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Scott PowersNovember 9, 2018

Overnight changes in the vote totals for Florida’s three contested statewide race show Republican Ron DeSantis‘ lead in the governor’s election slipping to 36,000 votes, Republican Rick Scott’s lead in the U.S. Senate election down to 15,000, and Democrat Nikki Fried moving out to an almost 3,000 vote lead for Agriculture Commissioner. That calls for […]

Scott PowersJuly 25, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine sent a letter Wednesday to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi essentially asking her to decriminalize marijuana for the time by instructing state attorneys to not prosecute small-amount possession cases until at least after the elections. Levine, who joined his fellow Democratic gubernatorial candidates Chris King and Andrew Gillum in June in […]

Scott PowersApril 26, 2018

On FOX News Channel Thursday morning, President Donald Trump cited Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis and several other staunch defenders of his as “absolute warriors.” Speaking by phone to Fox & Friends, Trump lauded DeSantis, the congressman from Ponte Vedra Beach, as well as Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Fort Walton Beach, plus […]

Scott PowersDecember 29, 2017

Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis has spent a couple of weeks now seriously signaling his interest in running for governor of Florida including getting an endorsement from President Donald Trump and now he has taken a material step toward a statewide campaign with the announcement of finance teams. The existing federal campaign, Ron DeSantis for […]

Scott PowersJuly 19, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham described a private meeting a patient asked to have with her while she was performing one of her “workday” events at an Orlando free clinic Wednesday night, and said it reminded her that state budget priorities need to be reworked to be more caring. The patient had been struggling to […]

Tag: governor’s election

The latest: Governor’s race in machine recount; Senate’s, Ag Commissioner’s in hand recount

Philip Levine calls on Pam Bondi to delay marijuana prosecutions

Donald Trump calls Ron DeSantis, Matt Gaetz, ‘absolute warriors’

Ron DeSantis announces campaign finance teams with Thomas Peterffy, Sheldon Adelson

Gwen Graham turns free clinic ‘workday’ into push for a budget that cares