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Scott PowersOctober 13, 2016

Democratic nominee Stephanie Murphy has received the endorsements of firefighters’ unions in Orange and Seminole counties in her quest to be elected in Florida’s 7th Congressional District representing those counties, her campaign announced Thursday. Murphy, a businesswoman and business professor at Rollins College who once served as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Department of Defense, […]

Scott PowersOctober 8, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy has called on her Republican opponent U.S. Rep. John Mica to denounce Donald Trump for newly disclosed statements about women and she released a new TV commercial saying Mica shares’ Trump’s ‘harmful policies.’ The TV commercial, “It’s Time To Change Washington,” charges that Mica and Trump share policies opposing a woman’s […]

Larry GriffinSeptember 12, 2016

At a fundraising breakfast Monday morning at the Brio Tuscan Grille in Winter Park, 7th Congressional District incumbent John Mica warned of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) trying to “buy” the election for his challenger, Stephanie Murphy. And it was the supporters of his campaign, he stressed, that could stop that from happening. Mica was introduced by […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica generally takes primary challenges like Sunday morning walks in the park, and on Tuesday the 12-term Republican congressman from Winter Park once again never broke much of a sweat on his way to the finish line. Mica swept away challenger Mark Busch, a Casselberry businessman and former Soil and Water Conservation […]

Scott PowersJuly 13, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy blasted her Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. John Mica, Wednesday for his co-sponsorship of a bill she characterized as anti-gay rights — and then sitting silently through a hearing on the bill one month after the Orlando massacre at the popular gay nightclub Pulse. The First Amendment Defense Act, House Resolution 2802, […]

Scott PowersJune 24, 2016

Newly-entered Democratic congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park has quickly drawn support from Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for her challenge to Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. DCCC Chairman and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico announced Friday Murphy would be added to the PAC’s Red to Blue program, which […]

Scott PowersJune 7, 2016

Monday’s first day of qualifying for congressional races in Florida has seen enough candidates qualify to force Republican primaries in Florida’s 6th, 7th and 11th Congressional Districts and Democratic primaries in the 6th and 9th Congressional Districts so far. In other districts expecting Democratic or Republican primaries, announced candidates either did not file Monday or […]

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(L-R) Lawyers Richard Cole and Rahul Patel were both reappointed to their alma mater's Board of Trustees. Images via University of Florida.

Firefighters’ unions endorse Stephanie Murphy for Congress in CD 7

New Stephanie Murphy TV ad says John Mica shares Donald Trump’s ‘harmful policies’

John Mica, warning of coming DCCC challenge, rallies supporters to help him win at fundraiser breakfast

John Mica gets tune-up election out of the way, set for Democratic challenge in CD 7

Stephanie Murphy calls John Mica’s silence on anti-LGBT rights bill ‘unimaginable’ on Pulse’s anniversary

Stephanie Murphy named to DCCC ‘Red to Blue’ program in CD 7 race

Early congressional filings assure primaries in CDs 6, 7, 9 and 11