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Scott PowersOctober 31, 2018

A new poll from Suffolk University is finding a near dead-heat in Florida’s gubernatorial election, with Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum getting 45 percent and Republican former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis 44 percent. With a 4.4 percent margin of error among the likely election voters surveyed, the race is a toss-up a week out from […]

Staff ReportsOctober 30, 2018

A house that U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson sold decades ago has become, improbably, an issue in his re-election campaign against Gov. Rick Scott. “Senator Nelson built a Washington mansion for $1.2 million bucks,” a narrator described in an ad this week, “then sold it to a corrupt Middle East tycoon for $3.4 million … $2 million more […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 30, 2018

“Elections have consequences.” That was the message of an ebullient Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, who in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood Tuesday messaged against Republican health care policies at Edward Waters College. Nelson spoke to media after a roundtable event in which he and other speakers discussed the need for health coverage. At the heart of […]

Scott PowersOctober 30, 2018

New Republican Political Action Committee is launching its latest attack ad charging that Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is getting confused and does nothing but raise taxes and cut Medicare, this time with those words coming out of the mouth of a grandmother during a three-generation breakfast. The 30-second spot “Generations” launches today in a […]

Scott PowersOctober 30, 2018

The Hispanic Leadership Fund is launching two radio and digital advertisements — one in English and one in Spanish — in support of Gov. Rick Scott‘s Republican candidacy for the U.S. Senate. The ads declare that Scott understands how hard Hispanics work and that is why he has been working so hard to support them. […]

Jacob OglesOctober 30, 2018

A new University of North Florida poll finds Florida’s race for U.S. Senate basically tied, with 47 percent of likely voters backing Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson and 46 percent supporting Republican challenger Rick Scott. Pollsters report a 3-point margin of error. The race finds another 7 percent undecided, leaving both candidates clamoring for the small […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 29, 2018

Another day, another bit of new creative from the New Republican PAC. The Rick Scott-supportive committee released a digital ad Monday that reminded voters of one of the Scott campaign’s central contentions; namely, that Sen. Bill Nelson is nothing more than a party-line Democrat who has been in politics way too long. The fifteen second digital spot, part […]

Drew WilsonOctober 29, 2018

Environmental group Sierra Club is getting ready for Halloween with a new quiz inviting Floridians to face their “most rational worst fears” when it comes to Gov. Rick Scott’s environmental policy. “Halloween is right around the corner, and, tbh, there’s some super scary stuff going on this year. Bomb threats, white nationalism, embattled midterm elections, […]

Jacob OglesOctober 29, 2018

A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican challenger Rick Scott in a dead heat. The survey also shows Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum leading Republican Ron DeSantis by just 1 percentage point. The poll found the two major Senate candidates winning 46 percent of the vote each among likely […]

Jacob OglesOctober 29, 2018

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President Donald Trump will fly to Florida to rally voters here at least once in November, days before the midterm elections. According to DonaldTrump.com, the president will be in Pensacola on Saturday, Nov. 3. The website states he will be speaking at the Pensacola International Airport at 5:30 p.m. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. You can click here to get […]

Tag: Bill Nelson

Poll: Andrew Gillum 45%, Ron DeSantis 44%

Rick Scott a ‘desperate politician who is losing,’ Bill Nelson says

‘Election year conversion’: Bill Nelson on Rick Scott’s health coverage stance

Grandma rips Bill Nelson as ‘more and more confused’ in New Republican PAC ad

Hispanic Leadership Fund launching ads supporting Rick Scott

Poll: Bill Nelson clings to 1-point lead on Rick Scott

‘Voices’ in Rick Scott PAC ad malign ‘party-line’ Bill Nelson

Sierra Club opens ‘Rick Scott’s House of Horrors’

CBS poll: Bill Nelson-Rick Scott race a dead heat; Andrew Gillum up just 1 point on Ron DeSantis

Donald Trump will hold another Florida rally Nov. 3 in Pensacola