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Peter SchorschJuly 27, 2017

Three Florida congressmen were put “On Notice” by national women’s candidates support group EMILY’s List. The group announced its “Republicans On Notice” list this week, which identifies 50 House and Senate Republicans the group says it will target in the 2018 midterm elections “due to their anti-woman and anti-family positions.” U.S. Reps. Ron DeSantis, Brian […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2017

Members of Florida’s congressional delegation vulnerable because of their balanced districts each raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the second quarter of 2017, new reports show. The latest campaign finance reports posted this week, covering money raised and spent in April, May and June, shows that Republican U.S. Reps. Brian Mast of Palm City […]

Staff ReportsJuly 13, 2017

Rep. Brian Mast will report raising more than $700,000 in the second quarter of 2017, his campaign announced. The Mast campaign said Thursday it raised $733,964 between April 1 and June 30. That three-month fundraising haul brings his total raised to more than $1.12 million this cycle, according to the campaign. “While national Democrats desperately […]

Darryl PaulsonJune 27, 2017

Democrats are looking forward to the 2018 midterm election with great hopes of regaining political control of the House and Senate. Democrats would need to pick up 24 House seats and three Senate seats to capture the majority. Democrats hope to pick up anywhere between one and four seats in Florida with the seat of […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2017

The Treasure Coast’s U.S. Rep. Brian Mast and a key railroad executive behind the proposed Brightline high-speed train clashed in Congress Thursday with Mast contending the company is getting public tax dollar subsidies despite claims to the contrary. The sparring came between Mast and Florida East Coast Industries’ executive director Mike Reininger during a hearing of […]

Scott PowersJune 19, 2017

Democrat Pam Keith has made official her bid to run in Florida’s 18th Congressional District, launching her bid against incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast. Keith, a labor lawyer and former U.S. Navy judge advocate general who ran last year for the Democrat’s U.S. Senate nomination, is seeking to make Mast vulnerable on his vote […]

Terry RoenJune 13, 2017

Florida Democrats have sent a Freedom of Information Act request Tuesday for copies of emails by Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast. The Florida Democratic Party is seeking access to all emails Mast gave the Federal Trade Commission related to a $5,000 campaign donation received from World Patent Marketing’s founder Scott Cooper and Mast’s subsequent appointment […]

Staff ReportsMay 31, 2017

The American Action Network is continuing its ad blitz, releasing a second digital ad in two Florida districts to promote tax reform. The $250,000 digital ad campaign is part of a multi-million dollar effort to advance tax reform in Congress. The ad — which will run on online platforms in the congressional districts of Reps. Carlos […]

Scott PowersMay 30, 2017

Most of Florida’s members of Congress in hot seats for 2018 elections are off to hot starts in raising money for their re-election campaigns. Democratic U.S. Reps. Charlie Crist and Stephanie Murphy and Republicans Carlos Curbelo and Brian Mast already have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars each just this year, with Crist, of St. Petersburg, […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2017

Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast are leading a bipartisan effort of Florida members of Congress to try to convince President Donald Trump to not zero out funding for a EPA program monitoring water quality related to the Everglades and other sensitive areas. The South Florida Geographic Initiative, begun […]

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Florida congressmen put ‘on notice’ by EMILY’s List

Money pouring in for Florida’s Congress members in tough districts

Brian Mast campaign says it raised more than $700K in Q2

Darryl Paulson: Midterm elections boost Democratic chances

Brian Mast, Brightline exec clash over public money for railroad

Democrat Pam Keith launches her bid against Brian Mast in CD 18

Florida Democrats ask for Brian Mast emails on World Patent Marketing

American Action Network releases digital ads in congressional districts of Brian Mast, Carlos Curbelo

Fundraising machines churning for several Florida Congress members in hot seats

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Brian Mast spearhead letter to save Everglades program