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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 22, 2016

Jason Pizzo is out with his first advertisement, pledging to fight for commonsense gun legislation if elected. “While gun violence continues to rip our communities apart, typical politicians do nothing,” the Miami-Dade Democrat says in his first television advertisement. “I’m running to change that.” He continues: “As a former state prosecutor, I took on criminals […]

Peter SchorschJuly 6, 2016

There are more than 300 candidates 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 […]

Peter SchorschJune 14, 2016

More shake-ups in South Florida’s legislative races may be coming down the pike. According to a top South Florida Democratic political consultant, Andrew Korge may jump into the Senate District 40 race. That decision would set up a three-way Democratic primary between Korge, Dwight Bullard, and Ana Rivas Logan. Korge is currently running in Senate […]

Drew WilsonJune 10, 2016

Longtime Democratic Sen. Gwen Margolis’ exit from Senate District 38 race Thursday was a game changer, but the contest’s newest entrant upped the ante with a six-figure loan to his campaign. North Miami Beach attorney Jason Pizzo was only in the race for the last week of May but kicked off his campaign with a […]

Tag: Don Festge

Jason Pizzo releases first SD 38 ad

Meet Don Festge, Democrat running for Florida Senate District 38

The latest musical chairs in play in South Florida’s legislative races

Miami Beach Democratic attorney jumps to SD 38 lead with six-figure loan