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Jacob OglesAugust 27, 2018

The worlds of gambling addicts and political junkies converge with futures markets like PredictIt or Iowa Electronic Markets, where the game of election prognostication gets serious. Pollsters put plenty of effort into gauging whom voters will elect, but you have to check these markets for folks with real skin in the game. Would Gwen Graham […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2018

When asked Thursday night about what they want to do with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the three candidates for Florida’s 9th Congressional District had a wide range of opinions. Either keep it as is, reform it, or throw it out. Speaking at one of four debates at the packed Political Salsa hobnob […]

Scott PowersAugust 13, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto has picked up another endorsement from a reliable Democratic ally in his battle with his predecessor former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson for the party primary in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. National Nurses United, the largest organization of registered nurses in the country, has endorsed Soto, his campaign announced Monday. In […]

Scott PowersAugust 6, 2018

Is this video Alan Grayson‘s latest television commercial … or a trailer for the next Hollywood blockbuster? Grayson, the Democratic former congressman trying to win his seat back in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, is launching a new television commercial Tuesday that focuses on his commitment to seek President Donald Trump‘s impeachment. The spot has just the […]

Bill RuftyAugust 3, 2018

Friday should have been a victory lap of sorts for Democratic Congressman Darren Soto — he was still receiving rave reviews from many in the party for his debate with primary challenger former Congressman Alan Grayson, and he had many local accomplishments to tout in his first term in Congress. But he arrived at the […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2018

The Associated Industries of Florida has thrown its backing behind Republican state Rep. Mike Miller‘s bid for Congress in Florida’s 7th Congressional District and former state Rep. Fred Costello‘s bid in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. Miller’s endorsement may come as a bit of a sting to his Aug. 28 Republican primary opponent Scott Sturgill, who […]

Scott PowersAugust 2, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, who wants to take his job back from Soto, may agree in principal on most Democratic positions but on Thursday that didn’t stop an almost unrelenting brawl with bruising attacks on each other ranging from how they treat women to multiple accusations of […]

Scott PowersJuly 31, 2018

The national gun-control political action committee founded by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, Giffords PAC, is endorsing Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto in his re-election bid in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. The endorsement, announced Tuesday by Soto’s campaign, comes to Soto who’s been under attack for his career political record […]

Scott PowersJuly 24, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto announced the endorsement of his re-election campaign by the Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida Tuesday. The endorsement adds to a list of Democratic and progressive groups that previously might have been expected to endorse Soto’s Democratic primary challenger and predecessor in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson. […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto rips his predecessor and primary election opponent former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson in a television commercial that started airing in Orlando Friday. Soto’s commercial, airing on at least four Orlando TV stations, accuses Grayson of lying about him and also accuses Grayson of having a “double life running a hedge […]

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John Labriola lost his longtime Miami-Dade County job after refusing to take part in anti-discrimination training. Image via X.

Markets predict Gwen Graham, Ron DeSantis wins on Tuesday

Alan Grayson, Darren Soto, Wayne Liebnitzky spread on ICE in ‘Political Salsa’ CD 9 debate

Nurses’ union backs Darren Soto in CD 9 race

Alan Grayson’s new ad: ‘Impeach Trump … Grayson will; Soto won’t’

After a heartbreaking Polk County deportation, introspective Darren Soto lays it out at Tiger Bay

Associated Industries endorses Fred Costello, Mike Miller in open-seat congressional races

Darren Soto and Alan Grayson debate: brawling, bruising, ‘lies!’

Giffords PAC endorses Darren Soto in CD 9 race

Darren Soto picks up Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida nod

Gloves off: Darren Soto ad blasts ‘shady, lying’ Alan Grayson