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Scott PowersNovember 30, 2016

An event in Congresswoman-elect Stephanie Murphy‘s infancy keeps redirecting her life, a life that has the 38-year-old business professor heading to Washington to represent Orlando and Central Florida as the first Vietnamese-American woman in Congress. When she was six months old, her family fled Vietnam on a refugee boat. Stephanie, her mother, father, brother, and dozens of mostly […]

Scott PowersNovember 10, 2016

Outside groups spent $8 million in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, mostly to help Democrat Stephanie Murphy oust Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica. Updated campaign finance documents filed with the Federal Election Commission this week show outside groups such as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democrats’ House Majority PAC combined to spend nearly $6.3 […]

Scott PowersNovember 8, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica’s 24-year congressional career has ended representing the largely suburban, largely Republican constituency north of Orlando, thanks to voters in new parts of his district. With all but one precinct fully reported in Orange and Seminole Counties, and all early and mail-in votes counted, Democrat Stephanie Murphy has defeated Mica in a close […]

Scott PowersNovember 7, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica is working it. He’s working it hard, perhaps like the 12-term Republican congressman has never had to do literally in decades. He’s working it as if, for the first time ever, his political career depends on it. “We have more people on the ground than anybody. We’ve gone door to door. […]

Scott PowersNovember 4, 2016

Staking his stand for Hispanic support in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica Friday released a long list of Hispanic leaders who have endorsed him, including several former leaders of Puerto Rico and several Cuban-American members of Congress. The list also includes Hispanic veterans, community activists, and business leaders, in addition to current and […]

Scott PowersNovember 3, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica and his Democratic opponent Stephanie Murphy now are getting showered with many tens of thousands of dollars in political action committee money heading into the final days before their showdown in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. In the past seven days, from Oct. 26 through Nov. 1, Mica’s campaign reported receiving 52 […]

Scott PowersNovember 3, 2016

U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, a New York Democrat with a high profile in her native Puerto Rico, has joined Stephanie Murphy for the closing days of her campaign to help her mobilize votes in Florida’s 7th Congressional District’s sizable Puerto Rican communities. Murphy, a Democrat from Winter Park, is trying to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2016

Despite a significant and growing population of Puerto Rican migrants, Florida’s 7th Congressional District campaigns have largely lacked the Puerto Rican flavor of those in neighboring districts — until now, with Democrat Stephanie Murphy announcing an endorsement Tuesday from Kenneth McClintock. He is a former lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and senate president of Puerto […]

Scott PowersOctober 31, 2016

President Barack Obama‘s remarkable turnaround in popularity may make him the go-to endorsement for Democrats this year and congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy is grabbing his blessing for a new TV commercial debuting in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. “To change Washington, we need a new approach. That’s why we need Stephanie Murphy. Her story could only happen in America,” […]

Scott PowersOctober 28, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica‘s re-election campaign is charging his congressional Democratic opponent Stephanie Murphy with playing a role in trying to hide the origins of a $100,000 2012 campaign contribution in the Virginia governor’s race. The donation in question was made to the campaign of Terry McAuliffe, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee who […]

Tag: Florida’s 7th Congressional District

‘The girl rescued at sea’ Stephanie Murphy rides that humanitarian service into Congress

$8 million spent by outside groups in CD 7, mostly to help Stephanie Murphy upset John Mica

Stephanie Murphy topples John Mica in CD 7

John Mica pressing hard in last effort to keep his seat

John Mica rolls out list of Hispanic endorsements in CD 7

PAC money now flooding into CD 7 race

Nydia Velazquez helping Stephanie Murphy with Puerto Rican vote in CD 7

Stephanie Murphy gets former Puerto Rico official Kenneth McClintock’s backing

Stephanie Murphy airing Barack Obama commercial in CD 7 race

John Mica campaign ties Stephanie Murphy to ‘shady’ Virginia donation