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Scott PowersJuly 20, 2017

Democrat Anna Eskamani‘s House District 47 campaign announced Thursday it will be holding an August fundraiser with co-chairs including Alan Grayson, Alex Sink, Bob Poe, and Steve Schale. The August 15 fundraiser will be held at The Abbey, a popular downtown Orlando watering hole, especially for Democrats. Eskamani, a Planned Parenthood director of external affairs […]

Scott PowersMarch 14, 2017

A social media campaign to draft Anna Eskamani to run for Orange County mayor is catching steam on Facebook and has convinced at least one major potential mayoral candidate to declare he won’t run because he’d rather back her – Bob Poe. Eskamani, a 26-year-old Orlando Democrat who is director of external affairs for Planned […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016

If there is vindication in politics, Val Demings is enjoying it Tuesday night, though she would never acknowledge it. The former Orlando Police chief, dubbed years ago as the next big rising star in Central Florida Democratic politics, handily won the Democratic primary to be the nominee in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. “I am so humbled […]

Scott PowersAugust 29, 2016

Heading into the final weekend before the primary, Democratic congressional candidate Bob Poe lent his campaign another $100,000 Friday, bringing his personal investment to just over $2 million in his bid for election in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Poe vowed from the start to fund much of his campaign and so far the self-made millionaire entrepreneur has bankrolled virtually […]

Associated PressAugust 23, 2016

A former police chief, the former state Democratic Party chairman, an incumbent state senator and a political newcomer are vying to represent an Orlando-area congressional district reshaped so drastically the Republican incumbent decided to run in a new, neighboring district. Florida’s 10th Congressional District now favors Democrats after redistricting. So Republican Rep. Daniel Webster, a […]

Larry GriffinAugust 22, 2016

Tenth Congressional District candidate Bob Poe, trailed by his spouse and some of his staff including his daughter, Virginia, entered the Orange County Jail on Monday afternoon. What they found — that the inmates there had many options for rehabilitation — pleasantly surprised them. For two hours, Poe and his posse walked the halls of the jail, escorted […]

Scott PowersAugust 19, 2016

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Democratic congressional candidate Fatima Rita Fahmy is charging that her leading opponent in the Florida’s 10th Congressional primary, Val Demings, is taking money from organizations fighting against Democratic issues such as marijuana, Everglades restoration and renewable energy. The latest criticism is part of Fahmy’s ongoing efforts to paint Demings, a former Orlando police chief who […]

Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016

Files posted Monday by hacker group Guccifer 2.0 include internal documents from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on congressional races in Florida. They explicitly contain “campaign overviews” and “paths to victory” in Congressional Districts 7, 10, 13, 18 and 26. The document related to the Pinellas County’s 13th Congressional District race is dated from April when Eric […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2016

This is the year that Central Florida gays step boldly into the political spotlight, joining an increasingly large outpouring of gay candidates statewide. Four openly gay Orlando-area Democratic candidates are running for election in federal and state races this year; Valleri Crabtree in Florida’s 9th Congressional District centered in south Orlando and Kissimmee; Bob Poe in […]

Scott PowersAugust 14, 2016

Democrat Bob Poe is taking on guns again, in his fourth television commercial released in his campaign to be elected in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. The new 30-second spot, “91” shows Poe standing before a grandstand full of people, talking about gun violence and the need for Congress to “get real” about getting guns off […]

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Anna Eskamani announces star-studded fundraiser for HD 47 candidacy

Draft-Anna Eskamani for Orange Mayor movement draws Bob Poe backing

Val Demings earning big CD 10 Democratic primary victory, vindication

Bob Poe rolls another $100K loan into his campaign

Democrats take advantage of CD 10 reshaping

Bob Poe pleasantly surprised at Orange County Jail’s efforts to rehabilitate the incarcerated

Fatima Rita Fahmy, facing her own finance issues in CD 10, blasts Val Demings for her PAC money

New hacker document dump includes DCCC notes on CD 13 race

The year of the openly gay candidate in Central Florida and other parts of Florida

Bob Poe releases another gun control TV ad in CD 10 race