Peter SchorschMarch 2, 2020
4min665
A desperate move from a struggling campaign.
Tag: CD 16The Gators got a W last weekend over LSU, and the Swamp was roaring.
Peter SchorschMarch 2, 2020Peter SchorschJanuary 23, 2020
8min806
Florida Democrats know she’s their only hope to retain pivotal House seat.
Peter SchorschJanuary 21, 2020
5min1092
Poll obtained by Florida Politics has Buchanan up 20 points.
Peter SchorschSeptember 26, 2019
3min576
If Pelosi’s decision is political gamesmanship, Good’s decision is political malpractice.
Drew WilsonApril 4, 20193min278
“I’m humbled by such a strong show of support so early in the campaign.”
Scott PowersNovember 5, 2018
5min342
Outside groups have spent more than $37 million in Florida’s 27 congressional races with almost half of that going into a single contest: the battle for Florida’s 26th Congressional District in South Florida. Democratic groups led by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the House Majority PAC have poured $11.3 million into trying to support […]
Peter SchorschOctober 31, 2018
6min420
Despite being outspent and hammered by PACs on everything from health care votes to yacht purchases, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan appears primed to stave off a challenge from Democratic attorney David Shapiro in Florida’s 16th. The polls have been clear for quite a while. October polls have shown Buchanan with a growing, outside-the-margin lead: St. […]
Jacob OglesOctober 22, 2018
4min334
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/house/florida/16/Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan breathed a sigh of relief as the Tampa Bay Times moved him out of the “vulnerable” category. That happened just as a black community newspaper in the area hit stands praising Buchanan and calling Democratic challenger David Shapiro problematic. The Times today issued new rankings on important Congressional contests in the 2018 […]
Jacob OglesOctober 15, 2018
6min490
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee just cancelled extensive TV ad buys in the Sarasota market, seemingly abandoning David Shapiro’s effort to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan. “The DCCC decision to pull the plug on financial aid for David Shapiro confirms what independent polls have shown over the past two weeks—Vern Buchanan is going […]
Jacob OglesOctober 10, 2018
5min360
Democrats running in the Sarasota-Bradenton area banded together at an event organized by the progressive group Indivisible. State Rep. Margaret Good, the incumbent in state House District 72, and Democratic Congressional candidate David Shapiro, who thus far mustered a serious campaign for Florida’s 16th Congressional District, rallied the crowd of activists from both Indivisible’s Northeast […]