Jacob OglesJuly 21, 2019
14min587
Democrats want her to challenge Vern Buchanan. So do Republicans.
Tag: Florida’s 16th Congressional DistrictCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Jacob OglesJuly 21, 2019Jacob OglesJuly 17, 2019
5min696
Good would be a desirable recruit for national Democrats partly because the bench in Southwest Florida remains thin.
Jacob OglesJuly 12, 2019
4min437
Sarasota Republican spent $4M-plus in last campaign.
Jacob OglesMay 20, 2019
4min535
Progressives want a large-scale town hall event.
Jacob OglesFebruary 19, 2019
6min548
Neither has signaled they play to leave on their own.
Jacob OglesNovember 8, 2018
21min537
In the early days of 2018, Democrats held serious optimism about their Congressional chances in Florida, and that included weighty dreams of a blue wave striking Sarasota. It had been 12 years since U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan squeaked into office with a razor-thin, 369-vote margin and some officials never stopped dreaming of vengeance. Perhaps this […]
Jacob OglesNovember 6, 2018
6min675
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan held onto his seat in Florida’s 16th Congressional District, taking 54 percent to Democrat David Shapiro’s 46 percent according to early returns. NBC called the race for Buchanan shortly after the polls closed. But that wasn’t before facing the most well-funded challenge to his candidacy, ever. Buchanan had strong performance in […]
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 1, 2018
6min531
When President Donald Trump held a rally days before the midterms, it drew a number of prominent Republican leaders to Fort Myers. But it failed to draw a few others. U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney and Congressional hopeful Greg Steube both gave speeches from the stage promoting the president’s agenda. And from the stage, Trump praised […]
Peter SchorschOctober 31, 20186min420
Despite being outspent and hammered by PACs on everything from health care votes to yacht purchases, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan appears primed to stave off a challenge from Democratic attorney David Shapiro in Florida’s 16th. The polls have been clear for quite a while. October polls have shown Buchanan with a growing, outside-the-margin lead: St. […]