Jacob OglesFebruary 19, 2019
6min548
Neither has signaled they play to leave on their own.
Tag: Florida’s 15th Congressional District
Jacob OglesFebruary 19, 2019Jacob OglesDecember 31, 2018
5min478
Ed Shoemaker, who last year ran in Florida’s 15th Congressional District, now wants to chair the effort to keep the seat in Republican hands. And one former opponent quickly lined up behind him. Danny Kushmer, another Republican candidate, endorsed Shoemaker to become the congressional district’s Republican Party caucus chair for the district. The fight to keep […]
Jacob OglesDecember 5, 2018
3min312
Democrats are ramping up criticism of U.S. Rep.-elect Ross Spano following his admission he broke campaign fundraising laws before his win in Florida’s Congressional District 15. Florida Democratic Party chair Terrie Rizzo said Spano “knew exactly what he was doing when he took personal loans and used them as campaign funds, which is against the law.” “This should […]
Jacob OglesDecember 3, 2018
6min834
Former congressional candidate Neil Combee didn’t know what hit him in the final days of the Republican primary in Florida’s 15th Congressional District. He’d outraised his opponent — by enough, he thought, he could keep money in the bank for the general election. Then came the barrage of attack mailers. “We didn’t know what was […]
Jacob OglesDecember 2, 2018
6min998
U.S. Rep.-elect Ross Spano admitted in a letter to the Federal Elections Commission that he financed his congressional run with personal loans, a clear violation of campaign finance regulations. The admission comes weeks after the Riverview Republican won an election over Democrat Kristen Carlson for an open seat representing Florida’s 15th Congressional District. It also […]
Phil AmmannNovember 6, 2018
28min689
On Election Day, as polls close, the after-parties begin. Candidates — along with nearly everyone else in America — will be glued to their screens Tuesday night for election results. In the end, win or lose, there will be a party. Some will celebrate a hard-fought victory, while others will be a bit more somber, […]
Ryan NicolNovember 6, 2018
6min472
Plenty of internet experts have all sorts of predictions as to what will happen Tuesday night. But those putting their money where their mouth is see good news for Democratic candidates Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson in their respective races for Governor and U.S. Senate. As of the drafting of this piece (though with numbers […]
Scott PowersNovember 5, 2018
5min342
Outside groups have spent more than $37 million in Florida’s 27 congressional races with almost half of that going into a single contest: the battle for Florida’s 26th Congressional District in South Florida. Democratic groups led by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the House Majority PAC have poured $11.3 million into trying to support […]
Jacob OglesNovember 3, 2018
4min451
Greg Steube hasn’t won a seat in Congress yet, but he spent the final days of his election raising money for other Republicans in hopes he can be sworn in to a majority. The Sarasota Republican’s campaign has sent out fundraising emails in the last three days for Ross Spano, Michael Waltz and Maria Elvira […]
Bill RuftyNovember 3, 2018
3min324
Democratic members of Congress and a national women’s political group began a heavy push toward Election Day for Lakeland attorney Kristen Carlson in her campaign for Florida’s 15th Congressional District. U.S. Reps. Val Demings, and Darren Soto and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez a Democrat from New York and the first Puerto Rican woman to be elected […]