Jacob OglesApril 16, 2020
3min933
Steube faces a rematch with Democrat Allen Ellison.
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Jacob OglesApril 16, 2020Jacob OglesNovember 6, 2018
11min338
It’s no easy task running for office when your name doesn’t appear on the ballot. But replacement candidates who stepped in this year for deceased had to do just that. In Florida Senate District 14, Tommy Wright stood up after the withdrawal of Republican state Sen. Dorothy Hukill, who died days after ending her candidacy. […]
Jacob OglesOctober 11, 2018
4min478
Republican Congressional candidate Greg Steube will host his first major campaign event since the death of Democratic opponent April Freeman. Steube, a Sarasota state senator running in Florida’s 17th Congressional District, will attend a reception on Oct. 16 at Quail Creek Plantation in Okeechobee. The event marks a return to campaigning following Freeman’s unexpected death […]
Jacob OglesOctober 9, 20185min479
Allen Ellison, the replacement Democratic nominee in Florida’s 17th Congressional District, announced a campaign team of staffers with experience working for national campaigns. The team will be led by campaign manager Daniel Sohn, Haverhill Town Councilman. Ellison said the team boasts experience working on campaign teams for presidential candidates Barack Obama, John Kerry and Martin […]
Jacob OglesOctober 5, 2018
4min463
Allen Ellison, the Democratic replacement candidate in Florida’s 17th Congressional District, will host his first public event Sunday in Bowling Green. The newly minted candidate said he’s ready for the reception and a chance to interact with the public. “I understand that as a representative, I will have to be open-minded and eager to listen […]
Jacob OglesOctober 2, 2018
5min1057
Allen L. Ellison, a policy expert from Sebring, will replace the recently deceased April Freeman as the Democratic nominee in Florida’s 17th Congressional District. The duty fell on Ellison following a conference call with Democratic leaders throughout the nine counties in the district. Ellison stood out among six applicants to seek the nomination following the […]
Jacob OglesOctober 1, 2018
5min960
A federal judge denied Pam Keith and Roy David Walker the chance to run for Congress in Florida’s 17th Congressional district, where Democratic leaders must pick a replacement for the late April Freeman. Now party leaders will hold an emergency meeting to choose who faces Republican candidate Greg Steube in the Nov. 6 general election. […]
Jacob OglesSeptember 29, 20185min575
A lawsuit by politicians Pam Keith and Roy David Walker postponed a decision to replace deceased congressional candidate April Freeman on the November ballot. But a Tuesday deadline looms. The Florida Democratic Party held a conference call with Democratic county chairs today scheduled to discuss a replacement nominee for Freeman, who died unexpectedly last Sunday […]
Jacob OglesSeptember 25, 2018
7min740
Democratic U.S. House candidate April Freeman died unexpectedly Sunday night, according to her family. She was running in Florida’s 17th Congressional District. Freeman’s husband David posted the news Monday on Facebook. “It’s with great sadness that I feel I must inform all of you that my beloved wife April passed away suddenly last night,” he wrote. […]
Drew WilsonSeptember 12, 2018
5min441
Sarasota state Sen. Greg Steube cruised through the Republican primary for Florida’s 17th Congressional District, but now it’s time to refill his war chest for the upcoming general election showdown with Cape Coral Democrat April Freeman. To that end, Alan Jay Wildstein and Ashley Pierce are hosting a fundraising reception for the 40-year-old Republican’s congressional […]