Ryan NicolJune 21, 2019
4min375
“Kamala Harris is the right choice to lead our nation."
Tag: Congressional Black CaucusJennifer Barbosa. Image via campaign website.
Ryan NicolJune 21, 2019
A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2018
5min390
On Tuesday, the majority of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus endorsed Rep. Al Lawson ahead of the Democratic primary in Florida’s 5th Congressional District against former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown. “I am honored to have the endorsement of so many of my colleagues in the CBC,” Lawson said. “They understand, as I do, […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 23, 2018
4min296
President Donald Trump will give the State of the Union address next week and, according to Buzzfeed, the Congressional Black Caucus plans action. “We could go, we could go and walk out, we could go and hold up fists … or we could not go, or we could hold our own State of the Union,” CBC Chair […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 22, 2017
8min340
Rontel Batie, a former Corrine Brown staffer who is now running to take back her seat in Florida’s 5th Congressional District, issued the first salvo of the 2018 Democratic primary campaign against the incumbent Thursday evening. That incumbent — Rep. Al Lawson, a moderate Democrat from Tallahassee — does not align with the priorities of the Congressional Black […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 6, 2017
3min317
Rep. John Conyers, increasingly embattled by serial sexual harassment claims, announced his immediate retirement from Congress Tuesday. Despite the various claims made against the Michigan Democrat, many leading members of the Congressional Black Caucus thought, per POLITICO, that a double standard was in play, with Conyers being held to a higher standard than white politicians (Blake Farenthold, Al […]
Bob SparksNovember 17, 2017
6min431
Carlos Curbelo is a two-term Republican Congressman from Kendall, just a few miles southwest of Coral Gables. He is the son of Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba. Put those two facts together and you get an Hispanic Member of Congress. Pretty simple, right? Not for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC). Based on his demographic provided […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2017
6min352
It was only a matter of time before U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, a Tallahassee Democrat, drew a primary challenge in Florida’s 5th Congressional District. However, that challenge isn’t coming from former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, at least not yet. Rather, the first primary opponent for Lawson is Rontel Batie, a 29 year-old former Tallahassee lobbyist and former Corrine Brown policy director who […]
Associated PressOctober 30, 2016
9min399
Hillary Clinton lashed out Saturday at the FBI’s handling of a new email review, leading a chorus of Democratic leaders who declared the bureau’s actions just days before the election “unprecedented” and “deeply troubling.” Emboldened Republican rival Donald Trump seized on the reignited email controversy, hoping to raise new doubts about Clinton’s trustworthiness. Rallying supporters […]
Michael MolineOctober 22, 2016
6min209
A “Souls to the Polls Train” pulled into Tallahassee Saturday, bearing a predominantly African-American collection of mayors to encourage Hillary Clinton campaign volunteers and mobilize minority voters for the Nov. 8 general election. Actually, it was a big blue motor coach that pulled up outside state party headquarters at noon, after participating in Florida A&M […]
Scott PowersOctober 20, 2016
4min1135
Four members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus joined Val Demings Thursday night, seeking to give her a boost in Florida’s 10th Congressional District race and to encourage more people to vote in Eatonville, Florida’s oldest historically black town. “We’re here for the chief,” U.S. Rep. Al Green, a Texas Democrat, said of Demings, a retired […]