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Scott PowersAugust 8, 2018

With another win, the Sisterhood of Gubernatorial Nominees has grown again. Tuesday night’s primary victory in Michigan by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer has Gwen Graham smiling broadly in Florida on Wednesday. Graham and her gubernatorial campaign are making no secret that they are counting on this being a year in which women, particularly on the Democratic side, […]

Drew WilsonAugust 8, 2018

Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene has put another $4.5 million behind his bid to be the Democratic nominee for Governor, bringing his total investment to $18.1 million through just two months in the race. Greene’s new report, which covers July 21 through July 27, is his biggest yet. The South Florida real estate investor seeded […]

Drew WilsonAugust 7, 2018

Former Congresswoman Gwen Graham has been the front runner in the Democratic primary for Governor for a couple weeks, and a new poll from the Associated Industries of Florida shows she’s starting pull away from her competitors in the closing weeks ahead of the election. AIF’s numbers show Graham started the month with a 35 […]

Scott PowersAugust 7, 2018

Another internal poll in the closing weeks before the Aug. 28 primaries has Gwen Graham atop the Democratic field but also has Philip Levine not far behind and starting to open some daylight between them and the other three Democrats running for governor. The new poll commissioned by Levine’s campaign being released Tuesday from Public […]

Scott PowersAugust 6, 2018

The campaign of Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham is circulating a new internally produced poll that shows her opening a commanding lead in the Aug. 28 Democratic gubernatorial primary. The commissioned survey from Democratic pollster ALG Research shows Graham shooting up to a 16-point lead over her nearest rival, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine. […]

Scott PowersAugust 6, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is going up with a new round of TV commercials Monday, calling for a response to the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland, this time with parents of two of the slain children doing the talking for him. In the two 30-second commercials, “Joaquin Oliver” and “Jaime Guttenberg,” Levine returns to […]

Jacob OglesAugust 5, 2018

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Thousands gathered in Clearwater on Sunday as Rev. Al Sharpton called on justice for Markeis McGlockton, a father shot down last month after a dispute over a parking space. To cheers, Sharpton called on law enforcement to arrest shooter Michael Drejka. “Lock him up or give up your badge,” Sharpton said at the event Sunday. […]

Jacob OglesAugust 5, 2018

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Gubernatorial candidates Andre Gillum and Jeff Greene both called for a full repeal of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law during MSNBC interviews with Rev. Al Sharpton. “The fact that you have an individual who becomes judge, juror and executioner all in there own minds under the protection of the law in the United States is […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2018

Jeff Greene has launched a new television commercial attacking fellow Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham on her commitment to the environment, using references to a Miami megamall her family’s business is involved with, suggesting she’s profiting from what some characterize as a major environmental threat. The new 30-second ad uses footage of an interview Graham […]

Scott PowersAugust 2, 2018

Anyone hoping Florida’s five Democratic candidates for Governor would break new ground in the final debate Thursday night may have left disappointed. On stage, each candidate mainly stuck to the standards, with only a couple of questions eliciting any form of surprise. Andrew Gillum, Jeff Greene, Chris King, Philip Levine, and Gwen Graham all pulled more […]

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Gwen Graham applauds as ‘Sisterhood of Gubernatorial Nominees’ grows

Jeff Greene pumps another $4.5 million into Governor campaign

Gwen Graham separates from the pack according to new Associated Industries poll

Poll: Gwen Graham, Philip Levine back to 1-2 atop the Democratic field for Governor

Gwen Graham internal poll shows her opening big lead

Philip Levine returns to Parkland, with Parkland parents, in new ads

Al Sharpton on Markeis McGlockton killer: ‘Lock him up or give up your badge’

Andrew Gillum, Jeff Greene call for Stand Your Ground repeal on MSNBC

Jeff Greene ad mauls Gwen Graham on megamall, environment

Democrats ease into standard responses in final governor’s race debate