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Scott PowersOctober 16, 2018

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Outside groups have spent almost $17 million just in the past two weeks on advertising and other campaigning in the battle between Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and his opponent Republican Gov. Rick Scott in Florida’s U.S. Senate election. That spending ramped up from an already impressive $25 million that outside groups previously had spent […]

Ryan NicolOctober 15, 2018

Rick Scott, Florida’s outgoing Republican Governor, is out with a new ad in the race for U.S. Senate, highlighting the endorsement of Andrew Pollack, who lost his daughter in February’s shooting in Parkland. Scott is attempting to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. In the new minute-long ad, titled “Meadow,” Pollack speaks of the loss […]

Jacob OglesOctober 14, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says Tyndall Air Force Base won’t close despite tremendous damage caused by Hurricane Michael. Tyndall officials this week briefed the Florida Democrat, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, on the impact of the storm. “Tyndall is totally devastated,” Nelson said. “The older buildings will have to be razed and […]

Jacob OglesOctober 13, 2018

In the wake of Hurricane Matthew’s tremendous destruction, this no longer looks like a typical campaign weekend, as many of the candidates for office instead devote 100 percent of their time to storm-struck areas. Gov. Rick Scott, Republican U.S. Senate candidate, called for a delay in a Tuesday debate with incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 12, 2018

In a rare moment of bipartisanship during a fierce campaign season, U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson joined Panhandle Congressman Neal Dunn to send a letter to the Department of Defense urging them to expedite repairs at Tyndall Air Force Base. The base was critically damaged during Hurricane Michael. The storm made landfall Wednesday near Mexico Beach, […]

Scott PowersOctober 12, 2018

After touring devastated areas around Panama City Thursday, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said “It looks like a bomb went off” and pledged he and Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio would do everything they could to make sure full federal aid comes to areas struck by Hurricane Michael. Nelson also visited Tyndall Air Force Base, […]

Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott is pulling out of the U.S. Senate debate with Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson set for next Tuesday, with Scott’s campaign saying he is needed to focus on response to Hurricane Michael and is asking the host network CNN to reschedule it for two weeks later. “Due to the catastrophic destruction […]

Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings on Thursday blasted Orange County Sheriff candidate Darryl Sheppard for including her picture in campaign materials, saying she has told him to stop using it and wouldn’t back him for dog catcher, “for fear the canines would lodge complaints.” “He is TOTALLY unfit for the position he seeks, without even […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has been explicit over the years in connecting increasing temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean with deadlier hurricanes, and Hurricane Michael did not change his mind. Appearing on CNN Thursday morning, Nelson noted that “Florida is Ground Zero” when it comes to hurricanes, with the warm waters in […]

Jacob OglesOctober 10, 2018

The U.S. Senate authorized a proposal for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee, which should cut down and potentially eliminate the discharge of blue-green algae into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said the news should help Florida deal with the twin catastrophes of algal blooms in the rivers and red […]

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Outside money now at $42 million in Florida’s U.S. Senate race

Parkland parent endorses Rick Scott in new ad

Bill Nelson: Tyndall won’t close over Hurricane Michael damage

Michael mangles campaign schedules

Members of Congress to feds: Speed up Tyndall recovery

Bill Nelson touring North Florida: ‘It looks like a bomb went off’

Focusing on storm, Rick Scott pulls from Senate debate, asks CNN to reschedule

Val Demings blasts Darryl Sheppard as ‘totally unfit’ in Orange County Sheriff campaign

‘Florida is Ground Zero,” Bill Nelson says of hurricanes

U.S. Senate authorizes reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee