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A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2016

In Florida’s heavily Republican 4th Congressional District, Democrat Dave Bruderly faces uphill battles in fundraising and name ID as he vies to replace Rep. Ander Crenshaw. An email from his campaign suggested he might have help with at least the latter, as it promoted two candidate forums/debates next week. The first such debate will be put on […]

Joe HendersonOctober 19, 2016

Game-changer? Or victory lap? That’s two potential outcomes for tonight’s third, and final, presidential debate. The first one applies to Donald Trump. If he fails to change the election narrative in his last head-to-head face off with Hillary Clinton, his White House aspirations likely are finished (if they aren’t already). Clinton, ahead in the polls, […]

Scott PowersOctober 18, 2016

Face to face, medical marijuana champion John Morgan and Vote No on 2 Policy Director Jessica Spencer did not agree even on the basic facts behind each other’s arguments. In a debate televised on WESH 2 TV in Orlando over Florida Amendment 2, the medical marijuana issue on November’s ballot, Morgan, the Orlando lawyer who chairs […]

Larry GriffinOctober 18, 2016

In the midst of the rallying college students and others at the U.S. Senate Debate at UCF, came marching a man dressed in military garb, carrying an American flag and flanked by three men in dark suits. It was third-party Senate candidate Bruce Nathan. “My goal is to be noticed,” he told FloridaPolitics.com. “No-Party Affiliated […]

Joe HendersonOctober 18, 2016

In the game of chess, it is called “checkmate.” It is that moment when a player realizes their opponent just cut off their last route of escape. I think that’s the gambit Marco Rubio sprung on Democrat Patrick Murphy during their U.S. Senate debate Monday night. One of the best lines of attack for Murphy […]

Scott PowersOctober 18, 2016

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio needed a chance to show he’s done something despite missing so much time at work, and he did so. Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy needed a chance to show he’s more than just a rich, pretty face running for the Senate, and he did so. And Florida voters needed a […]

Larry GriffinOctober 17, 2016

To passers-by at the political rally on the green courtyard outside the Fairwinds Alumni building at UCF, where a U.S. Senate debate was to happen later that night, both U.S. Senate candidates must have sounded bad. Patrick Murphy‘s detractors called him privileged and said his record was among the least effective in Congress, so how could […]

Joe HendersonOctober 17, 2016

When the candidates in one of the strangest U.S. Senate races in Florida’s history finally meet at 7 tonight in Orlando at the University of Central Florida in their first of two debates, it will come down to this: It’s the last big chance for Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy to make up what polls say […]

Mitch PerryOctober 17, 2016

Floridians will get their first chance to observe Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy in the same room together when they engage in their first debate of Florida’s U.S. Senate contest in Orlando tonight. Trailing by an average of around five percentage points through all of the polling, Murphy needs to have a big performance in him […]

Scott PowersOctober 14, 2016

Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica and his Democratic opponent Stephanie Murphy found surprisingly much to agree on — though they wouldn’t admit it — yet that included the mutual disdain on display in a debate exclusively presented Friday by WESH-2 News in Orlando. During the debate, produced by WESH Friday morning, moderated by political reporter Greg Fox, […]

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 4/18/25-Candles and remembrances are left near the Unconquered statue a few hours after the Florida State University Gathering of Unity Vigil held Friday to honor victims of the recent mass shooting. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

To debate … or not to debate? In CD 4, that is the question.

Joe Henderson: Predicting Donald Trump in final debate is risky business

John Morgan, Vote No on 2’s Jessica Spencer dispute each other’s facts on medical marijuana

Independent Senate candidates angry, fired up over exclusion from UCF debate

Joe Henderson: ‘Checkmate’ in the Marco Rubio-Patrick Murphy debate

Who won in Marco Rubio-Patrick Murphy debate? Florida voters

Rally outside U.S. Senate debate at UCF gleefully energized against both candidates

Joe Henderson: To catch up, Patrick Murphy needs knockout debate against Marco Rubio

Mitch Perry Report for 10.17.16 — Will recent experience play a factor in tonight’s U.S. Senate debate?

WESH 2 News debate show John Mica, Stephanie Murphy getting personal in CD 7 race