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Jacob OglesNovember 6, 2018

Candidates in Southwest Florida anticipated lengthy debates about Medicaid expansions, gun rights and maybe charter school funding to dominate political discourse this election. So it seemed illustrative to state Sen. Kathleen Passidomo when a Naples candidate forum contained not one question about health care came up. “This year,” she said, “it’s all about the water […]

Jacob OglesNovember 1, 2018

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When President Donald Trump held a rally days before the midterms, it drew a number of prominent Republican leaders to Fort Myers. But it failed to draw a few others. U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney and Congressional hopeful Greg Steube both gave speeches from the stage promoting the president’s agenda. And from the stage, Trump praised […]

Jacob OglesOctober 13, 2018

Democratic congressional candidate David Holden this week called for federal gun legislation after a deadly shooting at a Fort Myers mall. “Our prayers are with you, the two survivors in the hospital and the heroic Marine who came to their aid,” Holden said Wednesday on social media. “This is yet another reason we must end […]

Scott PowersOctober 2, 2018

A national organization fighting for reduced costs for prescription drugs announced Tuesday it is launching a television campaign to support the re-election of Republican U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney. Patients For Affordable Drugs Action, a new nonpartisan super political action committee opened for this election cycle, said it is making a six-figure buy on broadcast and […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 19, 2018

U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney’s re-election campaign hasn’t garnered too much attention this year, despite the narrative that a ‘blue wave’ on the national level could lead to Democrats retaking control of the House. Maybe that’s because he was re-elected in Florida’s 19th Congressional District with nearly two-thirds of the vote two years ago, or maybe it’s […]

Tag: David Holden

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