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Drew WilsonOctober 25, 2018

The Florida Retail Federation PAC, the political arm of the state’s retail trade organization, endorsed more than two dozen candidates seeking to earn their first terms in the state House next month. The bulk of the 26 candidates getting FRF’s seal of approval are seeking open seats in the state House, but a handful of […]

Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2018

Orlando Democrat Anna Eskamani has hit another major milestone in her bid to flip the seat held by exiting Republican state Rep. Mike Miller blue. The Planned Parenthood exec and first-generation American has long been the fundraising leader in Orange County’s House District 47, and through Oct. 19 she said she had gathered more than […]

Scott PowersOctober 23, 2018

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Former astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, who started a gun law reform political action committee “Giffords PAC” with his wife, Democratic former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, after she was shot in a 2011 assassination attempt, said in Orlando Monday night that believes he has seen the country’s and Florida’s political mood moving […]

Scott PowersOctober 19, 2018

Republican Florida House candidate Stockton Reeves has launched another TV commercial attacking his Democratic opponent, this time painting Anna Eskamani as a radical, complete with stock footage of rioting somewhere, as he offers himself as an independent leader. The new commercial, running on Orlando cable, draws stark contrast, depicting Eskamani with chaotic shots of her […]

Jacob OglesOctober 13, 2018

State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an Orlando Democrat, accepted an onstage engagement proposal from longtime partner Jerick Mediavilla at Orlando Come Out With Pride. Smith, Florida’s first gay Latino member of the Florida Legislature, was on stage for the annual Pride Rally at Lake Eola Park on Saturday evening when Mediavilla surprised him by getting […]

Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018

Democratic House candidate Anna Eskamani is accusing Republicans and her opponent of putting fake words in her mouth in campaign advertising, and Republican Stockton Reeves said Thursday he would look into it and if that is the case he does not want it used in his name. On Thursday Eskamani accused the Republican Party of […]

Scott PowersOctober 10, 2018

Celebrity lawyer, medical marijuana champion and one-time Democratic rainmaker John Morgan has endorsed Democrat Anna Eskamani for her bid to be elected to the Florida Hous in Orange County’s House District 47. “I am proud to endorse Anna Eskamani for Florida State House District 47,” Morgan stated in a news release issued by Eskamani’s campaign. […]

Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018

Democratic HD 47 candidate Anna Eskamani has been on the receiving end of several campaign mailers that painting her as “everything wrong in politics” over language she’s used in public appearances. On Monday, however, she parried that attack by throwing it right back at Republican rival Stockton Reeves. “The majority of Stockton’s campaign is funded […]

Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018

Orlando Democrat Anna Eskamani rolled out a new ad Monday in her campaign to succeed exiting Rep. Mike Miller in Orange County’s House District 47. The 30-second ad, titled “Why Are They Afraid,” features the Planned Parenthood exec shutting her laptop on one of the ads being run against her in the Orlando-based district and […]

Scott PowersOctober 4, 2018

A statewide association representing the management company professionals who oversee homeowners associations has endorsed Republicans David Smith and Anthony Sabatini and Democrat Anna Eskamani in three Central Florida races for open Florida House seats. The endorsements come from the Chief Executive Officers of Management Companies, which represent 18,000 licensed professional community association managers who manage more […]

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Florida Retailers recommend bundle of new state representatives

Anna Eskamani clears $500K raised for HD 47 flip

Mark Kelly proclaims progress in gun law campaign

Stockton Reeves’ new TV ad paints Anna Eskamani as radical

Carlos Guillermo Smith gets engaged at Orlando Pride

Anna Eskamani accuses Republicans of putting fake words in her mouth

John Morgan endorses Anna Eskamani as ‘a fighter’ in HD 47 race

Anna Eskamani: Stockton Reeves ‘everything wrong with politics’

Anna Eskamani says political insiders ‘should be afraid’ in new ad

Community management group endorses David Smith, Anthony Sabatini, Anna Eskamani