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Mitch PerryJuly 16, 2016

Alan Grayson made an appearance at a Black Lives Matter rally in Ybor City’s Centennial Park Saturday afternoon before approximately 75 people. With plenty of law enforcement standing sentry, the Orlando congressman and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate addressed the multiracial crowd by citing the names of a few of the black men who have been killed by […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 15, 2016

Fourth Circuit State Attorney Angela Corey debated fellow Republican challengers Wes White and Melissa Nelson Friday at the First Coast Tiger Bay meeting. Among the topics addressed: administration of the death penalty; the backlog of appeals in the public defender’s office; Nelson’s diverse base of donors; Stand Your Ground defenses; Corey’s alleged penchant for “overcharging” defendants; and the right approach […]

Mitch PerryJuly 10, 2016

Frustrated by her refusal to entertain a debate with him in their Democratic primary in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District race, Tim Canova laid into DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Saturday, writing that she “doesn’t want you to know that she is part of the problem” when it comes to the toxic algae bloom disaster along the Treasure Coast in […]

Scott PowersJuly 7, 2016

Four Democrats running for Congress in the Orlando-based 10th Congressional District shared plenty of outrage, yet disagreed on key points when pressed in a debate Thursday night about the two recent police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota. (The deadly police shootings in Dallas occurred after the debate.) Several questions about law enforcement, inspired by the fatal shootings the […]

Staff ReportsJuly 7, 2016

Candidates for U.S. Congressional District 13, one of the most closely watched races of the 2016 campaign in Florida, will face off in a debate Sept. 19 in St. Petersburg. The general election debate, co-sponsored by the Tampa Bay Times, 10 News WTSP and St. Petersburg College, will be at the Palladium Theater three weeks after the Aug. […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 6, 2016

The San Jose Country Club hosted the Southside Business Men’s Club debate between House District 16 Republicans Jason Fischer and Dick Kravitz Wednesday. Fischer and Kravitz have, combined, more money than candidates in any other Northeast Florida House race, with over $300,000 between the two Republicans. Fischer has more on hand and a PAC to boot. Beyond that, […]

Scott PowersJune 30, 2016

Three Democrats running for Congress in Florida’s Orlando-based 10th Congressional District made it seem as if Val Demings is the presumed front-runner blessed by the establishment, and she fired back at a debate in Orlando Thursday with tales of her life and career as an Orlando police officer. The debate, held by the Tiger Bay Club […]

Scott PowersJune 30, 2016

Two months away from the Aug. 30 Democratic primary, the four candidates vying to run in the Democratically solid Florida’s 10th Congressional District meet face-to-face for the first time Thursday at the Tiger Bay Club of Central Florida’s debate. This was supposed to be former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings’ congressional seat. She was the […]

Scott PowersJune 7, 2016

Democrats Henry Lim and Clint Curtis made clear during a debate Tuesday night that House District 47 voters have a clear choice between someone not eager to compromise and someone who thinks its the best way for Democrats to be effective. The two paired off in the first of two debates focusing on education and […]

Sergio BustosJune 3, 2016

Several Republican U.S. Senate candidates squared off Thursday night in South Florida in hopes of catching fire in a nationally watched race in which none has risen above the pack. Each talked more about his experience rather than attacking the others. Yet they did share the same wish — seeing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, […]

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In Tampa, Alan Grayson addresses Black Lives Matter protest

State Attorney candidates tangle at Jacksonville Tiger Bay

Tim Canova attacks Debbie Wasserman Schultz again on her environmental record

Policing takes center stage at Democrats’ CD 10 debate

Tampa Bay Times sponsoring Charlie Crist vs. David Jolly debate

Jason Fischer, Dick Kravitz clash at HD 16 debate

Val Demings offers her life, career against calls for new blood in Washington

What separates Val Demings, Geraldine Thompson, Bob Poe, Fatima Rita Fahmy in CD 10 debate?

Democrats Henry Lim and Clint Curtis battle sharply in HD 47 debate

GOP Senate candidates square off at South Florida forum