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Peter SchorschNovember 26, 2018

Florida Democrats may not have gotten everything they wanted, but they still walked away with some noteworthy wins in the 2018 election. The most important among them: Nikki Fried scoring a narrow victory over former state Rep. Matt Caldwell in Agriculture Commissioner race. The former lobbyist was down by a handful of votes on Election […]

Jim RosicaNovember 15, 2018

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 […]

Staff ReportsNovember 14, 2018

Federal prosecutors are examining date changes on “cure affidavits,” forms used to change information on ballots lacking such. The Department of State, reports POLITICO Florida, has “concerns” that instructions put forth in four counties said these cure affidavits could be returned by 5 p.m. Thursday. The law requires that these be handled by Monday before the […]

Peter SchorschNovember 12, 2018

Last Tuesday’s election results reinforced a political reality many Floridians have had trouble getting their heads around: The Sunshine State is a red state, not a purple one. It’s been twenty years since Jeb Bush defeated the hapless Buddy McKay as part of the GOP winning the trifecta in state government: control of the Governor’s […]

Ryan NicolNovember 8, 2018

With multiple statewide races likely headed for a recount, the Florida Democratic Party (FDP) is all hands on deck attempting to track down volunteers to help with recount efforts. Thursday is the deadline for those who cast provisional ballots to provide evidence that those ballots are valid. Voters who cast such ballots have until 5 […]

Scott PowersNovember 6, 2018

Younger voters and voters of color have turned out in much greater numbers through early voting this year than in 2014, the Florida Democratic Party is reporting Tuesday morning. The party released data tables Tuesday that also show white voters and older voters, key to the Republican base, are trending behind the levels seen in […]

Ryan NicolNovember 1, 2018

Republican Maria Elvira Salazar appears to be playing to both side of the controversy surrounding Donald Trump‘s proposal to end birthright citizenship via an Executive Order. Salazar is competing with Donna Shalala in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Trump claimed Tuesday that he was reviewing whether to use an EO to revoke birthright citizenship as a […]

Ryan NicolOctober 30, 2018

Republican Anthony Rodriguez, a candidate in House District 118 and owner of Florida Advanced Properties, is being accused of neglect and mismanagement by two residents at a residential property in Kendall managed by his company. Those allegations come in the form of a new digital ad from the Florida Democratic Party (FDP), featuring those allegations. Rodriguez […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2018

Most voters with any degree of sentience know by now that Ron DeSantis is President Donald Trump‘s preferred candidate for Governor. But if they are somehow unaware, the Florida Democratic Party offered a refresher Tuesday, with a new ad (“Apprentice”), designed to spotlight “DeSantis’ “destructive” and Trumpian campaign for Governor.” “Ron DeSantis is running one of the […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 13, 2018

More than 200,000 Floridians have cast their ballots via mail, according to the state Division of Elections website. And with less than a month until Election Day, Republican voters hold an early returned-ballot lead. Of the number of total votes cast so far, 92,224 came from registered GOP voters, with 71,506 coming from Democrats. That […]

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Email insights: Florida Democrats forget their own history in flub-filled memo

Using coded language, Rick Scott calls for Terrie Rizzo to quit as head of Florida Democrats

Report: Feds looking into changed dates on election docs

Searching for the silver linings for Florida Democrats

Recount-mania: Democrats on the hunt for votes

Democrats tracking increases in younger voters, voters of color

Maria Elvira Salazar dances around Donald Trump birthright citizenship proposal

Republican Anthony Rodriguez accused of rental mismanagement in new ad

Democrats slam Ron DeSantis as Trump ‘apprentice’ in latest ad

Florida GOP takes early lead in returned vote-by-mail ballots