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Scott PowersAugust 21, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum announced he’s heading back to campus, with an 12-school “back to school” tour of college campuses and one high school, starting Tuesday. Gillum, mayor of Tallahassee, is starting his tour at his alma mater, Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, on Tuesday. From there he intends to visit the University of […]

Scott PowersAugust 18, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is calling for an independent investigation after CNN report Friday alleging the Florida Department of Health used faulty processes and political motives to kick 13,000 chronically sick children out of the state’s Children’s Medical Services program. “I’m calling for an independent investigation into the Florida Department of Health and the […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2017

Democrat Paul Chandler has fired the opening salvo in the special election campaign for Florida’s House District 44, tying newly-nominated Republican candidate Bobby Olszewski to President Donald Trump. “Let me be clear. A vote for Bobby Olszewski is a vote to bring Donald Trump style politics to Orange County,” Chandler stated Thursday in a news […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2017

Democratic congressional candidate Mary Barzee Flores‘ strong statements about Nazis, white supremacists, President Donald Trump, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions brought in ugly responses Wednesday filled with profanity and wishes that she would die. And that, her campaign is quickly turning into a fundraising pitch. The former circuit court judge and federal public defender from Miami […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King has picked up the endorsement of the mayor of Eatonville, Florida’s oldest town incorporated as an African-American city. Eatonville Mayor Eddie Cole‘s endorsement is a double triumph for King, one of his first from elected officials, and a leader in the Orlando-area’s black community. Eatonville, incorporated in 1887, is just […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2017

Democratic Florida House candidate Anna Eskamani‘s fundraiser drew more than 200 people and raised more than $10,000 Tuesday night, her campaign announced Wednesday. Eskamani is running in House District 47, a swing district covering Winter Park and north and central Orlando and Orange County. She and Republican Stockton Reeves, a Winter Park businessman and longtime […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2017

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced it is endorsing Democrat Gwen Graham for governor, her campaign announced Tuesday. “With 39 lodges across the state of Florida, you’ll find our union members working in manufacturing and aerospace from Pensacola to Miami,” Frank Ortis, president of the Florida State Council of Machinists, stated in […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King called Tuesday for the removal of all Confederate memorials in Florida. Taking to Facebook, King posted, “It’s time to remove all the Confederate monuments in Florida. These monuments should be removed because we should not celebrate literal anti-American ideology or any ideology based on the oppression of any group of […]

Scott PowersAugust 10, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham pledged Thursday to a number of educators and parents concerned about public education that she would make public education her top priority. While meeting with a roundtable of teachers, former teachers, public education advocates, and parents in an Orlando restaurant Thursday, Graham blasted Republican efforts to promote charter schools, which […]

Scott PowersAugust 10, 2017

Describing the potential for legal chaos and a “sore loser” from Tuesday’s Republican primary to seek to invalidate next Tuesday’s primary, Republican House District 44 candidate John Newstreet sought Thursday to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to disqualify the only Democrat running, Paul Chandler. Newstreet filed a motion with Florida’s 2nd Judicial Circuit Court […]

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Andrew Gillum touring college campuses

CNN reports political favors led to 13K kids losing coverage; Chris King calls for probe

Paul Chandler ties Bobby Olszewski to Donald Trump in HD 44 race

Mary Barzee Flores turns backlash hate talk into fundraising

Chris King gets backing of Eatonville Mayor Eddie Cole

Anna Eskamani event draws 200, raises $10,000 in HD 47 race

Aerospace workers’ union endorses Gwen Graham

Chris King calls for removal of all Confederate monuments

Gwen Graham pledges public education as her priority, blasts Richard Corcoran

John Newstreet urges court to consider potential for nullified votes if Paul Chandler is disqualified