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Scott PowersSeptember 17, 2018

Eight outside political committees and groups provided almost $1.2 million support to U.S. Rep. Darren Soto‘s defeat of his predecessor former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson in the Aug. 28 Democratic primary for Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Apparently highlighting the outside help for Soto was the George Soros–backed Latino Victory Fund, which claimed on primary day that […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2018

Democrat Pam Dirschka is calling out her opponent, Republican state Rep. Rene Plasencia, for not committing to a candidates’ forum Monday and charging that he’s been avoiding face-to-face encounters with her. Plasencia insisted he’s ready, but appropriate forums haven’t happened yet. “He’s a no-show,” Dirschka said Thursday. “I want a forum that is inside our district, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2018

The Republican Governors Association is entering the Florida election with a television commercial debuting Wednesday that declares that Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum is so far out there, “he’s on another planet.” The new 30-second spot, “Too Far,” outlines Gillum’s positions favoring universal health care, a tax increase on corporations to pay for expanded education funding, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2018

Democratic Florida House candidate Anna Eskamani is launching a social-media campaign video telling the story of her mother, an Iranian immigrant who pursued the American dream and laid the foundation for her daughter’s values, before dying young. The two-minute, 11-second video, “My Mother’s Name Is Nasrin” is produced to be both inspiring and heartbreaking, while […]

Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018

In the past week or so, President Donald Trump‘s presence in statewide Florida Republican election politics may have all but vanished, leading Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Monday to essentially say that his opponent Gov. Rick Scott might run but can’t hide from his past with Trump. “My opponent is acting as if Trump […]

Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018

The Communications Workers of America Local 3108 is endorsing Democrat Anna Eskamani in the Florida House District 47 race, her campaign announced Monday. The labor union represents telecommunications and information technology, the airline industry, news media, broadcast and cable television, education, health care and public service, law enforcement, manufacturing, and other fields. “The hard-working men and women […]

Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018

Voters who support Florida’s medical marijuana law and especially those who support further legalization of marijuana appear to be lifting Nikki Fried into the lead in the Florida Agriculture Commissioner’s race, according to a new poll. Fried, the Democrat, leads among all voters surveyed last week by St. Pete Polls, getting 47 percent of the support of […]

Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy is launching a pair of internet videos, one in Spanish, one in English, touting her personal story of an immigrant pursuing the American dream and saying she’s fighting for others to have the same fair shot. Murphy, the first-term congresswoman from Winter Park, came to America with her family after […]

Scott PowersSeptember 5, 2018

The House District 47 race just went hard-core ugly with a reported third-party push poll call that has both the apparent target, Democrat Anna Eskamani, and the perceived beneficiary, Republican Stockton Reeves, expressing outrage Wednesday. A pollster in a live-interview telephone call Tuesday night asked if the recipient’s views of Eskamani would change, “if you […]

Scott PowersSeptember 4, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum‘s first television commercial of the general election campaign reminds everyone what “a shocker” his primary victory may have been, but he prefers to call it, “the American way.” Gillum’s 30-second ad,”American Way” is being launched Wednesday on both television and the internet. With video following Gillum and his family to […]

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Outside groups spent $1.2 million to help Darren Soto defeat Alan Grayson

Pam Dirschka calls out Rene Plasencia over skipping HD 50 forum

Republican governors ad pegs Andrew Gillum as ‘way out there’

Anna Eskamani campaign video pays tribute to her inspiration, her mother

Bill Nelson: Rick Scott ‘is a creature of Trump’

Communications workers’ union backs Anna Eskamani

Poll: Marijuana legalization support helps Nikki Fried’s Ag. Commish bid

Stephanie Murphy ad touts immigrants’ shot at the American dream

HD 47 push poll question on Iran has both Anna Eskamani and Stockton Reeves incensed

First Andrew Gillum ad of the general: recapping ‘a shocker’ as ‘American way’