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Frank TorresAugust 18, 2015

Juan Lopez was elected Monday evening as the new Chairman of the Orange County Democratic Executive Committee, he succeeds Carlos Smith in the position and will be charged with leading the party into 2016. Lopez, who works as a District Director for Congressman Alan Grayson, was elected by a margin of 64 to 23 over […]

Ryan RayJuly 24, 2015

House District 49 Democratic candidate Carlos Guillermo Smith announced to a rally of fast food workers he will stand with them in gesture of solidarity by agreeing to temporarily live on Florida’s minimum wage $8.05 an hour. The move, which liberal legislators such as Sen. Dwight Bullard and Rep. Cynthia Stafford have mirrored in the past, comes amid […]

Drew WilsonJune 25, 2015

In a new email to supporters, Democratic House District 49 hopeful Carlos Smith believes President Barack Obama‘s LGBT Pride Month celebration was a symbol of progress. Not everyone there agreed. In fact, at least one attendee at the White House event found it hard not to get carried away. Not long into the ceremony, an […]

Ryan RayJune 3, 2015

Recent developments in two House seats are helping to start defining the field in 2016’s slate of competitive legislative races. In the race to succeed term-limited Republican Speaker pro tempore Matt Hudson, a new candidate — the third to file so far — has emerged: Republican attorney Joseph Asher Davidrow opened a campaign account in the […]

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Juan Lopez elected Chairman of Orange County Democrats

House candidate Carlos Smith accepts minimum wage challenge

Email insights: Carlos Smith resists getting ‘carried away’ at Obama LGBT event

House races in HD 49, 80 beginning to take shape