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Brendan FarringtonSeptember 25, 2016

It took just 14,496 votes to win his closed Democratic primary for one of Florida’s 27 congressional seats. Now Darren Soto is virtually assured of going to Capitol Hill, unlikely to face a strong Republican challenge this November in his safely Democratic district. The state senator snared the votes of just 2 percent of the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 24, 2016

The U.S. Presidential election returns to Florida’s I-4 corridor early next week, with Donald Trump speaking at a rally at Orlando Melbourne International Airport on Tuesday at 7 p.m.. The GOP presidential nominee’s appearance will come less than 24 hours after he and Hillary Clinton engage in the first of their three scheduled debates before the November 8 election. The trip is another occasion […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 18, 2016

Francis Suarez comes from a long line of civic and political leaders who have formed the Republican bedrock in south Florida’s Cuban community for a half century. Yet the 38-year-old Miami city commissioner hasn’t decided whether he will vote for his party’s presidential nominee. He’s not alone. Many Cuban-Americans are expressing solidarity with other Latin-Americans […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 2, 2016

I love a good campaign slogan. It can be the key to victory, as we saw with Barack Obama’s “Hope and Change” and George W. Bush’s “Compassionate Conservative” pitch. And then there is Marco Rubio, Florida’s reluctant U.S. senator who is running, sort of, for re-election to an office he doesn’t appear to completely embrace. […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2016

In an “exit interview” Friday in The Hill, outgoing congressman Ander Crenshaw reflected on his 15 years in Congress. Among the most vivid memories: flying to Florida with President George W. Bush on Sept. 10, 2001. Neither Crenshaw nor Bush had a clue that the world was about to change. “I was with President Bush on Air Force […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 19, 2016

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Some Republicans to whom Donald Trump is the skunk at their garden party would have you elect him president nevertheless. Mark Sanford is one. When last heard of, he was the governor of South Carolina, canoodling with a mistress in Argentina while his office pretended that he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. Now he’s a […]

Mitch PerryAugust 17, 2016

Before Barack Obama was elected, a lot of political observers said that with such a divided nation, every president could face the potential of being impeached. I’m reminded of that today on the 18th anniversary of Bill Clinton giving a prime-time address to the nation after seven months of silence on the Monica Lewinsky matter. “I know that my […]

Associated PressAugust 14, 2016

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Donald Trump‘s campaign on Sunday went on a new tear against the media, blaming the “disgusting” press for a week of distractions at a time when Republicans have urged him — again — to focus on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Trump will get another chance to reset his campaign on Monday when he is expected […]

Associated PressAugust 2, 2016

Less than four years ago, the Republican Party tapped a few respected party officials to help the GOP find its way forward. This week, one of them says she’s leaving the party — driven out by Donald Trump. While not a household name, Sally Bradshaw‘s decision to leave the GOP rocked those who make politics […]

Associated PressJuly 16, 2016

As a conservative talk-radio host in the 1990s, Mike Pence described himself as “Rush Limbaugh on decaf.” Two decades later, Pence is the unflappable conservative governor of Indiana who’s being plucked by Republican presidential contender Donald Trump as his running mate. Where Trump is impulsive, Pence is cool-headed. Where Trump makes conservatives suspicious, Pence has […]

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Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

Florida primaries eyed: Representation of few, or the many?

Donald Trump to return to Central Florida less than 24 hours after Monday night’s debate

In Florida, a shifting Cuban vote could be the difference

Joe Henderson: Marco Rubio’s 2016 slogan — ‘Maybe I’ll stay. Maybe I won’t.’

Ander Crenshaw talks Sept. 10, 2001 in exit interview

Martin Dyckman: Supreme Court nominees no reason to elect Donald Trump

Mitch Perry Report for 8.17.16 — Impeachment memories

Donald Trump goes on tear against media, not Hillary Clinton

Sally Bradshaw’s bolt from GOP a sign of Donald Trump’s impact on party

Running mate Mike Pence: Conservative but not angry about it