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Scott PowersMay 1, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott‘s second English-language ad in the U.S. Senate race picks up the term limits theme of his first commercial and extends it toward what Republicans have been claiming of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, that he accomplishes very little in Washington. The new 30-second Scott U.S. Senate campaign ad “Results,” which will be […]

Peter SchorschApril 30, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that he’d raised more than $3 million in the first three weeks of his campaign to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. “It is clear that Americans are ready to see a change in Washington,” Scott said. “I appreciate the support of everyone who has helped us reach this incredible […]

Blake DowlingApril 28, 2018

Last week, I had an opportunity to visit Pebble Beach outside Carmel, California. As I basked in the glory of the extraordinary West Coast scenery, I just couldn’t stop thinking about Cambridge Analytica and its micro-targeting techniques, as well as the disruptive and deceptive Internet Research Agency and the trail of havoc and misinformation created […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 26, 2018

In Jacksonville Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott fielded questions about his Senate campaign financing, which is still under scrutiny by political opponents. Two points were of specific interest. The first: a report from Capital and Main asserted that donations to Scott’s “New Republican” Super PAC by two company CEOs after business from the state pension fund went to their […]

Staff ReportsApril 26, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott was endorsed by the national, state and local Chambers of Commerce for Senate in Jacksonville Thursday morning. Flanked by local Republican public officials, Scott enjoyed tributes to his economic record and leadership, which were contrasted to the Chamber-unfriendly performance of incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson. The Jacksonville Chamber’s CEO Daniel Davis lauded Scott for his commitment to […]

Staff ReportsApril 24, 2018

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hitting Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on the economy with six figures worth of ad buys on Tampa and Orlando airwaves. As reported by Matt Dixon of POLITICO Florida, the Chamber has so far spent $249,000 running getting their message out in Tampa, with another $32,000 spent on running […]

Steve SchaleApril 24, 2018

Back in 2012, I wrote a fairly deep dive about metro-Orlando, titled Orlando Rising, to look at what was happening in the Orlando urban counties, and how both Hispanic and African-American growth rates were radically changing the area’s politics. Six years later, I wanted to take another look, but this time with a broader lens — […]

Scott PowersApril 20, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson – opponents in this year’s U.S. Senate election – both went to Kissimmee Friday afternoon to talk to Puerto Rican residents about their needs. But while Nelson spent a town hall talking with Puerto Rican migrants’ struggle to find housing, Scott’s town hall mostly roamed […]

Scott PowersApril 19, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s second television commercial of his U.S. Senate campaign is a Spanish pitch touting jobs and tax cuts and heading for Spanish TV. The ad, “Tanto,” [“So Much”] will be airing on Spanish-language networks and stations in Miami, Tampa, and Orlando. It’s part of a $3 million buy that also includes the […]

Joe HendersonApril 19, 2018

If one is inclined to read between the lines, Marco Rubio sounded like a man running for president, again, with his blunt talk about Florida’s vulnerability to a Russian attack on the upcoming elections. That doesn’t mean what the junior senator from our state had to say can be dismissed as political grandstanding. Hopefully, he […]

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