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A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2016

The first news release announcing Merrick Garland‘s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court was simple: “NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Merrick B. Garland, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice Antonin Scalia, deceased.” President Barack Obama‘s shop asserts that “Merrick Garland, the Chief Judge of the U.S. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 15, 2016

Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera sent well wishes to his friend Marco Rubio after the U.S. Senator suspended his presidential campaign Tuesday evening. Lopez-Cantera, a Republican candidate for Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat, said in a statement that he congratulates Rubio for a “courageous and positive campaign.” “Elections do not always have outcomes one expects, but I […]

Mitch PerryMarch 14, 2016

Three months after David Jolly said Donald Trump should end his candidacy for president because he advocated a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S., the U.S. Representative and U.S. Senate candidate now says he’s open to supporting the New York City real estate mogul if he captures the nomination. “I still have the very […]

Mitch PerryMarch 11, 2016

The latest Public Policy Polling survey of the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Florida affirms what has been the case with similar surveys on this contest. That is, Pinellas County U.S. Rep. David Jolly leads the field, but the overwhelming number of Florida Republican simply don’t have an opinion on who to vote for, more […]

Drew WilsonMarch 10, 2016

The super PAC backing Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera said Thursday that it has brought on Virginia Haworth, a veteran of the Gov. Rick Scott administration, as its new finance director. The Auburn University alumna joins Meredith O’Rourke, herself a former Scott staff member, and a team of fundraisers at pro-Lopez-Cantera committee Reform Washington, which had […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 8, 2016

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Tuesday has already been a good day for the Carlos Lopez-Cantera campaign for the GOP Senate nomination, as he unveiled his Financial Leadership Team, one which CLC says will “ensure we have the resources necessary to win in August and November.” The biggest name: billionaire Norman Braman, a supporter of Marco Rubio, one whose priorities include a traditionally […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 5, 2016

Jacksonville is one of the keys to Marco Rubio‘s narrow path to the GOP nomination, and the road show came to the Morocco Temple Saturday. Rubio, who arrived in Jacksonville en route from an earnest, well-received address at CPAC in DC, has to win urban areas like Jacksonville to win the state. On Tuesday night, he […]

Scott PowersMarch 3, 2016

U.S. Rep. David Jolly, a U.S. Senate candidate, said Thursday he has introduced a bill that would stop the federal government from buying Apple computers and phones until the company cooperates with federal law enforcement. Jolly’s “No Taxpayer Support For Apple Act,” House Resolution 4663, would forbid federal agencies from buying Apple products until the company provides law […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2016

Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera wants Floridians to know his love of America comes in part from his family’s flight from Cuban oppression, in a new video ad released by his U.S. Senate campaign. In the 60-second spot called “Freedom,” Lopez-Cantera tells the story of how his grandfather was arrested and detained in Cuba in 1960, and […]

Scott PowersMarch 1, 2016

Todd Wilcox is showing little worry even as polls continue to show him as a blip in Florida’s U.S. Senate Republican race and as Carlos Beruff enters the race late also claiming the “outsider” lane. The Orlando businessman entered the race last summer and still finds himself running a distant fourth behind three establishment candidates. That was before […]

Tag: Carlos Lopez-Cantera

Florida’s U.S. Senate candidates, pols react to Merrick Garland SCOTUS nomination

Carlos Lopez-Cantera applauds Marco Rubio’s “courageous and positive campaign”

David Jolly remains open to supporting Donald Trump if he’s GOP nominee

David Jolly again leads GOP Senate race in poll, but most still undecided

Pro-Carlos Lopez-Cantera super PAC hires top Rick Scott staffer

Norman Braman leads Carlos Lopez-Cantera financial leadership team

Even in Jacksonville, Marco Rubio faces enthusiasm gap

David Jolly wants federal government to lock out Apple until Apple unlocks phones

Carlos Lopez-Cantera highlights his family’s Cuba history in first campaign video

Todd Wilcox counting on late rise as outsider in GOP U.S. Senate race