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Ryan NicolSeptember 19, 2018

A new survey from Reuters/Ipsos/UVA Center for Politics shows Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum with a six-point lead over his Republican opponent, Ron DeSantis. The poll captured numbers in several competitive races nationwide. The results showed Gillum earning 50 percent of the vote, with DeSantis sitting at 44 percent. What should worry the GOP: That lead […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 18, 2018

Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone was his usual self in remarks to Trump Club 45 PBC Monday night, spouting several attention-grabbing comments to the audience of Trump die-hards. Stone dropped several eyebrow-raising one-liners (mostly in jest) during his speech at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, one of which concerned a prominent Florida contest. “You […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 17, 2018

St. Petersburg ranks among the top in the nation on integration policies affecting newcomers, including immigrants, according to a new national assessment of policies and socioeconomic outcomes, Mayor Rick Kriseman announced Monday. Immigrants in the St. Pete area pay $549.5 million in taxes every year, according to the inaugural New American Economy Cities Index. The […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 17, 2018

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is again denying a woman’s allegation he sexually assaulted her at a party three decades ago. The White House released a new statement Monday from the nominee in which he calls the claim “completely false.” Kavanaugh says he never did what the accuser describes “to her or anyone.” The woman, […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 16, 2018

State Senate President Bill Galvano, Majority Leader Wilton Simpson and Fort Myers Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto will be in Tampa next Friday to help four area Senate candidates boost their campaign accounts ahead of the November general election. The Sept. 17 event will be held in the Snowy Egret Room on the second floor of the […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 15, 2018

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said Friday that Democratic former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is “trying to pull a fast one” on voters by promising to be moderate if he’s elected to the Senate in a critical race. The Florida senator made the comments to reporters Friday after attending a Tennessee campaign roundtable with Hispanic […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 15, 2018

With the Republican nomination fight for Governor behind him and having officially resigned from his U.S. House seat, former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis will travel Florida in a series of campaign stops today. DeSantis will start his Saturday in Casselberry at the Seminole County Victory HQ at 10 a.m. Then he heads to the Hispanic […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 14, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is out with a new Spanish-language ad seeking to separate himself from President Donald Trump and promising commitment to voters over the president. The ad, titled “Compromiso,” features Scott addressing viewers in Spanish about his promise to put voters ahead of partisan politics. “When I don’t agree with what President Trump does or […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 14, 2018

The primaries are now well behind us. The parties have unified. Ops for losing candidates have moved into other campaigns (or endeavors). If you pay attention, there is — at times — a crispness in the morning air. And while that coolness may be fleeting, it’s an augury of the inevitable march of time. The […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2018

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President Donald Trump has responded Thursday morning to mounting reports of high death tolls in Puerto Rico in the wake of last year’s Hurricanes Irma and Maria, contending in tweets that 3,000 did not die as a result, and such reports are the result of Democrats trying to make him look bad. “3000 people did […]

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Andrew Gillum leading Ron DeSantis for Governor, latest poll says

Bill Nelson ‘died three years ago,’ Roger Stone quips to Palm Beach Trump supporters

St. Pete among tops in nation as immigrant-friendly

Brett Kavanaugh again denies woman’s assault claim

Top Senate Republicans raising cash for Tampa Bay candidates on Monday

Marco Rubio: Bredesen tries to ‘pull a fast one’ in Dem Senate bid

Ron DeSantis to campaign in Central Florida on Saturday

Rick Scott distances himself from Donald Trump in new Spanish-language ad

Jacksonville Bold for 9.14.18 — Time marches on

Donald Trump: Puerto Rican deaths fake news; Darren Soto: Trump dancing on graves