Ryan NicolJanuary 31, 2019
12min636
The panel will review the 2018 midterms and help strategize for 2020.
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Ryan NicolJanuary 31, 2019
Drew WilsonJanuary 11, 2019
3min211
The Republican Party of Florida brought in more than $6 million in the last two months of 2018, making for about $71.5 million in total fundraising last year. RPOF’s newly filed finance report covers includes a handful of days that preceded the Nov. 6 general election. With five statewide races and numerous state Senate battlegrounds […]
Peter SchorschNovember 26, 2018
5min242
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
7min586
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
4min310
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
9min551
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
4min521
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
2min251
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
8min477
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
6min723
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 […]