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Scott PowersFebruary 7, 2018

For years, Tallahassee has been talking about strengthening ethics rules for City Hall; for months the city has been formally considering specific recommendations; and for weeks the City Commission has been waiting to vote on a proposed ordinance, all while FBI agents have been snooping around on an alleged municipal corruption case. So when the […]

Scott PowersDecember 28, 2017

A new poll from Gravis Marketing finds that if Orlando lawyer John Morgan gets into the Florida Governor’s race as an independent candidate, he could spoil the chances of Democrats, and might present the strongest independent challenge in memory. The poll finds that, in head-to-head matchups, leading Republican candidate Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam runs […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016

State Rep. Victor Torres has held off a challenge from a Kissimmee businessman to win the Democratic primary for Florida’s Senate District 15. “The people did it,” Torres said Tuesday night. “They came out to vote. Big numbers. I am most heartily grateful to them [especially] with this weather.” A retired police detective and bus […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 30, 2016

The Corrine Brown era is over in Congressional District 5. Brown won two counties: Duval and Columbia. Lawson won everywhere else. Former State Sen. Al Lawson defeated the 12-term incumbent and L.J. Holloway on Tuesday, with a margin of 47 percent to 40 percent. This seemed to be a race that could go either way, with the […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016

Florida’s Democrats Tuesday picked U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy’s youth, moderate politics and well-oiled campaign machine to battle with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat this fall. Murphy, 33, of Palm Beach Gardens, crushed U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando and lawyer Pam Keith of Miami in what had been a cutthroat primary […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016

If there is vindication in politics, Val Demings is enjoying it Tuesday night, though she would never acknowledge it. The former Orlando Police chief, dubbed years ago as the next big rising star in Central Florida Democratic politics, handily won the Democratic primary to be the nominee in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. “I am so humbled […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 24, 2016

The House District 13 Democratic primary between Tracie Davis and incumbent Reggie Fullwood looks poised to go down to the wire. Fullwood has the advantage of incumbency. Davis, meanwhile, was endorsed by the Florida Times-Union. Davis has the advantage of powerful allies, as a star-studded group of supporters on the host committee for a Tuesday evening fundraiser makes clear. […]

Mitch PerryAugust 9, 2016

A spokesman for South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Tim Canova’s complaint with the Federal Election Commission has no merit. On Monday, Canova, the Democrat challenging Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District in this month’s Primary Election, filed a complaint with the FEC, alleging Wasserman Schultz illegally utilized the resources with the Democratic National […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 29, 2016

The Senate District 19 race is wide open, with no clear front-runner emerging just weeks ahead of the Democratic primary. A new survey by St. Pete Polls — commissioned by FloridaPolitics.com — found 26 percent of likely Democratic primary voters said they would vote for Ed Narain if the primary were held today. Nearly 23 percent picked […]

Scott PowersJuly 5, 2016

Democrat Dena Grayson is airing her first television commercial of the 2016 campaign in the Orlando-based Florida’s Congressional District 9 race, emphasizing both her work as a doctor and as a pharmaceutical researcher. However, Dr. Grayson, of Windermere, never has been licensed to practice medicine in any state, though she does have a medical doctorate and […]

Tag: Democratic primary

Andrew Gillum’s absence during ethics vote explained as, um, natural

Poll finds an independent John Morgan as spoiler, even contender, in Governor’s race

Victor Torres cruises to victory in SD 15 Democratic primary

Al Lawson wins CD 5 primary; Corrine Brown’s era is over

Patrick Murphy easily wins Democratic nod for U.S. Senate race

Val Demings earning big CD 10 Democratic primary victory, vindication

Tracie Davis makes strong play to unseat Reggie Fullwood in House District 13

Debbie Wasserman Schultz campaign responds to Tim Canova’s FEC complaint

Poll: No clear front-runner in Senate District 19 race

Dena Grayson out with TV ad in CD 9 race, pushing her medical experience