Kelly HayesMay 2, 2022
4min0
The ads state phrases like, 'Jobs and education, not jails and incarceration,' 'Demand Medicaid expansion,' and 'The rent is too damn high.'
Tag: Florida election
Kelly HayesMay 2, 2022
Haley BrownAugust 18, 2021
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And Val Demings may be gaining on Marco Rubio in the Senate race.
Guest AuthorNovember 7, 2020
6min755
Republicans had a banner night in Florida this Election Day.
Wire ServicesOctober 8, 2020
3min372
Democrats had mailed in 612,982 ballots, while Republicans had submitted 337,927.
A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2018
5min565
Speaking for nearly 90 minutes on a myriad of topics, President Donald Trump offered a rousing defense of the GOP’s midterm performance Wednesday. “Look at what happened in Florida,” Trump said. “We did unbelievably well, winning the Senate and the governorship against two talented people.” Trump noted that “we weren’t expected to win” in Florida, framing […]
Danny McAuliffeNovember 7, 2018
5min563
Floridians failed to support Amendment 1, which would have increased the state’s homestead exemption by $25,000. Thus far, the proposal is poised to receive less than 60 percent support, meaning it will not meet the threshold needed to pass. It was the only one out of 12 amendments on the ballot to not break the three-fifths threshold. […]
Danny McAuliffeNovember 6, 2018
8min262
Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey came to the Sunshine State in April to help his colleague, Florida’s Bill Nelson, raise money to fight a newly announced but long-expected challenge from Republican Gov. Rick Scott. At that time, Florida’s U.S. Senate race was shaping up to be the marquee midterm matchup, and the state’s crowded […]
Staff ReportsNovember 6, 2018
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According to national elections forecaster Nate Silver and other folks at FiveThirtyEight.com, Democrat Andrew Gillum has a 3-4 chance of prevailing against Republican Ron DeSantis in Florida’s gubernatorial election on Tuesday. That estimation, however, doesn’t mean Gillum is polling at 75 percent. In fact, Silver figures Gillum will walk away with about 51 percent of […]
Danny McAuliffeNovember 3, 2018
8min1562
More than $106 million later, Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum have all but wrapped the books on their eye-popping cash race for Florida Governor. Each candidate closed their campaign accounts Thursday, recording just shy of $29 million between the two of them. Florida taxpayers accounted for $4.5 million of that figure, as both […]
Danny McAuliffeNovember 3, 2018
4min990
Democrat Andrew Gillum is up two points in the latest poll of the Florida Governor’s race. A St. Pete Polls survey of the race released Saturday put Republican Ron DeSantis behind Gillum 48-46 percent, a lead just barely outside of the poll’s 1.9 percent margin of error. Nearly 4 percent of the sample is undecided, while another […]