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Scott PowersOctober 26, 2018

Florida House Democratic candidate Anna Eskamani is drawing another national glance with a news feature launching today on MTV News that compares and contrasts her views on guns with those of a young, conservative North Carolina lawmaker. In House District 47, covering north and central Orange County, Eskamani is facing Republican businessman Stockton Reeves of […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 23, 2018

Mailers alleging Anna Eskamani curses too much won’t quiet the Democrat state House candidate, who spent Saturday morning knocking on doors in House District 47 as part of a “Day of Action.” Some 40 volunteers came out for the canvassing event, a few days after she had 33 come out for a similar event. “It’s incredible to […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2018

Democratic Florida House candidate Anna Eskamani is launching a social-media campaign video telling the story of her mother, an Iranian immigrant who pursued the American dream and laid the foundation for her daughter’s values, before dying young. The two-minute, 11-second video, “My Mother’s Name Is Nasrin” is produced to be both inspiring and heartbreaking, while […]

Scott PowersAugust 28, 2018

Candidates up at dawn, waving signs on street corners, still planting campaign signs, trying to get through the day to their cheers-or-tears parties tonight. Primary Election Day. Orange County could elect a new mayor — and Jerry Demings is predicting a win — and a new chair of the Orange County School Board along with […]

Staff ReportsAugust 25, 2018

Nearly 350 candidates are vying for state House and state Senate seats in 2018. Try as we will, Florida Politics can’t interview all of them. Just like in 2016, we’re again asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are and why they are […]

Scott PowersAugust 20, 2018

Following his visits to Tampa and Orlando last Friday, Democratic U.S. Rep. Bernie Sanders is offering endorsements to some local candidates in Florida, including Anna Eskamani, Carlos Guillermo Smith, and Lee Mangold in Florida House races. Sanders, the Senator from New Hampshire, went to both towns to stump for Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum‘s gubernatorial campaign. […]

Scott PowersAugust 13, 2018

Republican Florida House of Representatives candidate Stockton Reeves VI has attacked the primary voting record of his Aug. 28 primary opponent Mikaela Nix, charging that she’s been a Democrat until recently and doesn’t often vote in primaries, in mailers that were delivered this weekend in House District 47 in Orange County. “MIkaela Nix wants your […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2018

Sunrise Movement, a climate change action group aimed at organizaing young progressives on the topic nationwide, is endorsing Democrat Anna Eskamani for Florida’s House District 47 in Orange County, her campaign announced. Eskamani is the only candidate in any Florida election and one of only 20 candidates nationally in political campaigns at any level that Sunrise […]

Scott PowersJuly 3, 2018

The Florida College Democrats have endorsed Sanjay Patel for his run for Congress and Margaret Good, Anna Eskamani, and Mark Lipton in Florida House races, the organization announced. Patel, running in Florida’s 8th Congressional District along the Space Coast against longtime incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, was the only congressional candidate picked for the […]

Scott PowersJune 22, 2018

Anna Eskamani, campaigning for the Orange County seat opening up in Florida’s House District 47 for more than a year, drew a Democratic primary opponent with the unexpected entry of Ocoee real estate agent Lou Forges, provided he qualifies for the ballot. The entry came as a surprise to Orange County Democratic Party leadership, leaving the party […]

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MTV News contrasts Anna Eskamani and North Carolina young conservative

Anna Eskamani promotes Republican attack mailers making her look ‘fierce AF’

Anna Eskamani campaign video pays tribute to her inspiration, her mother

In Central Florida’s last minute campaigning, Jerry Demings predicting victory

Meet Anna Eskamani, Democrat running for Florida House District 47

Bernie Sanders makes endorsements in several Florida races

Stockton Reeves goes after Mikaela Nix’s voting record in HD 47 primary battle

National climate change group backs Anna Eskamani in HD 47

College Dems endorse Sanjay Patel, Margaret Good, Anna Eskamani, Mark Lipton

Anna Eskamani gets primary opponent