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Scott PowersOctober 18, 2016

The Democrats are publicizing a second poll they commissioned showing their candidate, Stephanie Murphy, leading Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. John Mica in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The poll, commissioned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and performed by Global Strategy Group and Lester & Associates, shows Murphy with 48 percent and Mica with 45 percent. It’s the second […]

Scott PowersOctober 17, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica is finding himself defending a “no” vote and comments he made 36 years ago in the Florida House of Representatives against a bill that would have made marital rape a crime. Apparently in 1980 it was unclear whether Florida statutes considered marital rape as rape. It took two more years before […]

Scott PowersOctober 17, 2016

Though he has not yet drawn the kind of massive outside campaign support backing his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. John Mica raised $400,000 in the seven weeks prior to October and had more than $1 million left to spend against Stephanie Murphy in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. Murphy also raised nearly $400,000 between the Aug. […]

Scott PowersOctober 14, 2016

Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica and his Democratic opponent Stephanie Murphy found surprisingly much to agree on — though they wouldn’t admit it — yet that included the mutual disdain on display in a debate exclusively presented Friday by WESH-2 News in Orlando. During the debate, produced by WESH Friday morning, moderated by political reporter Greg Fox, […]

Scott PowersOctober 14, 2016

The Human Rights Campaign — billed as the nation’s largest gay rights organization — has endorsed Democrat Stephanie Murphy in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, her campaign announced Friday. “Stephanie Murphy is someone who will work to ensure that everyone, including LGBTQ people, can one day live free from fear of discrimination,” JoDee Winterhof, the organization’s senior vice […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2016

Democratic nominee Stephanie Murphy has received the endorsements of firefighters’ unions in Orange and Seminole counties in her quest to be elected in Florida’s 7th Congressional District representing those counties, her campaign announced Thursday. Murphy, a businesswoman and business professor at Rollins College who once served as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Department of Defense, […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica has been presented with the Federal Aviation Administration Managers Association’s first-ever “Lifetime Achievement Award,” his congressional office announced Thursday. During his career in Congress, Mica, a Republican from Winter Park, has served as chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and the Transportation and Public Assets […]

Scott PowersOctober 12, 2016

Democratic U.S. Congressional candidate Val Demings said Wednesday she was shocked and disappointed to find Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica had used her picture and a quote in a campaign mailer and said she in no way endorses him. Democrat “Stephanie Murphy is the right choice for the people of District 7. She will be […]

Scott PowersOctober 11, 2016

Florida might have only four truly competitive congressional races this fall but outside groups are spending big in them – more than in any other state. Groups such as the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Democrats’ House Majority Fund have poured millions of dollars into Florida’s Congressional Districts 7, 13, 18 and 26 since the […]

Scott PowersOctober 11, 2016

The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is endorsing Democrat Stephanie Murphy for Congress in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. Murphy, of Winter Park, seeks to unseat 12-term incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica, also of Winter Park. The district covers north-central and northeast Orange County and Seminole County. The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization formed […]

Tag: Florida’s 7th Congressional District

Democrats tout second poll showing Stephanie Murphy up in CD 7

John Mica: 1980 ‘spousal rape’ bill was flawed, and spousal rape is rape

John Mica, Stephanie Murphy, each raise about $400K in latest period

WESH 2 News debate show John Mica, Stephanie Murphy getting personal in CD 7 race

Nation’s largest gay rights group endorses Stephanie Murphy in CD 7

Firefighters’ unions endorse Stephanie Murphy for Congress in CD 7

FAA managers honor John Mica with first-ever ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’

Val Demings furious about being featured in John Mica mailer

More outside money spent in Florida congressional races than in any other state

Planned Parenthood Action Fund endorsing Stephanie Murphy in CD 7