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Ryan NicolJanuary 7, 2019

Former U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen may be retired from Congress, but she’s not out of the workforce yet. The Texas-based law firm Akin Gump announced Monday they were hiring Ros-Lehtinen as a senior adviser. The firm also hired former U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas as a senior consultant. “As a firm that operates at the […]

Ryan NicolJanuary 4, 2019

Just a day after Democrat Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as Speaker of the House, the congresswoman from California named two party colleagues from South Florida to the powerful House Rules Committee. Longtime Rules Committee member U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida’s 20th Congressional District will once again sit on the committee. He’ll be joined by […]

Ryan NicolDecember 21, 2018

Congresswoman-elect Donna Shalala of Florida’s 27th Congressional District announced her leadership team Friday morning, choosing former Bill Nelson staffer Jessica Killin as her chief of staff. Most recently, Killin worked for USAA to provide financial services to veterans and their families. An Army veteran herself, Killing spent a decade at USAA. She attended the University […]

Ryan NicolDecember 10, 2018

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Retiring U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen gave her farewell speech on the floor on the U.S. House Monday, offering a retrospective of her career and a “thank you” to her constituents in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Ros-Lehtinen, 66, first announced her intent to retire in April 2017. She has served in the House for almost three […]

Ryan NicolNovember 7, 2018

Ahead of Tuesday night’s election results, many political prognosticators were projecting 2018 to be the “Year of the Woman.” But the results from South Florida showed mixed results at best for women candidates at the state and federal level. We knew that a record-breaking number of women were running for Congress in 2018. That led […]

Ryan NicolNovember 6, 2018

Democratic candidate Donna Shalala has turned Florida’s 27th Congressional District blue, defeating Republican nominee Maria Elvira Salazar. Shalala earned 52 percent of the vote to Salazar’s 46 percent. Non-party affiliated candidate Mayra Joli grabbed just 2 percent. As early as 2017, the New York Times was calling CD 27 “the best Democratic pick-up opportunity in […]

Ryan NicolNovember 6, 2018

Plenty of internet experts have all sorts of predictions as to what will happen Tuesday night. But those putting their money where their mouth is see good news for Democratic candidates Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson in their respective races for Governor and U.S. Senate. As of the drafting of this piece (though with numbers […]

Scott PowersNovember 5, 2018

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 […]

Ryan NicolNovember 3, 2018

Republican congressional candidate Maria Elvira Salazar says a recent mailer from a left-leaning group contains lies about her health care stance. Now, Salazar wants the Internal Revenue Service to review it. Salazar is competing with Democratic candidate Donna Shalala in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. The Miami Herald reported on a news conference held by Salazar […]

Ryan NicolNovember 2, 2018

Democratic candidate Donna Shalala is letting her supporters make her closing argument to voters in the campaign’s final ad of the 2018 midterm elections. Shalala is competing for the seat in Florida’s 27th Congressional District against Republican nominee Maria Elvira Salazar and non-party affiliated candidate Mayra Joli. Shalala’s new spot, titled “Getting It Done for […]

Tag: CD 27

Not retired yet: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen heads to K Street

Alcee Hastings, Donna Shalala named to House Rules Committee

Donna Shalala taps Jessica Killin as chief of staff

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen gives farewell speech in U.S. House

‘Year of the Woman’ in South Florida? Tuesday’s results were mixed

Donna Shalala pulls out win over GOP opponent in CD 27

PredictIt: Odds favor Andrew Gillum, Bill Nelson

CD 26 draws $18 million in outside money; Florida, $37 million

Maria Elvira Salazar files IRS complaint over health care mailer

Donna Shalala will ‘get it done for us,’ say supporters in new ad