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Jacob OglesOctober 10, 2018

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Florida Democrats chided Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis for running negative ads against opponent Andrew Gillum as Florida faces Hurricane Michael. Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber expressed shock that DeSantis would run attack ads as Panhandle residents glue themselves to TV sets for live storm updates. “This was a knowing decision to exploit one of […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 10, 2018

As Category 4 Hurricane Michael prepared to slam the Panhandle and the Big Bend, Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis implored Jacksonville supporters to offer tangible help. DeSantis deviated from the usual format of what he called a “rah-rah campaign rally” and turned his Wednesday morning campaign stop into a plea for hurricane relief. Dozens of supporters who […]

Joe HendersonOctober 10, 2018

Politics seems so trivial in times like the Florida Panhandle is about to experience with Hurricane Michael. Petty red and blue arguments are out of place when a storm like this threatens everything and everyone in its path. If you’re a Democrat and intend to vote with vigor for Bill Nelson to the U.S. Senate, […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 9, 2018

Democratic candidate for Governor Andrew Gillum raised more than $3.3 million through his political committee last week, receiving hefty support from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Democratic Governors Association and wealthy Democratic donors. Bloomberg, who visited the Sunshine State over the weekend while reportedly exploring a 2020 presidential bid, cut a $250,000 […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 9, 2018

Emergency officials in Leon County are predicting Hurricane Michael will be the “strongest” and “most extreme” storm in decades to hit Florida’s capital city. Speaking to reporters Tuesday in Tallahassee, county Emergency Management Director Kevin Peters said Hurricane Michael is nearly a Category 3 storm. He anticipates it will make landfall at that strength on Wednesday […]

Guest AuthorOctober 9, 2018

Are politics in Florida truly descending to the lowest level? We ask that because of articles appearing around Florida in which the Ron DeSantis campaign accuses Mayor Andrew Gillum of being anti-Israel, and Chris King along with Gillum of being anti-Semitic. As the rabbis of two major Jewish communities in Florida, we object to any […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 9, 2018

With four weeks before the primary, Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis brought on yet another seasoned hand for his campaign’s stretch run. Florida Politics learned Monday evening that operative Tim Baker joined the campaign last week in a senior leadership role, offering strategic and political guidance. Baker, one of a series of recent staff moves in DeSantis […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 9, 2018

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It took less than a day for Hurricane Michael to make partisan sparks fly. Democratic candidate for Governor Andrew Gillum took to Twitter Monday evening to respond to vague criticisms offered by President Donald Trump earlier in the day at a stop in Orlando. “Don’t come to my state and talk trash about my city while we […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 9, 2018

Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis isn’t leaving the campaign trail despite Hurricane Michael approaching the Panhandle. However, he will be using his upcoming events on the peninsula to marshal supplies from supporters for the storm-impacted, as the barometer drops and the October Surprise of this campaign becomes ever more imminent. At events in Tampa on Tuesday, as […]

Jim RosicaOctober 8, 2018

A new poll shows “a narrow lead” for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum over his Republican counterpart, Ron DeSantis. But the poll, by the Florida Southern College Center for Polling and Policy Research, has a roughly 4½-point margin of error, and Gillum’s lead is just over 3 points. Gillum received just over 47 percent support, compared […]

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Miami Mayors Dan Gelber, Alex Penelas blast Ron DeSantis for ‘hurricane politics’

No ‘rah-rah campaign rally’ for Ron DeSantis in Jacksonville with Hurricane Michael hammering Florida

Joe Henderson: No time for politics with Hurricane Michael on its way

Michael Bloomberg, DGA boost Andrew Gillum’s fundraising

Tallahassee braces for strongest storm ‘since 1894’

Rabbis Steven Engel, Jack Romberg: Take anti-Semitism out of Florida politics

Ron DeSantis campaign brings in operative Tim Baker for final stretch

‘Don’t come to my state and talk trash about my city’: Andrew Gillum pushes back against Donald Trump

Bring hurricane relief items to campaign stops, Ron DeSantis asks

Florida Southern College poll: ‘Narrow lead’ for Andrew Gillum