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Scott PowersOctober 8, 2018

Outside money is barely trickling into Central Florida’s congressional races, and national parties aren’t showing any inclination to help state Rep. Mike Miller’s bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy — or to help her keep it. Four other contests are also seeing no signs of national party interest. The Florida 7th Congressional District race […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 20, 2018

A new survey from St. Pete Polls finds Republican Mike Waltz building a lead against Democrat Nancy Soderberg in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. The auto-dial poll of 981 likely voters shows that Waltz, a former Green Beret and counterterrorism adviser for former Vice President Dick Cheney, is leading Soderberg, a Clinton-era Ambassador to the United Nations, by five […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2018

Nancy Soderberg, the Democratic nominee to fill Ron DeSantis‘ open seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, rolled out two new TV spots Tuesday morning spotlighting health care differences between her and her opponent. The first one, “Hung Up,” deals with difficulties in getting health insurance. In it, Soderberg mentions her accomplishments when she served as Alternate Representative […]

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 […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 15, 2018

The Florida AFL-CIO endorsed Amb. Nancy Soderberg Friday in the race for Florida’s 6th Congressional District. Soderberg, a Democrat, is up against Republican Mike Waltz for the right to fill Ron DeSantis‘ former spot in the U.S. House. “The Florida AFL-CIO is proud to endorse Nancy Soderberg for the US Congress on behalf of the more than one […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2018

Republican Gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis resigned his Congressional seat earlier this week, and if one Democratic poll is correct, that was fine with people in his district. Nancy Soderberg, the Democrat running for what now is an open seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, released a poll showing DeSantis was underwater. “Voters in this district have […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2018

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Democrat Nancy Soderberg and Republican Michael Waltz in Florida’s 6th Congressional District will have two debates between now and Election Day. The Soderberg campaign announced Wednesday that WESH-TV would host the first debate on Oct. 2. The second debate. hosted by Stetson University and Daytona Beach News-Journal, has yet to be finalized. “The families of Florida’s 6th District […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 11, 2018

Former Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, the Democratic nominee in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, continues to build a fundraising advantage after last month’s primary. Soderberg’s campaign crossed the $2 million threshold on the strength of over 7,500 contributions this election cycle, a campaign release trumpeted Monday. “We continue to be blown away by the grassroots support driving our […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 10, 2018

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis has announced his resignation from Congress to focus on campaigning against Democrat Andrew Gillum to be Florida’s next Governor. “One of my guiding principles during my tenure in Congress has been to protect the taxpayers that I represent,” begins DeSantis’ resignation letter, first reported by POLITICO Florida and later obtained by […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 10, 2018

A new poll from Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, the Democratic nominee in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, shows her within one point of Republican Mike Waltz in a district Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2016. The poll was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and showed Waltz earning 47 percent of the vote to Soderberg’s 46 […]

Tag: Florida’s 6th Congressional District

Little outside interest yet in Central Florida congressional races

Mike Waltz up 5 points over Nancy Soderberg in new CD 6 poll

Pre-existing health conditions at issue in new Nancy Soderberg TV ads

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

Florida AFL-CIO backs Nancy Soderberg’s congressional bid

Ron DeSantis was underwater in district before resigning, poll asserts

Nancy Soderberg, Michael Waltz plan two debates

Nancy Soderberg touts big fundraising, poll momentum in Congressional bid

Ron DeSantis resigns from Congress to focus on run for Governor

Poll: Nancy Soderberg neck and neck with Mike Waltz