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Danny McAuliffeSeptember 17, 2018

The gubernatorial nominees have agreed to two debates ahead of Election Day. Republican nominee Ron DeSantis accepted a Leadership Florida debate and CNN town hall on Monday, a few days after Democrat Andrew Gillum said he also would attend the forums. The Leadership Florida debate, according to the Gillum campaign, will take place Oct. 24 […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 16, 2018

A group of survivors of the 2016 Pulse massacre and family of those killed in the attack have endorsed U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s re-election bid. “There is only one person in this race who cares about us, and that’s Bill Nelson,” said Brandon Wolf, who survived the mass shooting. Nelson right now faces a tough […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 16, 2018

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Former Gov. Jeb Bush hit the campaign trail this weekend and leveled heavy criticism at U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, saying the Democrat voted “for every liberal idea” when party leadership asked. Bush stumped Saturday on behalf of one of his successors, Gov. Rick Scott, the Republican nominee challenging Nelson’s re-election this year. And while Bush’s […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 15, 2018

Campaign season stops for no weekend. Candidates for the state’s biggest offices continue to greet voters around Florida. Will one be near you today? Gov. Rick Scott, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, will ride his statewide “Make Washington Work” bus tour into Hialeah today and will hold a rally at Gus Machado Ford Dealership […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 14, 2018

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter, Jaime, was killed seven months ago in the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, and other parents who lost children in the tragedy endorsed incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson at an event Friday afternoon. Guttenberg also laid into Nelson’s Republican opponent, Gov. Rick Scott. “In Florida, under Rick Scott, nothing was […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 14, 2018

In the tight race for U.S. Senate, Bill Nelson and Rick Scott — for the sake of millions of Floridians — need to take part in a statewide, televised face-to-face debate. Few can disagree that debates can be critical; they not only give candidates the best shot at making their respective cases, but voters also […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 14, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is out with a new Spanish-language ad seeking to separate himself from President Donald Trump and promising commitment to voters over the president. The ad, titled “Compromiso,” features Scott addressing viewers in Spanish about his promise to put voters ahead of partisan politics. “When I don’t agree with what President Trump does or […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2018

Another day, another ad buy from the Rick Scott Senate campaign. Friday’s iteration drove home a message that is increasingly familiar; namely, that Sen. Bill Nelson has done “nothing” for “for Lake O in Washington.” The Scott spot throws back to a 1990 Nelson ad, in which the Senator vowed to “fight to stop the poisoning of […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 14, 2018

As Florida Politics was preparing to release the results of our final post-primary, statewide survey focusing on the nexus of 2018 elections and medical marijuana, POLITICO Florida published a story putting Ron DeSantis, Ashley Moody and Matt Caldwell squarely on the wrong side of public opinion when it comes to Florida’s popular medical marijuana law. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott, the Republican U.S. Senate nominee, is launching a new television and internet ad in which he declares Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is complicit in Washington corruption and that Scott will “give ’em Hell in Washington.” The 30-second spot, “Give ‘Em Hell“, has mostly simple video. Most of it is Scott speaking into the […]

Tag: Bill Nelson

Two debates planned between Ron DeSantis, Andrew Gillum

Pulse survivors back Bill Nelson, demand gun control

Jeb Bush: Bill Nelson ‘will always vote for more taxes’

Candidates campaign, canvass across Sunshine State

Fred Guttenberg endorses Bill Nelson for Senate

Bill Nelson, Rick Scott need a real statewide debate. Leadership Florida forum fits perfectly.

Rick Scott distances himself from Donald Trump in new Spanish-language ad

Deja vu all over again: Rick Scott says Bill Nelson has done ‘nothing’ for ‘Lake O’

Polling: GOP candidates on wrong side of medical marijuana smoking ban

New Rick Scott ad: ‘I’ll give ’em hell up in Washington’