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Scott PowersApril 21, 2016

Democrat Bill Phillips of Orlando has dropped out of the Orlando-based Congressional District 7 race. His departure from the race means there now are no Democrats running to take on Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica of Winter Park. Phillips suspended his campaign in February, calling for someone else to take his place. No one has, […]

Scott PowersApril 21, 2016

Darren Soto‘s Democratic colleagues in the Florida Senate are coming to his aid for his run for Congress in Orlando-based Congressional District 9 The Senate Democratic Caucus and almost all of its 14 members individually are endorsing Soto, a Florida senator from Orlando, his congressional campaign announced Thursday. “We’ve worked with Darren and know him as […]

Phil AmmannApril 20, 2016

Donald Trump appears to have only just realized that the GOP does not pick its nominee by a popular majority of votes. But Trump suffers from a common misunderstanding. After all, it seems only reasonable that a political party should pick its leading candidate by getting its membership to the polls, counting all their votes, […]

Scott PowersApril 18, 2016

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has won the endorsement of some of the most powerful unions in Florida — the teachers’ unions — for his run for Florida’s open U.S. Senate seat. The Florida Education Association, National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers all are supporting Murphy’s Democratic run, FEA President Joanne McCall announced at a […]

Scott PowersApril 17, 2016

Susannah Randolph raised $170,000 in the first quarter of 2016 for her Orlando-based Congressional 9 race, leaving her with more than $315,000 in the bank, her campaign reported. The Orlando Democrat’s campaign also claimed that the cash-in-hand total tops the crowded field in CD 9, though rival Democrat state Sen. Darren Soto of Orlando’s campaign […]

Scott PowersApril 13, 2016

Florida congressional candidate Val Demings has received the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas of California for her bid in Orlando-based Congressional District 10, her campaign announced Wednesday. “The decision was easy – Val Demings ran in 2012 in a much tougher district, nearly upsetting a well-funded incumbent, showing that she is willing to fight […]

Scott PowersApril 12, 2016

Dr. Dena Minning has raised more than $160,000 in the first quarter of her Congressional campaign in the Orlando-based Congressional District 9, her campaign announced Tuesday. Minning, a biomedical researcher who is engaged to marry the district’s incumbent, Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando, ends the quarter with more than $275,000 in the bank, […]

Scott PowersApril 11, 2016

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson raised more than $1 million in the first quarter of 2016 including a $200,000 loan from the candidate, his campaign announced Monday. Grayson’s campaign said the amount nearly doubled the take it had in the previous quarter, the last three months of 2015. The Orlando Democrat raised more […]

Scott PowersApril 11, 2016

Democrat Susannah Randolph may have picked up her biggest local endorsement yet Monday with the news that former Orange County Chairwoman Linda Chapin is backing her for the Orlando-based Congressional District 9. Chapin is a long-time figure in Orlando Democratic politics, an activist first elected to the Orange County Board of Commissioners in the 1980s. […]

Associated PressApril 10, 2016

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President Barack Obama praised Democratic lawmakers for having his back through some politically tough votes and encouraged supporters to help elect more of them in November. “A Democratic Congress is good for America,” he said Friday. Obama also criticized Senate Republicans for refusing to consider his Supreme Court nominee and said GOP presidential candidates Donald […]

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Democrat Bill Phillips drops from Congressional District 7 race

Florida Senate Democrats endorse colleague Darren Soto in CD 9

Michele Grant: If you’re seeking the nomination, you should know the rules

Teachers’ unions back Patrick Murphy in U.S. Senate race

Susannah Randolph reports raising $170K in first quarter for CD 9 race

Val Demings endorsed by California U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas

Dena Minning raises $160K in first quarter in her CD 9 run

Alan Grayson campaign raises more than $1 million in quarter, including his loan

Linda Chapin endorses Susannah Randolph in CD 9 race

Barack Obama says Democrats are good for American government