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Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2018

Giffords, the national gun safety organization co-founded by former Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, announced its endorsement Thursday of the re-election bids of Democratic U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch, Stephanie Murphy, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The group also endorsed Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings, though Demings was re-elected in 2018, defeating her only opponent in the Aug. […]

Ryan NicolAugust 28, 2018

Nicolas Kimaz has knocked off blogger Javier Manjarres in the GOP primary for Florida’s 22nd Congressional District. Kimaz scored 41 percent of the vote overall. Manjarres earned just 34 percent, with Eddison Walters in third place with 25 percent. The primary got heated at times, with Manjarres facing criticism over his representation of his time […]

Ryan NicolAugust 25, 2018

There’s no love lost between Javier Manjarres and Nicolas Kimaz in the GOP primary in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District. But now the battle between the two has gone beyond the campaign trail and into the courtroom. Records from the Broward County Clerk of Courts show Manjarres filed a stalking claim against Kimaz on Aug. 14. The […]

Ryan NicolAugust 22, 2018

Republican Party state committeeman Richard DeNapoli says he’s seeking to reopen a 2014 defamation lawsuit against Javier Manjarres, a GOP candidate in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District. According to documents in the 12th Judicial Circuit in Sarasota County, DeNapoli has filed a motion alleging Manjarres breached a 2016 settlement agreement. In addition, DeNapoli filed a motion seeking […]

Ryan NicolAugust 19, 2018

Nicolas Kimaz, a Republican candidate in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, is calling for his Republican opponent Javi Manjarres to release his discharge records amid Manjarres’ disputed claims about his time in the Air Force. As Florida Politics previously reported, Manjarres released a mailer tying him to the Air Force, despite the Air Force’s own records […]

Ryan NicolJuly 28, 2018

Conservative blogger Javier Manjarres seems to be playing tricks with the truth on a recent campaign mailer for his candidacy in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District. Manjarres, who runs the right-wing blog The Shark Tank, recently sent the mailer to voters as he tries to unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch. Next to a picture of […]

Staff ReportsMay 1, 2018

A new campaign ad offers some harsh words for Republican congressional hopeful “Javi“ Manjarres. In the ad, Manjarres is called a “bigot,” a “racist,” and an “attempted murderer.” It’s got all the makings of a smear-filled attack ad … only it was released by the Manjarres campaign itself. Huh? In the ad posted on YouTube, […]

Peter SchorschOctober 21, 2017

Conservative blogger Javier Manjarres, who is still mulling a run in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, and a political committee with ties to his prospective run brought in about $89,000 through the end of September. America First Agenda started up in April and through the end of the third quarter had raised $88,706, with $13,458 of […]

Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2016

In 20 of Florida’s 26 contested congressional races this fall, one major party nominee escaped from last Tuesday’s primaries with more than five times as much cash-on-hand as the other major party’s candidate. And in many cases, the cash gap heading into the fall is so overwhelming that one party’s congressional nominee’s bank account would barely […]

Phil AmmannJuly 1, 2015

Boca Raton health-care executive John “J.B.” Bensmihen said Wednesday he’ll post solid fundraising numbers in his campaign to unseat two-term Democratic U.S Rep. Lois Frankel. Bensmihen, a self-described moderate Republican, said he raised more than $100,000 in the second quarter of 2015 in his bid for Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, the Democratic-leaning region of Palm […]

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State Rep. Angie Nixon (center) leads a protest against immigration policies Saturday outside the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville. Image via Drew Dixon of Florida Politics.

Giffords group endorses Stephanie Murphy, Ted Deutch, Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Nicolas Kimaz sends Javier Manjarres packing in CD 22

Judge tosses Javier Manjarres’ stalking claim against Nicolas Kimaz

Defamation lawsuit against Javier Manjarres could be reopened

Nicolas Kimaz calls on Javier Manjarres to release Air Force records or drop out

Javier Manjarres plays loose with the facts in new campaign mailer

Javi Manjarres rips ‘hateful slurs’ in CD 22 race with ad using … hate-filled slurs

PAC tied to Javier Manjarres’ possible CD 22 bid raised $89K

Florida congressional races start fall with lopsided campaign cash

J.B. Bensmihen posts $100K in race to unseat Lois Frankel in CD 22