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Scott PowersMarch 12, 2016

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A new poll conducted by Florida Atlantic University gives commanding leads to Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton headed to Florida’s presidential primary on Tuesday. The survey, conducted Tuesday through Friday by FAU’s Business and Economics Polling Initiative, gives Trump 44 percent, followed by a tie between U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and […]

Scott PowersMarch 10, 2016

The Florida Democratic Party is weighing in on the state’s Republican presidential primary, perhaps just for fun, with a new internet ad called “All Marco, No Polo,” bashing U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for his voting record. The 30-second spot, uses almost no speaking, except for a child’s voice at a swimming pool. The child, sounding […]

Scott PowersMarch 8, 2016

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Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton will campaign for her mother Hillary Clinton at six stops in five Florida cities late this week, the Clinton campaign announced Tuesday. The younger Clinton, now 36, who works for the family’s Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative, will begin with an appearance Thursday billed as an early childhood education […]

Scott PowersMarch 8, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has announced three Florida stops this week — the first public speeches of his campaign in the Sunshine State — in Miami, Kissimmee and Tampa. The U.S. Senator from Vermont, who trails Hillary Clinton in Florida polls, will speak at a Miami rally today and at Kissimmee and Tampa rallies on Thursday. […]

Scott PowersFebruary 26, 2016

Trying to wrestle Florida back from Palm Beach snowbird resident Donald Trump in time for Florida’s March 15 presidential primary, Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio posted a list Friday of more than 80 current and former Florida elected officials endorsing him. It’s an impressive list because of all who are on it. It starts with old friend Lt. […]

Associated PressFebruary 26, 2016

Donald Trump is a part-time Florida resident — and a full-time problem for the home-state senator running for president, Marco Rubio. Rubio is counting on Florida to reshape the Republican contest that Trump has dominated by winning three of the first four states to vote. A loss in Florida on March 15 could doom Rubio’s […]

Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2016

Former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush will be the featured speaker at the Seminole County Republicans’ Reagan Lincoln Dinner four days before the Florida presidential primary in March. Bush is scheduled to speak to Seminole Republicans at the March 11 annual fundraising dinner at the Westin-Lake Mary resort in Lake Mary. The Seminole Republican […]

Bill RuftySeptember 10, 2015

The Florida Presidential Primary is six months away, and while the focus has been on Iowa and New Hampshire in the daily “he blinked … she said …” second-by-second coverage, the faithful in the Sunshine State are getting ready, none more than those working for the second-place runner for the Democrats. Already groups of supporters […]

Tag: Florida Presidential Primary

New poll has Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton up by more than 20 points in Florida

Florida Democratic Party releases ad bashing Marco Rubio, asking ‘I give up! Where are you?’

Chelsea Clinton to campaign for Hillary Clinton in five Florida cities

Bernie Sanders sets three Florida stops: Miami, Kissimmee, Tampa

Marco Rubio posts list of 80 current, former Florida officials backing him

Donald Trump looms as cloud in Marco Rubio’s Sunshine State

Jeb Bush to headline Seminole County GOP Reagan Lincoln dinner in March

Central Florida grassroots Dems get busy early for Bernie Sanders