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Guest AuthorSeptember 13, 2018

Politics in America has become quite the spectacle recently. Florida, of course, has never been known for boring elections. Consider our last gubernatorial election, where former Republican Governor Charlie Crist ran as a Democrat against Republican Rick Scott, a millionaire who oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the history of Florida (and is currently running […]

Danny McAuliffeSeptember 13, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s reelection campaign released two television ads Wednesday evening. One, titled “Amigo,” is a Spanish-language spot that claims President Donald Trump and Nelson’s Republican challenger, Gov. Rick Scott, are just that: amigos. Translated from Spanish, the opening lines of the 30-second ad: “Tell me who you hang out with, and I will […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2018

A progressive group is touting the results of a Florida poll it commissioned as a warning to Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to not vote to confirm President Donald Trump‘s U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The poll by YouGov Blue on behalf of Demand Justice suggests that politically, for the upcoming Nov. 6 election, […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 10, 2018

If you believe the conventional wisdom of the Florida Governor’s race, voters have a stark choice between a Bernie Sanders Democrat and a Donald Trump Republican. Andrew Gillum, who recently chose his primary opponent Chris King as his running mate, is indeed running against Republican Congressman and presidential acolyte, Ron DeSantis, with Jeanette Nunez for […]

Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018

In the past week or so, President Donald Trump‘s presence in statewide Florida Republican election politics may have all but vanished, leading Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Monday to essentially say that his opponent Gov. Rick Scott might run but can’t hide from his past with Trump. “My opponent is acting as if Trump […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 10, 2018

Let’s give Andrew Gillum the benefit of the doubt. When he says that the FBI told him he is not the target of an investigation into the city of Tallahassee, it’s pretty easy to believe him because, from the surface level, it appears City Commissioner Scott Maddox is the politician with the crosshairs trained on […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 10, 2018

Florida’s primary elections had some shockers, none more so than the surprise win of Andrew Gillum in the Democratic primary for Governor. Further down the ticket, in the Republican primary for Escambia County’s state House District 1, there was another big upset: Former state Rep. Mike Hill’s 3-point victory over rising GOP star Rebekah Bydlak. […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 9, 2018

Andrew Gillum, Democratic candidate for governor, told an Orlando crowd Saturday that President Donald Trump fearfully avoids him on social media. “The president is real savvy on his Twitter feed. He tends to talk about me in Montana and other places,” Gillum said. “But he’s unfortunately a little cowardly. He won’t @ me, y’all.” Indeed, the […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 8, 2018

Over a week after saying that electing Andrew Gillum governor would “monkey this up,” Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis is still defending his choice of words even on friendly media outlets. Saturday saw the Congressman from Marineland on Fox News Channel with Neil Cavuto, when the longtime host asked DeSantis if he regretted using a turn of phrase […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 7, 2018

The Florida Democratic Party has a message for general election voters: reject “Russian” Ron DeSantis in the Governor’s race. The FDP’s rationale: what they call DeSantis’ “unhinged defense of Donald Trump, the most corrupt and ethically challenged President in American history.” “Ron DeSantis is one of the chief defenders of the most corrupt President in American […]

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