Peter SchorschNovember 4, 2022
12min0
The district, though under new boundaries, has been in Republican control for more than a decade.
Tag: Florida Senate District 18
Peter SchorschNovember 4, 2022
Jacob OglesNovember 10, 2018
3min336
Democrat Janet Cruz holds a 376-vote lead over Republican state Sen. Dana Young with all votes counted in Florida Senate District 18. The recount for the race was ordered by the Department of State on Saturday. Florida law calls for a machine recount if the difference between vote totals for candidates falls with 0.5 percent. […]
Jacob OglesOctober 27, 2018
2min189
Democratic state Senate candidate Janet Cruz encouraged voters to bring friends to the polls and showed up with some prominent ones of her own—namely U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez and Senate Democratic Leader Audrey Gibson. Cruz held the first of two get-out-the-vote events at her Tampa campaign headquarters, before rallying people to go cast ballots through […]
Jacob OglesOctober 6, 2018
4min456
A new poll shows Democrat Janet Cruz defeating Republican incumbent state Sen. Dana Young in a Tampa Bay district that historically leans right. A Public Policy Polling survey of voters in state Senate District 18 shows Cruz winning 42 percent of the vote compared to 39 percent who favor Young. Partisanship in the district plays […]
Jacob OglesAugust 18, 2018
4min171
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson will knock on doors in West Tampa with state House Democratic Leader and state Senate candidate Janet Cruz. Officials with Nelson’s campaign say he will greet volunteers and supporters and talk about the importance of this year’s election. Vecinos de Nelson, the campaign’s grassroots team of supporters and volunteers, will join […]
Mitch PerryNovember 5, 2016
3min232
With just days to go before the voting ends in the Hillsborough County state Senate District 18 race, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida is calling on Hillsborough progressives to back Democrat Bob Buesing over independent Joe Redner in the contest. “While Joe Redner is a strong progressive candidate, I urge Hillsborough County progressives, including Joe, to join me […]
Mitch PerryNovember 2, 2016
9min412
Debating for the first time in the state Senate District 18 race, South Tampa Republican Dana Young had her voting record pummeled by her three more-liberal male opponents at the Reeves Theatre on the University of Tampa campus Wednesday. Young has maintained a fairly conservative record in her six years representing House District 60, a record her Democratic first-time […]
Staff ReportsNovember 2, 2016
5min219
With just a few days until the election, organizations are continuing to roll out endorsements for state and federal candidates. — Add the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce to the list of groups backing Randy Perkins. The Chamber endorsed Perkins in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. The organization, according to the Perkins campaign, made its […]
Mitch PerryNovember 1, 2016
2min266
Bob Buesing has gone to the airwaves to make his final pitch for voters in Florida’s state Senate District 18 race. In his new ad, called “Kitchen,” now airing on broadcast and cable stations in the Tampa Bay area this week, the Tampa Democrat makes the case that “Florida politics just don’t reflect real people anymore,” as shots […]
Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2016
2min731
The Tampa Tiger Bay Club will host a debate among the state Senate District 18 candidates Friday. Not all of them, however, as Republican Dana Young won’t be in attendance. That prompted one of her opponents in the contest — independent Joe Redner — to pay to place a billboard ad asking “Why Are You Hiding, Dana Young?” An […]