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Danny McAuliffeNovember 9, 2018

After two days of watching his U.S. Senate lead slowly wane, Gov. Rick Scott is suggesting two South Florida counties are actively engaging in partisan-fueled election fraud. The Governor has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate Broward and Palm Beach counties’ Supervisor of Elections, calling them a “rag-tag group of liberal activists.” […]

Danny McAuliffeNovember 2, 2018

Jimmy Buffett is strumming for free again to help get out the vote for statewide Democratic candidates. This time, however, Buffett’s melodies will favor Bill Nelson, who’s hoping to keep his U.S. Senate seat, and Andrew Gillum, the Democratic candidate for Governor. The event, free of charge, is open to the public. Buffett’s “small acoustic set” will […]

Steve SchaleApril 24, 2018

Back in 2012, I wrote a fairly deep dive about metro-Orlando, titled Orlando Rising, to look at what was happening in the Orlando urban counties, and how both Hispanic and African-American growth rates were radically changing the area’s politics. Six years later, I wanted to take another look, but this time with a broader lens — […]

Peter SchorschOctober 19, 2016

About a week ago, I used this space to offer an honest critique of national Democrats turning their backs on Patrick Murphy. At the time, Murphy was lagging behind by about four points; at least one poll showed it was even closer. With Donald Trump cratering, it only seemed logical to this writer that abandoning […]

Larry GriffinOctober 18, 2016

In the midst of the rallying college students and others at the U.S. Senate Debate at UCF, came marching a man dressed in military garb, carrying an American flag and flanked by three men in dark suits. It was third-party Senate candidate Bruce Nathan. “My goal is to be noticed,” he told FloridaPolitics.com. “No-Party Affiliated […]

Mitch PerryOctober 18, 2016

One of the most unexpected moments of Monday night’s Senate debate between Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy was when Rubio said Murphy posted a photo on Facebook four years ago showing him groping a woman. “That’s inappropriate behavior!” he charged at Murphy, who appeared startled by the reference. On Tuesday, Murphy dismissed the allegation. “When Donald Trump goes low, Marco Rubio goes […]

Guest AuthorOctober 17, 2016

On June 23, Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy of Florida’s 18th Congressional District walked onto the pitcher’s mound at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. for the Congressional Baseball Game with hopes of beating the Republicans for the eighth year in a row. In fact, all he needed to do was hold the Democrats’ 7-6 lead for one more […]

Mitch PerryOctober 17, 2016

Floridians will get their first chance to observe Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy in the same room together when they engage in their first debate of Florida’s U.S. Senate contest in Orlando tonight. Trailing by an average of around five percentage points through all of the polling, Murphy needs to have a big performance in him […]

Peter SchorschOctober 11, 2016

Up until a few weeks ago, one could argue that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had been doing a reasonably good job in the Sunshine State. One could even make the point that in a presidential year, one most likely to bring a D pickup, the DSCC had positioned themselves pretty well to take back […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2016

Patrick Murphy says if he is elected to the U.S. Senate in November, he’ll push to provide a public option to the Affordable Care Act. “At least in rural areas, where you don’t have much competition,” the Jupiter representative and Senate Democratic hopeful said on while making a campaign stop on Monday morning in West […]

Tag: Florida U.S. Senate race

Rick Scott says ‘unethical liberals’ are trying to steal Florida’s U.S. Senate race

Jimmy Buffett to hold Saturday concert for Andrew Gillum, Bill Nelson

Steve Schale: Orlando revisited

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee looking dumb and dumber for abandoning Patrick Murphy

Independent Senate candidates angry, fired up over exclusion from UCF debate

Patrick Murphy says Marco Rubio goes low in bringing up photo with former girlfriend

Richard El-Rassy: Keep Patrick Murphy on the bench

Mitch Perry Report for 10.17.16 — Will recent experience play a factor in tonight’s U.S. Senate debate?

With Patrick Murphy’s campaign, has the DSCC lost their minds?

Patrick Murphy says he’ll push for public option to be added to ACA if elected to the Senate