Tag: Election 2018

Jacob OglesDecember 5, 2018
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Add Republican Danny Kushmer to the list of former opponents now questioning U.S. Rep.-elect Ross Spano’s credibility in the wake of an admission he violated campaign finance laws. Kushmer, one of five candidates who ran in the Republican primary in Florida’s 15th Congressional District, endorsed Spano after losing the party nomination to the Dover pol. But that […]

Jim RosicaDecember 4, 2018
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Updated noon Tuesday: The judge dismissed the case. Original post: A write-in candidate for Governor who got six votes statewide in November is now challenging Republican Ron DeSantis‘ election. Palm Beach Circuit Judge Meenu Sasser set an emergency hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a complaint, apparently handwritten in black marker, from Piotr Blass, […]

Ryan NicolNovember 19, 2018
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Republican candidate Matt Caldwell on Monday conceded the race for Agriculture Commissioner to Democratic opponent Nikki Fried. Caldwell was the last of three trailing statewide candidates to concede after recounts in their respective races were completed Sunday. In a statement, Caldwell — most recently a North Fort Myers state representative — says he’s giving up his […]

Jim RosicaNovember 15, 2018
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The Rick Scott for Senate campaign is calling on incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson “to demand the immediate resignation” of Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo. Jackie Schutz Zeckman, Scott’s campaign manager, sent an email to news media Thursday. “News reports yesterday and today revealed that the Florida Democrat Party (sic) engaged in an illegal scheme to alter election forms and […]

Jim RosicaNovember 15, 2018
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Updated Thursday — Judge Walker has ordered Florida elections officials to allow “voters who have been belatedly notified they have submitted a mismatched-signature ballot” to fix them by 5 p.m. Saturday. Click here to read more about the order. Wednesday’s story is below. The full 34-page order is at the bottom of this article. __ […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2018
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During the campaign battle against Sen. Bill Nelson, Gov. Rick Scott‘s operation routinely chided the third-term Democratic incumbent for being “confused” or otherwise detached from what’s going on. Remarkably, just two days after accusing the Nelson campaign of “fraud” on Fox News Sunday, Scott’s campaign is pivoting to a new message for Tuesday: The Senator is barely […]


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