Noah PranskyMay 31, 2019
13min713
Kennedy, Romney, Foley, Bachmann among campaigns caught-up in crack-down
Tag: Federal Elections CommissionCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Noah PranskyMay 31, 2019
A.G. GancarskiMay 9, 2019
3min461
There are questions about credit card spending and "petty cash."
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 1, 2019
4min565
The freshman lawmaker did not repay those loans within his own self-imposed deadline.
Drew WilsonJanuary 3, 2019
4min478
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 […]
Jacob OglesDecember 3, 2018
6min834
Former congressional candidate Neil Combee didn’t know what hit him in the final days of the Republican primary in Florida’s 15th Congressional District. He’d outraised his opponent — by enough, he thought, he could keep money in the bank for the general election. Then came the barrage of attack mailers. “We didn’t know what was […]
Scott PowersOctober 2, 2018
6min351
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 WilsonAugust 24, 2018
7min446
In the twilight hours of the Republican primary for Florida’s 15th Congressional District, former state Rep. Neil Combee has accused his chief rival in the five-way race of a serious crime: Buying votes. In a press release issued by Combee’s campaign Friday, the Auburndale Republican condemned the campaign of Dover state Rep. Ross Spano for […]
Drew WilsonJuly 26, 2018
6min705
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
6min302
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
5min369
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 […]