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Scott PowersAugust 20, 2018

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam were the top choices at Orlando’s Political Salsa hobnob for races for Senate and Florida Governor. With more than 400 votes, Nelson topped Republican Gov. Rick Scott 52 percent to 43 percent with Rocky De La Fuente taking the rest during the Hispanic-oriented but […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2018

When asked Thursday night about what they want to do with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the three candidates for Florida’s 9th Congressional District had a wide range of opinions. Either keep it as is, reform it, or throw it out. Speaking at one of four debates at the packed Political Salsa hobnob […]

Ryan NicolAugust 14, 2018

Florida medical marijuana activists announced the formation of a new money group aimed at legalizing the drug for medicinal use nationwide. The organization, called “Empowering Wellness,” was formed in part by longtime Florida activists Eric Stevens and Ben Pollara. The pair worked on Florida’s medical marijuana campaigns in both 2014 and 2016. The group was […]

Scott PowersAugust 13, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto has picked up another endorsement from a reliable Democratic ally in his battle with his predecessor former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson for the party primary in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. National Nurses United, the largest organization of registered nurses in the country, has endorsed Soto, his campaign announced Monday. In […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 8, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott‘s latest attack on Sen. Bill Nelson is a sham, according to one member of the Florida Congressional Delegation. Orlando-area U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, a Democrat facing a tough primary challenge, called Scott’s Medicare-focused ad bogus and ironic just a few hours after news of the ad spread on Tuesday. The 30-second TV […]

Scott PowersAugust 6, 2018

Is this video Alan Grayson‘s latest television commercial … or a trailer for the next Hollywood blockbuster? Grayson, the Democratic former congressman trying to win his seat back in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, is launching a new television commercial Tuesday that focuses on his commitment to seek President Donald Trump‘s impeachment. The spot has just the […]

Scott PowersAugust 6, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto and 22 other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are expressing “strong opposition” to a new citizenship question proposed for the 2020 U.S. Census. Soto, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’s Taskforce on Voting and Civil Rights, sent a letter Monday — joined by other members — to the U.S. Department of Commerce Census […]

Bill RuftyAugust 3, 2018

Friday should have been a victory lap of sorts for Democratic Congressman Darren Soto — he was still receiving rave reviews from many in the party for his debate with primary challenger former Congressman Alan Grayson, and he had many local accomplishments to tout in his first term in Congress. But he arrived at the […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2018

The Associated Industries of Florida has thrown its backing behind Republican state Rep. Mike Miller‘s bid for Congress in Florida’s 7th Congressional District and former state Rep. Fred Costello‘s bid in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. Miller’s endorsement may come as a bit of a sting to his Aug. 28 Republican primary opponent Scott Sturgill, who […]

Scott PowersAugust 2, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, who wants to take his job back from Soto, may agree in principal on most Democratic positions but on Thursday that didn’t stop an almost unrelenting brawl with bruising attacks on each other ranging from how they treat women to multiple accusations of […]

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Bill Nelson, Adam Putnam top Orlando’s Political Salsa

Alan Grayson, Darren Soto, Wayne Liebnitzky spread on ICE in ‘Political Salsa’ CD 9 debate

Activists launch effort to light a spark for medical marijuana

Nurses’ union backs Darren Soto in CD 9 race

Darren Soto: Rick Scott is ‘blatantly lying’ in newest ad

Alan Grayson’s new ad: ‘Impeach Trump … Grayson will; Soto won’t’

Darren Soto leads opposition letter to Census question on citizenship

After a heartbreaking Polk County deportation, introspective Darren Soto lays it out at Tiger Bay

Associated Industries endorses Fred Costello, Mike Miller in open-seat congressional races

Darren Soto and Alan Grayson debate: brawling, bruising, ‘lies!’