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Scott PowersFebruary 14, 2016

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There is Valleri Crabtree at the Rotary Club of Celebration. There she at Place for Grace in St. Cloud. There’s Crabtree at the Leadership Osceola reception, and the Osceola Council on Aging, and the Polk County Democratic Executive Committee, and the Poinciana Villages Community Meeting, and at a Fashion Square Mall festival, and at her […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 14, 2016

Alan Grayson‘s hedge fund problems could become the fatal flaw of his Senate campaign, at least in the eyes of an increasing number of congressional colleagues. First reports on Grayson’s hedge fund issues appeared in POLITICO this summer. Renewed scrutiny from other media outlets soon followed, and in 2016 has turned a slow burn into a raging […]

Scott PowersFebruary 12, 2016

The U.S. Senate campaign for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson blasted his Democratic opponent U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy Friday because a super PAC backing Murphy had accepted a $50,000 donation from a controversial player in the controversial EB-5 visa program. Grayson’s campaign alleges that the $50,000 given Floridians For a Strong Middle Class came from a […]

Associated PressFebruary 12, 2016

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Friday called for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson to drop out of the race for a Senate seat in Florida. Reid said in a statement that Grayson claims to be progressive but seems to have “no moral compass.” He said Grayson used his office to unethically promote a hedge […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 11, 2016

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South Florida U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy will be in Tampa’s Davis Islands next month for a fundraiser to be held by former City Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena. Murphy, a two-term representative from Jupiter, is running for the Democratic nomination for Senate against Orlando-area U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson. Despite the fact that nearly the entire Florida Democratic […]

Scott PowersFebruary 11, 2016

A New York Times article published Thursday reports that U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando used his position in Congress and as a member of the Financial Services Committee to solicit investments for the hedge funds he operated. Grayson, an Orlando Democrat running for Florida’s U.S. Senate Seat, has been the subject of a U.S. […]

Scott PowersFebruary 9, 2016

Development of NASA’s next big rocket, the Space Launch System, would be delayed under the budget proposed Tuesday by President Barack Obama, bringing space exploration advocates are saying. The president’s fiscal year 2017 federal budget calls for just over $19 billion for NASA, which is more than the president proposed last year but $260 million […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2016

Orlando-area Democratic U.S. Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Alan Grayson will deliver a keynote on Saturday night at USF in a fundraising reception for the late Andrew Joseph III. Joseph was the black Riverview teen killed two years ago as he tried to cross Interstate 4 on foot after he was ejected from the Florida State Fair in Tampa. […]

Scott PowersFebruary 4, 2016

The U.S. Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson blasted his opponent U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy for crossing the aisle to vote in favor of a bill that would ease reporting restrictions on securities sales. Murphy was one of 24 Democrats (along with U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Tallahassee) to vote yea on H.B. 1675, which […]

Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2016

Longtime environmental activist and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson Wednesday in Florida’s U.S. Senate Race. Kennedy, son of the U.S. senator, nephew of the president and a progressive politics champion in his own right, cited Grayson’s opposition to the Keystone pipeline and his “courage to stand up to the wealthy corporate […]

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Valleri Crabtree, Dena Minning, trying opposite approaches to being CD 9 X-factors

Should Alan Grayson resign his House seat over hedge fund controversy? Patrick Murphy says yes, if true

Alan Grayson campaign questions contribution to super PAC supporting Patrick Murphy

Harry Reid calls on Alan Grayson to drop out of Senate race

Linda Saul-Sena to hold fundraiser for Patrick Murphy

New York Times says Alan Grayson used position in Congress to solicit for hedge fund; his office denies

Proposed NASA budget cuts SLS funding but increases most science and KSC development

Alan Grayson to appear at benefit for Andrew Joseph III

Alan Grayson campaign blasts Patrick Murphy for crossing aisle on financial markets bill

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorses Alan Grayson in Florida U.S. Senate race