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Scott PowersJune 22, 2018

Republican state Sens. Dennis Baxley, Dorothy Hukill, and Kelli Stargel all managed to avoid Republican primaries as they seek re-elections in their Central Florida districts this fall. With qualifying for the ballot closed at noon and nearly all the elections officially updated to final status, Baxley of Ocala, whose Senate District 12 covers Lake County and […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2018

The Orange County Democratic Party has canceled efforts to have a gubernatorial debate in Orlando next Tuesday because Philip Levine and Gwen Graham would not agree to participate. Orange County Democratic Chair Wes Hodge expressed regret over the last-week cancellation he announced Friday and that voters in Orange County “will not have the opportunity to hear from […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2018

There will be no primaries in the Orange County Sheriff’s election this year as only one partisan candidate, Darryl Sheppard, qualified for the ballot while Jose “Joe” Lopez switched to run as an independent. Another Democrat also failed to qualify. Consequently, Orlando Police Chief John Mina, already running as an independent candidate, will face Lopez […]

Scott PowersJune 21, 2018

A new poll from RABA Research is finding similar results from one disclosed earlier this week that the Florida Democratic primary race for the governor’s election is close to a dead heat between former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham. The poll, using random digit dialing and excluding cell phones, surveyed of […]

Scott PowersJune 19, 2018

A new poll produced by the research organization Let’s Preserve the American Dream finds the Democratic gubernatorial race tight between Philip Levine and Gwen Graham, with newcomer Jeff Greene having a lot of ground to make up. The poll was privately circulated June 12 by Ryan Tyson, vice president of political operations for the Associated Industries of Florida. Tyson […]

Scott PowersJune 18, 2018

A new Quinnipiac University poll finds Republican voters strongly back the immigrant children separation issue, while every other political persuasion and demographic group in the survey oppose it. The poll, released Monday afternoon, states that Republican voters, by 55-35 percent, support the policy of President Donald Trump of prosecuting parents immediately even if it means […]

Scott PowersJune 15, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is launching a new Spanish-language television commercial Friday in Orlando and Miami highlighting his commitments to public education in Florida. The 30-second spot, “Escuela,” [“School,”] shows shots in a classroom and Levine visiting with students as a narrator talks about Florida public schools being underfunded and teachers underpaid, and about […]

Ryan NicolJune 7, 2018

To hear Newt Gingrich tell it, America has a bright future just on the horizon, full of technological advances we never thought possible … if it wasn’t for those darn leftists. That was the brunt of his message Thursday as the former House Speaker spoke at the Palm Beach Republican Club during a luncheon at […]

Danny McAuliffeJune 7, 2018

If elections were decided by football fans, then supporters of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be targeted heavily by Republicans and could be one of just a few team bases to elect someone other than a Democrat. According to a survey distributed by FiveThirtyEight, a data-focused site headed by Nate Silver specializing in content on […]

Scott PowersJune 6, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham has launched her first television commercial in the Tampa and Orlando markets, a spot that introduces her as a mom, PTA president, daughter of Bob Graham, and someone who seeks to take back Tallahassee from Republicans. The 30-second spot “Service” begins with collages of Graham’s life with her children and […]

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Dennis Baxley, Dorothy Hukill and Kelli Stargel avoid primaries in Central Florida state Senate runs

Orlando Democratic guberatorial debate canceled

Orange County Sheriff election set for November with three candidates

Poll: Philip Levine and Gwen Graham tight, Chris King in third

Philip Levine, Gwen Graham close in new poll

Q Poll: Republicans support separating immigrant children; no other group does

Philip Levine launches Spanish ad on schools in Orlando, Miami

Newt Gingrich talks culture wars in Palm Beach speech

It’s a Bucs life? Tampa Bay football is a Republican stronghold

Gwen Graham’s first TV spot: PTA mom, Bob Graham’s daughter, end Republican rule