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Scott PowersJuly 8, 2016

National progressive civil rights leader Cornell West has endorsed Fatima Rita Fahmy in Florida’s Orlando-based Congressional District 10 race, her campaign announced Friday. West made the endorsement at the Democratic National Committee’s platform meeting in Orlando. West, a professor of philosophy and Christian practice, is also known for his firebrand Democratic socialist politics, and was […]

Scott PowersJuly 5, 2016

Democrat Amy Mercado increased her cash advantage in the primary contest with Alex Barrio for the Kissimmee-based House District 48 seat. Mercado reported raising $6,250 in the period ending June 24 and spent just $2,753, mostly on consultants, while Barrio raised $3,045 but spent $6,679, mostly on staff and consultants, in the 24-day period. Consequently, […]

Scott PowersJuly 5, 2016

Democrat Dena Grayson is airing her first television commercial of the 2016 campaign in the Orlando-based Florida’s Congressional District 9 race, emphasizing both her work as a doctor and as a pharmaceutical researcher. However, Dr. Grayson, of Windermere, never has been licensed to practice medicine in any state, though she does have a medical doctorate and […]

Scott PowersJuly 1, 2016

Clinton Curtis lent his campaign $25,000 and Beth Tuura posted an impressive $10,500 fundraising total in June, sending the House District 47 Aug. 30 Democratic primary campaign into a three-way race heading into the final two months. Tuura, an Orlando television producer, had $45,649 in the bank at the end of the latest reporting period, […]

Scott PowersJuly 1, 2016

Democratic state Senate candidate Mike Clelland has begun his onslaught of spending – dropping more than $120,000 on media consulting and advertising – in his quest to win the Aug. 30 primary to run for the Orlando-based District 13 seat. Clelland’s official campaign fund spent $48,000 in the first 24 days of June, most of it going […]

Scott PowersJune 30, 2016

The U.S. Senate campaign of Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson has released what it calls an internal stretch-run strategy memo that pushes a “Barnstorming Bus Tour” and as much direct engagement as possible with voters and the media. The memo, from Grayson Campaign Manager Mike Ceraso to the staff, mostly contrasts Grayson’s intentions with the […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2016

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is working double-duty this week for fundraisers for Florida’s 9th Congressional District Democratic candidates, with a planned appearance Thursday at one for state Sen. Darren Soto. The Democratic mayor, who is not picking Democratic sides in the race, will be joined at Soto’s $100-per-person fundraiser by Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh, […]

Scott PowersJune 24, 2016

State Sen. Darren Soto has won the endorsement of the Laborers’ International Union of North America in his quest for the Democratic nomination for Florida’s Congressional District 9. The union represents more than a half-million workers in the construction industry, including more than 70,000 public employees. “Our members are committed to being part of the […]

Scott PowersJune 24, 2016

In what has been a frantic last day of filing and qualifying for Florida House of Representatives, Republican state Rep. Eric Eisnaugle of Windermere appears to have won re-election in House District 44. More than five hours after the close of qualifying, Eisnaugle’s anticipated Democratic opponent, David Trotter of Orlando, has not qualified. If that holds […]

Scott PowersJune 24, 2016

Five Democrats and no Republicans have qualified to run for the seat in Orlando-based state Senate District 11 but two write-in candidates means there will be both a primary and general election. All five major Democrats who’ve been campaigning for the seat — state Rep. Randolph Bracy of Oakland, businessman Chuck O’Neal of Apopka, former […]

Tag: Aug. 30 primary

Cornell West endorses Fatima Rita Fahmy in CD 10 race

Amy Mercado building cash advantage in HD 48 race

Dena Grayson out with TV ad in CD 9 race, pushing her medical experience

Beth Tuura’s donations, Clint Curtis’s loans make Dems HD 47 primary competitive

Mike Clelland’s spends $120,000 on media in June for SD 13 bid

Alan Grayson campaign to run bus tour, emphasize engagement with voters

Darren Soto fundraiser to draw Buddy Dyer

Darren Soto gets laborers’ union endorsement in CD 9 race

Eric Eisnaugle wins another term in busy Central Florida House race filings

Senate District 11 race has four Democrats, no Republicans