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Scott PowersJune 12, 2018

Democrat Matt Matin is withdrawing from the race for the House District 44 Democratic primary and has thrown his support behind activist Margaret Melanie Gold. “I feel like she’s for the same things I am for, and I think she’d be a great representative in Tallahassee,” Matin said on Tuesday. Matin’s exit leaves three Democrats […]

Scott PowersMay 24, 2018

Flanked by her successor in the Florida Senate, Democratic state Sen. Randolph Bracy, Republican former Orange County Commissioner Scott Boyd, and others, Democratic House candidate Geraldine Thompson vowed she’s the Democrat who can flip a district forever held by Republicans. Thompson, a state senator for four years and state representative for eight years in a […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2018

Democratic former state Sen. Geraldine Thompson is planning to roll out a bipartisan base of supporters next week following endorsements of her House District 44 campaign by fellow Democrats state Sen. Randolph Bracy and state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Republican former Orange County Commissioner Scott Boyd. Thompson’s campaign announced those and other endorsements Friday […]

Scott PowersMay 17, 2018

Republican state Rep. Bobby Olszewski has picked up the endorsement of the International Drive Resort Area Chamber of Commerce, the powerful Orlando tourism organization that also is in his district. Olszewski, who came to office in a special election last October, represents Florida House District 44 covering southwest Orange County, including most of the Orlando […]

Scott PowersApril 12, 2018

The House District 51 open seat race in Brevard County is heating up as Cocoa Mayor Henry Parrish posted his second big month of fundraising since entering the race in February. Parrish, a Republican, raised $12,012 in March, following up the $21,100 brought in during his debut month; he said it’s reflecting the revival the […]

Scott PowersApril 3, 2018

Two Florida House speaker designates, state Reps. Chris Sprowls and Paul Renner, are the headliners at an upcoming campaign fundraiser for Republican state Rep. Bobby Olszewski‘s House District 44 re-election campaign. Sprowls, the Palm Coast Republican who chairs the House Judicial Committee and is in line to become speaker in 2021, and Renner, the Palm […]

Scott PowersApril 2, 2018

The Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association’s Political Action Committee and Political Committee have both endorsed state Reps. Bobby Olszewski, and Rene Plasencia and Orange County Commissioner Victoria Siplin for re-elections. The CFHLA political committees’ board of directors declared the trio – Olszewski and Plasencia are Republicans, and Siplin a Democrat – to be “pro-hospitality […]

Scott PowersApril 2, 2018

Former state Sen. Geraldine Thompson filed for a chance to return to the Florida Legislature, entering the race for Florida’s House District 44 in southwest Orange County. Thompson, of Orlando, served four years in the Florida Senate, representing Senate District 12, and six in the Florida House, representing House District 39 before redistricting. She left the […]

Scott PowersNovember 3, 2017

Democrats are now lining up to run in Florida House District 44, a district that, for more than a decade, begged for Democratic candidates. Real estate agent and former urban planner Matt Matin of Winter Garden filed in late October to run there, and businessman Eddy Dominguez of Dr. Phillips said Thursday he has sent […]

Scott PowersOctober 10, 2017

Robert “Bobby O” Olszewski rode a grueling Republican primary campaign ending in August to a solid victory Tuesday to win the open seat for Florida’s 44th House District in a special election. Olszewski, of Winter Garden, won by a 56-44 margin over the Democrats late-entry replacement candidate, businessman Eddy Dominguez of Dr. Phillips, in the special […]

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Matt Matin withdraws from HD 44 race, endorses Melanie Gold

Geraldine Thompson says relationships she built would make difference in HD 44

Geraldine Thompson rolling out bipartisan backing in HD 44 race

Bobby Olszewski picks up I-Drive Chamber endorsement

Henry Parrish has second big fundraising month in HD 51 race

Chris Sprowls, Paul Renner to headline Bobby Olszewski fundraiser

Central Florida hoteliers endorse Bobby Olszewski, Rene Plasencia, Victoria Siplin

Geraldine Thompson is back, filing to run in HD 44

With Matt Matin entry, three Democrats now vying for HD 44

Bobby Olszewski wins HD 44 special election