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Ryan NicolOctober 29, 2018

Chip LaMarca is making his closing pitch to voters in a new ad featuring his supporters explaining why they support him for House District 93. LaMarca is the Republican candidate facing off against Democrat Emma Collum for the Broward County seat. Current Republican state Rep. George Moraitis is term-limited. The 30-second spot from LaMarca, titled “For Us,” shows several of […]

Ryan NicolOctober 28, 2018

Democratic state Rep. Javier Fernandez continued a strong series of fundraising periods, with the newest reports showing him against heavily outraising his Republican challenger, Javier Enriquez. The incumbent has easily outraised Enriquez in each of the last three reporting periods. That’s a change-up from last month when Enriquez appeared to be keeping pace with Fernandez. […]

Ryan NicolOctober 28, 2018

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Democrat legislative candidate Jim Bonfiglio heavily outraised his Republican opponent, Mike Caruso, in the latest fundraising period — largely thanks to an $80,000 loan made by Bonfiglio to his campaign. The two are competing for the House District 89 seat, which covers coastal portions of Palm Beach County. Caruso brought in more outside money than Bonfiglio […]

Ryan NicolOctober 27, 2018

The latest fundraising period showed Republican candidate Chip LaMarca remains ahead in the money race against his Democratic opponent in House District 93, Emma Collum. LaMarca has led in fundraising throughout the general election. The latest reports filed with Florida’s Division of Elections, which cover Oct. 13-19, show that is unchanged. The LaMarca campaign has […]

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 […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2018

The race to succeed Jay Fant in the House remains hotly contested between Republican Wyman Duggan and Democrat Tracye Polson. Every day, there seems to be a new drop. Here’s Friday’s: As both campaigns attempt to close in the plurality Democrat Westside Jacksonville district, new mail has been sent out by Duggan’s political committee in its recurrent quest […]

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 […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2018

The most competitive race in Northeast Florida — the battle in plurality-Democrat House District 15 — continues to be an air war. Democrat Tracye Polson dropped her final bomb Wednesday. “When your opponent is a professional lobbyist, special interests can’t wait to falsely attack you,” Polson says in the broadcast spot. Polson, who’s felt compelled to respond to ads […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 22, 2018

A third-party released a negative attack ad against Jennifer Webb in the House District 69 race. The ad condemns Webb for taking contributions from special interest groups, political insiders and lobbyists, but was chock full of inaccuracies and falsehoods, as reported by Florida Politics. Webb asked her opponent, Ray Blacklidge, to petition the group behind […]

Ryan NicolOctober 8, 2018

There’s a new cash-on-hand leader in the race for House District 118. Republican challenger Anthony Rodriguez now leads Democratic incumbent Robert Asencio, according to the latest reports filed with the Florida Division of Elections. Rodriguez earned a whopping $70,100 Sept. 15-28. That was bolstered by an influx of $46,000 from the Republican Party of Florida, […]

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Chip LaMarca supporters say he has ‘always been there for us’

Javier Fernandez continues strong fundraising spree in HD 114

Jim Bonfiglio laps Mike Caruso in fundraising — thanks to self-loan

Chip LaMarca leads cash contest over Emma Collum

Fundraising gap narrows in race for HD 118 seat

Hot seat: Race to succeed Jay Fant exceeds $1 million in fundraising

Frank Mingo winning the money race in HD 103

In final ad, Tracye Polson confronts Jacksonville political machine

Jennifer Webb wants false attack ad removed from the airwaves

Anthony Rodriguez takes cash lead over Robert Asencio