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Drew WilsonJanuary 3, 2019
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The further out from Election Day, the more valid U.S. Rep.-elect Ross Spano‘s excuses seem. But the hits keep coming. Shortly after he defeated Democratic opponent Kristen Carlson in the race for Florida’s 15 Congressional District, it was revealed he funded his campaign with loans from a pair of his supporters. The Dover Republican blamed the […]

Scott PowersOctober 2, 2018
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Outside spending has exceeded $25 million already in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, with Democratic groups behind U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson outspending Republican groups behind Gov. Rick Scott by a margin of three dollars to two so far. According to the latest outside expenditure reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission, covering campaign expenses running through last […]

Drew WilsonJuly 26, 2018
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A Washington-based ethics group says there’s something rotten with a political committee supporting Gov. Rick Scott’s bid for U.S. Senate. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, or FACT, said a “scam PAC” known as Keeping America in Republican Control has touted raising more than $1.5 million to influence elections but it hasn’t filed the […]

Bill RuftyJune 13, 2018
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Ray Pena, of Lakeland, is running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for Florida’s 15th Congressional District as the first Hispanic-American to seek the district located in portions of Hillsborough, Polk and Lake counties. He is doing it the old-fashioned way, handshaking every person he meets and appearing at all public candidate meetings. He enumerates the issues […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 11, 2018
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Gov. Rick Scott, a newly-minted candidate for Senate, faces his first Federal Elections Commission complaint a day after his campaign launch. In comments Wednesday in Jacksonville, Scott disclaimed responsibility for the issue when we asked him if he had used the New Republican PAC, a federal Super PAC, to skirt campaign finance laws by fundraising without formally […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2018
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On Wednesday, the congressional campaign of state Rep. Fred Costello was dinged with an amended Federal Elections Commission complaint. Costello maintains the complaint is “without merit” and should be thrown out. Costello, an Ormond Beach Republican, is vying to replace U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis in the district that runs from St. Johns to Volusia Counties. The original […]


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