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Danny McAuliffeAugust 21, 2018

Saying the Constitution Revision Commission was infiltrated by special interests and proposed amendments that will deceive voters, former elected officials Tuesday encouraged Floridians to reject the panel’s eight proposed changes this November. The all-Republican group, “Save My Constitution,” said voting against Amendments 6-13 will help resolve “serious objections” about the CRC process. Members said that […]

Ryan NicolAugust 16, 2018

The voting rights organization Demos has filed a lawsuit alleging violations of the Voting Rights Act because of Alachua County’s failure to provide ballots and other election materials in Spanish. The suit details the situation of 70-year-old Marta Rivera, who lives in Alachua County after fleeing Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. Rivera had lived the entirety […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2018

Republican state Sens. Dennis Baxley, Dorothy Hukill, and Kelli Stargel all managed to avoid Republican primaries as they seek re-elections in their Central Florida districts this fall. With qualifying for the ballot closed at noon and nearly all the elections officially updated to final status, Baxley of Ocala, whose Senate District 12 covers Lake County and […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2018

The non-partisan Orange County mayoral contest was already a slugfest between Jerry Demings, Rob Panepinto and Pete Clarke. With three minor candidates dropping out (or failing to qualify for the ballot), the race for Orange County mayor Friday is now the same three-person contest it mostly has been, pitting Orange County Sheriff Demings against businessman Panepinto and […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2018

Four candidates, including Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Orange County School Board Member Nancy Robbinson, have made it onto the ballot for the August 28 election for the countywide chair position of the Orange County School Board. Jacobs and Robbinson were joined by Orange County teacher Robert Prater and Orange County Public Schools administrator […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2018

Anna Eskamani, campaigning for the Orange County seat opening up in Florida’s House District 47 for more than a year, drew a Democratic primary opponent with the unexpected entry of Ocoee real estate agent Lou Forges, provided he qualifies for the ballot. The entry came as a surprise to Orange County Democratic Party leadership, leaving the party […]

Scott PowersMay 9, 2018

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Are Tiger Bay Club members regular people, or are they the kinds of Tallahassee insiders that Brecht Heuchan dismissed as the only people who really care that voters will be asked to consider multiple Florida Constitution amendments bundled together in multi-change proposals? If the members of the Tiger Bay Club of Central Florida reflect the […]

Scott PowersMay 4, 2018

Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Webster will be facing Democrat Dana Cottrell in the November election, with no primary opponents for either of them in Florida’s 11th Congressional District. Webster, an Orange County businessman now living in Lake County, is seeking his fifth term, though the first three terms were representing adjacent Florida’s 10th Congressional District. […]

Staff ReportsMay 4, 2018

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As of the close of qualifying on Friday, 18 appellate judges had formally qualified for merit-retention elections in November. They include Florida Supreme Court Justice Alan Lawson, formerly a 5th District Court of Appeal judge. The others are: 1st District Court of Appeal: Harvey Jay, Stephanie Ray, Brad Thomas, Kemmerly Thomas, Allen Winsor. While Winsor qualified for […]

Staff ReportsApril 16, 2018

The Florida Chamber of Commerce on Monday said the voting down of a constitutional amendment to create a ‘Florida E-Verify’ system “was a win for protecting Florida’s Constitution.” “Proposal 6010 would have placed an ineffective federal government system into Florida’s foundational document,” said Frank Walker, the Chamber’s vice president of Governmental Affairs. “The Florida Chamber […]

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Vote ‘no’ on all CRC amendments, group urges

Voting rights organization sues over lack of bilingual ballots in Florida

Dennis Baxley, Dorothy Hukill and Kelli Stargel avoid primaries in Central Florida state Senate runs

Orange County mayoral race becomes 3-man contest it always was

Four candidates make ballot for Orange Co. School Board chair

Anna Eskamani gets primary opponent

Tiger Bay puts CRC officers on hot seat over bundling ‘poison pills’ and ‘SweeTARTs’

Dan Webster set for contest with Democrat Dana Cottrell in CD 11

Appellate judges qualify for November ballot

Chamber of Commerce cheers failure of ‘E-Verify’ measure