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Scott PowersAugust 21, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum announced he’s heading back to campus, with an 12-school “back to school” tour of college campuses and one high school, starting Tuesday. Gillum, mayor of Tallahassee, is starting his tour at his alma mater, Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, on Tuesday. From there he intends to visit the University of […]

Scott PowersAugust 18, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is calling for an independent investigation after CNN report Friday alleging the Florida Department of Health used faulty processes and political motives to kick 13,000 chronically sick children out of the state’s Children’s Medical Services program. “I’m calling for an independent investigation into the Florida Department of Health and the […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2017

Republican state Sen. Jack Latvala has picked up endorsements of two major firefighters unions in his quest for the Republican nomination to run for governor next year, his campaign announced Thursday. The endorsements come less than 24 hours after Latvala formally kicked off his campaign Wednesday in Hialeah, Clearwater and Panama City. Latvala received the endorsements […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King has picked up the endorsement of the mayor of Eatonville, Florida’s oldest town incorporated as an African-American city. Eatonville Mayor Eddie Cole‘s endorsement is a double triumph for King, one of his first from elected officials, and a leader in the Orlando-area’s black community. Eatonville, incorporated in 1887, is just […]

Associated PressAugust 16, 2017

Jack Latvala — a powerful, sometimes surly state senator seen as a moderate Republican voice — entered the race for Florida Governor Wednesday, taking on a better-known, more conservative and better-funded primary opponent Adam Putnam for the GOP nomination to replace Gov. Rick Scott. Latvala publicly announced his candidacy at a fire station in a […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2017

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced it is endorsing Democrat Gwen Graham for governor, her campaign announced Tuesday. “With 39 lodges across the state of Florida, you’ll find our union members working in manufacturing and aerospace from Pensacola to Miami,” Frank Ortis, president of the Florida State Council of Machinists, stated in […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2017

Democratic U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson has endorsed Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum to be the next governor of Florida. Wilson, from Miami Gardens, joins U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings as Democratic members of Congress who have endorsed Gillum over two Democratic rivals, former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham of Tallahassee and developer Chris King of Winter Park. “I […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King called Tuesday for the removal of all Confederate memorials in Florida. Taking to Facebook, King posted, “It’s time to remove all the Confederate monuments in Florida. These monuments should be removed because we should not celebrate literal anti-American ideology or any ideology based on the oppression of any group of […]

Scott PowersAugust 10, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham pledged Thursday to a number of educators and parents concerned about public education that she would make public education her top priority. While meeting with a roundtable of teachers, former teachers, public education advocates, and parents in an Orlando restaurant Thursday, Graham blasted Republican efforts to promote charter schools, which […]

Peter SchorschAugust 7, 2017

Winter Park businessman Chris King will report $154,000 in contributions to his gubernatorial run in July, the campaign tells FloridaPolitics.com King’s haul makes for nearly $2.4 million raised since he entered the race in April, and his operation said he has $1.7 million of that total on hand between his campaign account and his political […]

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Tom Homan has a stern warning for states that are uncooperative with deportation orders.

Andrew Gillum touring college campuses

CNN reports political favors led to 13K kids losing coverage; Chris King calls for probe

Firefighters in Orlando, Miami back Jack Latvala for governor

Chris King gets backing of Eatonville Mayor Eddie Cole

Sometime surly senator enters Florida’s governor’s race

Aerospace workers’ union endorses Gwen Graham

Frederica Wilson endorses Andrew Gillum for governor

Chris King calls for removal of all Confederate monuments

Gwen Graham pledges public education as her priority, blasts Richard Corcoran

Chris King political committee brings in $154K in July