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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 […]

Scott PowersApril 18, 2018

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson took another swing Wednesday morning at the nomination of Oklahoma Republican U.S. Rep. James Bridenstine‘s appointment as the next NASA administrator, calling him partisan and unqualified. During a 16-minute speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Nelson suggested that Bridenstine could be dangerous overseeing NASA missions that had […]

Danny McAuliffeApril 17, 2018

He’s no Donald Trump, but Governor Rick Scott is beginning to peek out of his Twitter shell. Three consecutive tweets fired off from the Governor’s state account Tuesday (he has a campaign one, too) mark a break from Scott’s online persona of unflinching positivity. His digital activity is usually reserved for highlighting progress or appearances across […]

Scott PowersApril 16, 2018

Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called Monday for the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate safety at the low-cost carrier Allegiant Air that is the dominant carrier at Orlando-Sanford International Airport and also serves a half-dozen other Florida cities. Nelson’s request comes on the heels of a scathing report aired Sunday evening on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that […]

Scott PowersApril 16, 2018

Rick Scott has found something else to talk about on the campaign trail: term limits. The Republican Florida governor’s first television commercial in his campaign to be elected U.S. Senator is not about his calling-card issue, jobs, but on a new issue his campaign hopes to use against Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson — term limits. […]

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National, State Chambers of Commerce endorse Rick Scott for Senate

U.S. Chamber targets Bill Nelson with big ad buy

Steve Schale: Orlando revisited

Rick Scott, Bill Nelson head to Kissimmee to talk Puerto Rico

Rick Scott Spanish ad touts jobs, tax cuts

Joe Henderson: Is Marco Rubio eyeing another presidential run?

Bill Nelson again blasts Jim Bridenstine as nominee for NASA administrator

Shots fired: Rick Scott teases governors on tax ratings

Bill Nelson calls for safety probe into Allegiant Air

Rick Scott’s first U.S. Senate ad on term limits