And the attacks are just garbage,” she says to the camera in the 30-second ad. Though […]

Mitch PerryAugust 10, 2016

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Democratic candidate Eric Lynn has released the second television ad of his campaign for House District 68, where he is competing against attorney Ben Diamond in the primary Aug. 30. It focuses on what Lynn would attempt to do as a member of the minority party in Tallahassee regarding education, where he says he’d fight funding cuts, increase teacher pay, and […]

Mitch PerryAugust 9, 2016

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Daniel Webster, the GOP representative from the Orlando area who is now running for the GOP nomination in the 11th Congressional District, is up on the air with his televised commercial of the campaign season. The ad features what Webster says is Washington’s excessive spending ways. “I am committed to opposing legislation that irresponsibly spends taxpayer […]

Jim RosicaAugust 8, 2016

A bid protest filed over a Florida Lottery advertising contract worth $125 million has been “dismissed,” a spokeswoman said Monday. Lottery communications director Connie Barnes, in response to an inquiry from FloridaPolitics.com, said the “dispute has been dismissed.” She did not offer further details, including when and why. Barnes did not immediately respond to a request for more information. “The Lottery is […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 8, 2016

Carlos Beruff is taking a swing at Marco Rubio, comparing him to former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist in his newest advertisement. The advertisement — a 30-second spot called “Career Politicians” — says the two men are “virtually identical.” “The anatomy of a career politician: Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist. Heart: The beat of a political […]

Peter SchorschAugust 7, 2016

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Beruff has not “pulled the plug” on his TV advertising campaign, contrary to a report published on The Capitolist. On Sunday morning, blogger Sarah Rumpf wrote Beruff “suddenly cut off all spending on broadcast and cable television ads this week.” Such a maneuver by Beruff would all but concede the Republican primary to […]

Guest AuthorAugust 3, 2016

The American Marketing Association identified “interactive ad-blocking programs” for electronic devices, including cell phones, as one of the most important strategic issues for marketers in 2016. Advertising is a key component in the marketing mix of businesses, and the inability to reach users through advertising will change the marketing strategy of all businesses. This is […]

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Carlos Beruff knocks Marco Rubio’s attendance in new ad

Robert Wexler tries to ‘set the record straight’ about quotes used in anti-Irv Slosberg ads

Conservative Outsider PAC spending six figures on TV to hit John Rutherford

Debbie Wasserman Schultz says attacks against her are ‘garbage’ in first TV ad of primary campaign

Eric Lynn says he’ll fight public education cuts in new ad in HD 68 race

Daniel Webster goes up with third ad in his race for CD 11 seat

Protest over $125 million Lottery contract ‘dismissed’

Carlos Beruff compares Marco Rubio to Charlie Crist in new ad

Actually, Carlos Beruff has not pulled his ad buy

William Steiger: Don’t block my ads! Just improve advertising experience