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Ryan NicolSeptember 21, 2018

WOMEN VOTE!, the independent expenditure arm of EMILY’s List, has launched a new direct mail campaign urging voters in Florida’s 26th Congressional District to support the Democratic nominee, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. The campaign was begun earlier this month and will run through Sept. 27. The group says their goal is to show Mucarsel-Powell is “a middle-class […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 21, 2018

Democrats earned a bit of good news in their efforts to overtake Congress with the release of a new poll showing incumbent U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo trailing in his re-election bid against Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. A survey commissioned by Protect Our Care, and conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP), has Mucarsel-Powell ahead by one point over Curbelo, 46 percent […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 17, 2018

U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo is criticizing his Democratic opponent, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, for accepting money from a PAC tied to a California politician accused of molesting a teenage girl, which he denies. The latest development in the contentious race is in a new report from POLITICO. Mucarsel-Powell previously earned the support of the BOLD PAC, which serves […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 16, 2018

Two Florida Congress members engaged in tight re-election battles expressed their fears about “deep fake” videos and called on intelligence leaders to assess the threat. U.S. Reps. Carlos Curbelo, a Miami Republican, and Stephanie Murphy, an Orlando Democrat, signed a letter with U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, calling on Director of National Intelligence […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 12, 2018

The National Republican Congressional Committee is out with a new ad revisiting allegations of ties between Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and a Ukrainian oligarch named Ihor Kolomoisky. Mucarsel-Powell, a candidate for Florida’s 26th Congressional District, faced scrutiny over her husband’s work for Kolomoisky during the Democratic primary this summer. She called the latest ad “a complete lie.” Mucarsel-Powell […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 4, 2018

A new series of ads from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee knock U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo on his vote last year to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The 30-second ads depict two fictional letters addressed to Curbelo. The first spot, titled “Open Letter,” imagines a health care executive thanking Curbelo for increasing his company’s profits at […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2018

U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo defended his fellow Republican congressman — gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis — as someone he does not know to be racist but called his “monkey” statement Wednesday “stupid.” Curbelo added that his colleague should apologize. Curbelo made the comments Thursday morning during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” He also expressed concerns about […]

Ryan NicolAugust 28, 2018

A new 30-second TV spot has Carlos Curbelo playing the role of referee when it comes to Washington politics. The ad, titled “Refereeing Washington,” harkens back to Curbelo’s first job as a basketball referee. Curbelo makes the case that the skills he learned back then help him shoot straight when it comes to political debates […]

Ryan NicolAugust 23, 2018

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has earned the endorsement of another elected official ahead of her Aug. 28 Democratic primary matchup with former naval officer Demetries Grimes. State Rep. Javier Fernandez, who represents House District 114, says he’s supporting Mucarsel-Powell’s bid to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in Florida’s 26th Congressional District. “Debbie is exactly the kind […]

Ryan NicolAugust 17, 2018

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has bested incumbent U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in the most recent fundraising reports in a possible preview of the general election showdown for Florida’s 26th Congressional District seat. Those reports, filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), show Mucarsel-Powell added more than $222,000 July 1-Aug. 8. Curbelo was behind that pace, taking in just over […]

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You’ve got mail: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell benefits from direct mail

Carlos Curbelo trailing in newest CD 26 poll

Carlos Curbelo campaign hits Debbie Mucarsel-Powell on PAC money

Carlos Curbelo, Stephanie Murphy sound alarms on ‘deep fakes’

New ad targets Debbie Mucarsel-Powell’s ties to Ukrainian oligarch

‘Goodbye, Congressman’: Democrats’ ads hammer Carlos Curbelo on health care

Carlos Curbelo calls on Ron DeSantis to apologize but says ‘I don’t know him to be a racist’

Carlos Curbelo on ‘refereeing’ politics: ‘I just call ’em like I see ’em’

Javier Fernandez backs Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in CD 26

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell tops Carlos Curbelo in most recent fundraising