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Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2016

The conservative watchdog group Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust has filed an ethics complaint against Democrat Stephanie Murphy, nominee in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, for failing to file her personal financial disclosure statement in time for the deadline. The group filed the complaint with the U.S. House Committee on Ethics Thursday, requesting an investigation. […]

Larry GriffinSeptember 22, 2016

Republican Party of Florida Chair Blaise Ingoglia is energized for the final month of the election. Two significant parts of the RPOF’s final push before election’s end, he told FloridaPolitics.com, will be winning the Hispanic vote statewide, especially from new immigrants, and taking the I-4 Corridor in Orange County, traditionally a hugely important win in every election. The […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy is debuting her first television commercial in the Winter Park-based Florida’s 7th Congressional District, highlighting her family’s past and her defense analysis work. The commercial, which begins airing Tuesday, opens by explaining how her family escaped communist Vietnam as part of the historic “boat people” flotilla while she was a baby […]

Scott PowersSeptember 8, 2016

Democratic nominee Fred Marra has opened up his campaign by going after his opponent on the fracking front in the House District 29 race. Marra, who spearheaded an anti-fracking petition drive in 2013, released a statement Thursday denouncing his Republican opponent, incumbent state Rep. Scott Plakon, for voting in favor of a fracking bill in […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2016

What if you were playing Marco Polo and the other kid snuck away and disappeared? U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is hitting U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for his record of not being there in the first U.S. Senate campaign TV commercial of the fall season. The 30-second spot, “Polo,” is almost equal parts criticism of Republican Rubio for […]

Larry GriffinAugust 25, 2016

At the Senate District 11 Democratic debate Wednesday night, held by the League of Women Voters, only three candidates showed up, and an hour of questions from moderator Karen Castor Dentel had them mostly agreeing on liberal policies and ideals, only differing in exactly what areas they would focus on in applying them. For an […]

Michael MolineAugust 23, 2016

There was a conspicuous absence during a debate Tuesday between the candidates for Congress in Florida’s second district — Republican Mary Thomas pulled out just minutes before the festivities were to begin. The two remaining Republicans, Panama City urologist Neal Dunn and attorney Ken Sukhia, were left to compete for the mantle of the true […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2016

More than 300 candidates are running for the 160 seats in the Florida House and Senate. And, try as we will, FloridaPolitics.com won’t be able to interview all of them. So we are asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are and […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2016

Ahead in the polls, dominating electoral map projections and now weeks past her FBI investigation announcement debacle, Hillary Clinton put on a happy face in Kissimmee seeking to contrast her optimistic outlook with Republican Donald Trump‘s angry warnings of America in decline. “It’s a choice between two different views of who we are as Americans and the […]

Guest AuthorJuly 30, 2016

Supervisor of elections offices have been inundated with voters switching from Democrat, Independent and NPA (no party affiliation) to Republican. Is there a conservative wave taking over Northeast Florida? Not quite. Two of the most important races in Northeast Florida include the race for State Attorney and Public Defender for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, which […]

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Conservative watchdog group files ethics complaint against Stephanie Murphy in CD 7

Blaise Ingoglia talks winning Hispanic vote, I-4 Corridor in last month of election

Stephanie Murphy TV spot in CD 7 introduces her past

Fred Marra’s opening salvo condemns fracking in HD 29 race

Patrick Murphy ‘Marco Polo’ ad hits Marco Rubio’s attendance

At SD 11 debate, Democratic candidates outline plans to advance liberal policies

Mary Thomas bails on CD 2 debate in Tallahassee

Meet Linda Stewart, Democrat running for Senate District 13

In Central Florida, Happy-Face Hillary Clinton seeks contrast with Donald Trump

Leslie Jean-Bart: Conservative wave in NE Florida? Not quite.