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Ryan NicolOctober 27, 2018

State Rep. Robert Asencio is in a tight money race between his Republican opponent for House District 118, Anthony Rodriguez. That’s according to the latest fundraising reports filed with the Florida Division of Elections. Asencio, the Democratic incumbent, pulled in $12,600 from Oct. 13-19. That was mostly due to multiple $1,000 donations from various political […]

Ryan NicolOctober 26, 2018

Republican candidate Frank Mingo held on to his cash lead over Democratic opponent Cindy Polo, according to the latest reports filed with the Florida Division of Elections. The two are competing to replace Manny Diaz in House District 103. After pulling in $16,250 Oct. 13-19, Mingo has just over $30,000 on hand. That compares to […]

Scott PowersOctober 25, 2018

The migrations in Florida of Republican strength into rural and small-city counties and of Democrats into urban areas and inner suburbs have greatly increased the chances of re-elections of Republican U.S. Reps. Neal Dunn and Dan Webster, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy. Changes in voter registration since the 2016 general election also has improved […]

Scott PowersOctober 25, 2018

Florida added 264,413 voters since the Aug. 28 primary with Democrats out-registering Republicans by nearly 18,000 during the period. Florida now has 13,278,070 voters registered to cast ballots in the Nov. 6 general election, according to the new book closing reports posted by the Florida Division of Elections, through last Thursday’s book-closing date for registering. […]

Drew WilsonAugust 18, 2018

A Florida non-profit known as Liberation Ocala African American Council Inc. has been making a late push for Democratic Senate District 8 candidate Olysha Magruder, but its methods may be running afoul of state campaign finance laws. The company, run by former Marion County NAACP president Whitfield Jenkins, has footed the bill for a number […]

Drew WilsonJuly 19, 2018

In 2018, youth could possibly rock the vote. According to a new analysis of voter registration data from Target Smart, there has been a significant surge in 18- to 29-year-olds registering to vote in the months since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Nationwide, the under-30 slice of the electorate has increased by more […]

Drew WilsonJuly 9, 2018

Faith Olivia Babis is about to get hit with a bill she could have easily avoided. The Sarasota Democrat, who is running in the special election for Senate District 23, was a week late in filing her most recent campaign finance report, and state law imposes hefty fees on candidates for being tardy. Florida statute […]

Phil AmmannApril 22, 2018

Incumbent Bob Cortes has become the first candidate to qualify by petition in his bid for a third term in House District 30. The Altamonte Springs Republican represented HD 30 since 2014. In a minute-long video Facebook video, Cortes said his campaign provided more than 1,100 signatures, and the process “should be completely done and […]

Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2018

There’s that Sept. 30, 2009, check to the U.S. Senate campaign of former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio: It’s the $2,400 contribution to a Republican who then was seen as the darling of Florida’s Tea Party movement, an upstart whose explosive popularity on the right chased Charlie Crist from the Grand Old Party and made Democratic […]

Jim RosicaOctober 2, 2017

A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at limiting gambling’s expansion in the state now has more than 600,000 signatures, its backers said Monday. Voters in Charge, the political committee behind the amendment, said it’s “over halfway towards its goal of gathering 1.1 million signatures in order to reach the required number of 766,200 valid petitions to […]

Tag: Florida Division of Elections

Fundraising gap narrows in race for HD 118 seat

Frank Mingo winning the money race in HD 103

Voter registrations trends aiding Neal Dunn, Dan Webster, Greg Steube, Stephanie Murphy

Voter registration up 264K since primary with Democrats registering most

Elections complaint filed against non-profit backing Olysha Magruder in SD 8

Since Parkland shooting, youth voter registration has soared

Joe Gruters’ opponent faces big fee for late finance report

Bob Cortes qualifies by petition for HD 30 re-election bid

Philip Levine: Check to Marco Rubio ‘tiny’ compared with long, deep Democratic support

Gambling amendment now has 600K signatures

Florida politics had 11 questions before federal qualifying week. Here are the answers.