Peter SchorschSeptember 26, 2019
5min499
Prior to joining Southern, VanHoose was the Director of State Government Affairs for Code.org.
Tag: George LeMieux
Peter SchorschSeptember 26, 2019
Noah PranskyJune 17, 2019
6min579
LeMieux again said he was done campaigning. But weirdly, his campaign spending never stopped.
A.G. GancarskiNovember 19, 2018
3min790
With seven weeks to go until his inauguration, Governor-elect Ron DeSantis is seeking applicants for his administration. To that end: the DeSantis Transition website, which allows interested parties to chase their dream jobs in Tallahassee. The fields on the website all but fill themselves out; in fact, the only ones that aren’t autofill include Department and […]
Drew WilsonAugust 2, 2018
4min313
Tampa businessman Aakash Patel added another high-profile endorsement in his bid to become the Republican nominee for the District 7 seat on the Hillsborough County Commission. Lining up behind Patel on Thursday was George LeMieux, who served as a U.S. Senator from 2009 through 2011 and is now working as the chairman for Florida-based corporate […]
Drew WilsonMarch 26, 2018
3min212
Republican Matt Spritz will hold a fundraiser next week for his bid to replace term-limited Rep. Bill Hager in Palm Beach County-based House District 89. The April 4 event will be held at the West Palm Beach office of law firm Gunster, 777 South Flagler Drive, and will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. […]
Drew WilsonMarch 19, 20184min290
Republican House District 89 candidate Matt Spritz announced Monday that he’d picked up an endorsement from George LeMieux, who served as a U.S. Senator from 2009 through 2011. “I proudly endorse Matt Spritz for State Representative,” LeMieux said in a press release. “Matt’s a natural leader, whose energy and commitment to community is refreshing. He’s […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 1, 2018
3min411
An investigative report released by the Tampa Bay Times and 10News WTSP Wednesday showed more than 100 U.S. politicians are still doling out campaign cash on everything from payroll to iPads years after they left office. “Zombie Campaigns” found caches of questionable transactions in the campaign reports of former congressional candidates and office-holders across the […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 16, 2018
8min432
There’s more than a few key races heating up among Florida’s congressional seats, but for every true competitor in a 2018 battleground district there are a dozen head-scratchers who’ve mounted hopeless House campaigns. No, none of these candidates have sacrificed a goat as part of a pagan ritual, but it likely wouldn’t make their long-shot […]
Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2017
4min374
A former U.S. Senator, a former U.S. Attorney, several former state lawmakers and a host of other Republican insiders are on the 34-member state financing team for Republican Attorney General candidate Ashley Moody. The team’s membership was released Monday. The 42-year-old former Hillsborough County circuit judge is one of four Republicans vying for the nomination […]
Scott PowersJuly 31, 2017
10min311
The House District 44 Republican primary is boiling, as John Newstreet responded to a shadow group’s attack ads with a Facebook Live video decrying them as “not true” and his campaign blamed rival Bobby Olszewski, who denied involvement and disavowed such politics. The ruckus is over mailers and an internet site sponsored by a new […]