Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 7, 2016

12241334_1190912410923968_1377029902184960887_n-1024x1024.jpg

St. Johns County Republican state Rep. Cyndi Stevenson said Thursday she’s withdrawn her support for Eric Eisnaugle in the 2020-2022 Speaker race, throwing more doubt on Eisnaugle’s chances of one day leading the Florida House. “I informed Eric Eisnaugle that I was formally withdrawing my support of his 2020 candidacy for Speaker. My initial support was […]

Jim RosicaDecember 30, 2015

Julie Jones: The head of the embattled state Department of Corrections has been making headlines since her appointment this January, and 2016 promises a no less busy year. Reports of inmate deaths and abuses and criminal activity behind bars have been unfortunate staples of prisons coverage. Earlier this year, Republican state Sen. Greg Evers grew so concerned […]

Peter SchorschDecember 9, 2015

Shawn Harrison wants to make it clear that he still very much likes Eric Eisnaugle, his colleague in the Florida House. What Harrison did last week was business, not personal. But with his decision to shift his support from Eisnaugle to Pinellas Republican Chris Sprowls, Harrison has changed the narrative about who will be Speaker of […]

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2015

Though not quite as protracted (and definitely not as written about), another leadership battle in the Legislature seems to have settled after days of arm-twisting, pledge-wrangling and nose-counting. State Representative Chris Sprowls, a Palm Harbor Republican, reportedly has swayed enough defectors from fellow Rep. Eric Eisnaugle, an Orlando Republican, to make Sprowls the likely Speaker of the Florida House of […]

Drew WilsonNovember 12, 2015

Republican Rep. Eric Eisnaugle’s only challenger dropped out of the House District 44 race this week, setting up an easy re-election campaign for the Orlando lawmaker. Democrat Scott Cox filed for the Orange County House seat in May, though his campaign never showed any signs of life. The 19-year-old Valencia College student posted waivers in […]

Frank TorresSeptember 29, 2015

Orlando state Rep. Eric Eisnaugle released a memo Tuesday morning outlining his plan to decentralize power in the Florida House of Representatives. Eisnaugle is currently slated to become the House Speaker in 2020, and the report comes after months of tension between house members regarding how future speakers are selected. The proposal identifies the amount of […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2015

Rep. Eric Eisnaugle put pen to paper this weekend and wrote a scathing op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel calling for an end to “autocracy” in the state House’s internal affairs. Citing a regime of strictly enforced loyalty and near-universal deference to leadership – which he described as a “pyramid of power” – Eisnaugle blasted the House’s prevailing culture in his hometown paper’s Sunday […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2015

Stamping out speculation that began months ago, Republican Party of Florida Chairman Blaise Ingoglia today told a group of party members at the conclusion of this weekend’s summer quarterly meeting in Tampa that he has never offered himself as a future Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, not does he intend to anytime soon. “Let me […]

Frank TorresAugust 28, 2015

Much like preparing for a hurricane, Orange County Republicans are looking for some shelter from an upcoming storm. And it’s not Tropical Storm Erika that has the GOP worried. In a unanimous vote Thursday evening, the Orange County Republican Executive Committee approved a group of three stand-alone campaign finance accounts, which would protect them from […]

Peter SchorschAugust 21, 2015

Thursday was a another wild one in the Legislature, and particularly for the Senate, who seemed for a moment to have adopted a “not one damn” comma approach to their tweaks to the congressional “base map” drawn by staff earlier this month. Just hours before, a story by Mary Ellen Klas again stoked the fires of […]

Tag: Eric Eisnaugle

Cyndi Stevenson withdraws support for Eric Eisnaugle in 2020 Speaker race

Jim Rosica’s 5 people to watch in state government in 2016

Shawn Harrison says Eric Eisnaugle’s plan to rely on votes from future classes to win Speakership is why he flipped to Chris Sprowls

As Shawn Harrison switches allegiances, Chris Sprowls now has majority of class in House Speaker’s race

Eric Eisnaugle opponent drops out of HD 44, setting up easy re-election

Eric Eisnaugle drafts plan to decentralize power in the house

Eric Eisnaugle pens op-ed blasting “pyramid of power” in the state House

Blaise Ingoglia denies rumors that he is plotting to become House Speaker

Orange County GOP approves finance accounts to shelter from House Speaker storm

Don’t go roping Will Weatherford into the Florida Senate’s mess, Andy Gardiner