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Scott PowersJanuary 17, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is launching a new television commercial throughout Florida today accusing Gov. Rick Scott of denying climate change and vowing that any threat of oil drilling off Florida’s coast “is going to stop” if Levine is elected governor. The 30-second ad “Denial” is backed by a $375,000 broadcast and cable TV […]

Scott PowersJanuary 13, 2018

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham alleged Friday that Gov. Rick Scott and his office could be partly to blame for the 14 heat deaths at a Hollywood Hills nursing home following Hurricane Irma after the Associated Press reported the facility called him three times seeking help. The Governor’s Office quickly shot back, insisting that nursing […]

Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2018

There’s that Sept. 30, 2009, check to the U.S. Senate campaign of former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio: It’s the $2,400 contribution to a Republican who then was seen as the darling of Florida’s Tea Party movement, an upstart whose explosive popularity on the right chased Charlie Crist from the Grand Old Party and made Democratic […]

Scott PowersJanuary 9, 2018

Running on his primary economic theme, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King announced he’ll be campaigning in South Florida on an “affordable living tour.” King, of Winter Park, is an entrepreneur of affordable housing developments and has made economic issues from living wages to free college tuition to housing a central theme of his campaign. His […]

Scott PowersJanuary 9, 2018

Starting his state bus tour at the Orlando home of one of the gran damas of Central Florida Puerto Rican activism and Democratic politics, Philip Levine declared the Hurricane Maria relief effort to be “embarrassing” and said the election will be when Puerto Ricans can respond. “Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans now who have moved […]

Scott PowersJanuary 8, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum‘s December provided his strongest campaign fundraising since last March, and it turns out the two months have something else in common: $100,000 checks from billionaire George Soros. The New York Democratic financier donated $100,000 to Gillum’s Forward Florida Political Committee on Dec. 29, according to the latest disclosures posted on the […]

Scott PowersJanuary 6, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King raised just over $100,000 combined in December for his official election campaign and his independent political committee Rise and Lead, Florida, his campaign announced Friday. With the December draw, King’s two committees reported raising $2.97 million total in 2017, and ended the year with $1.62 million cash on hand, his […]

Scott PowersJanuary 5, 2018

Philip Levine is gassing up a bus again for another tour of Florida, this time as an official candidate for governor. Levine, the Democratic former mayor of Miami Beach, announced Friday that he plans to take a bus campaign tour that will start in Orlando next Tuesday morning and end in Key Largo on the […]

Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott‘s office wants $1,200 from Gwen Graham before it will deliver anything to respond to her public records request, contending that’s how much staff time cost to research her inquiry into whether he spoke with nursing home administrators during the September 2017 tragedy at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. The governor’s office […]

Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum‘s campaign is reporting that he raised a quarter million dollars in December between his official campaign and his independent committee, marking his first $200,000 month since early last spring. Spokesman Geoff Burgan characterized December as a month of momentum. Gillum hadn’t seen much momentum since before his campaign team was […]

Tag: governor’s race

New Philip Levine TV ad focuses on off-shore drilling threat

Gwen Graham charges that receiving phone calls means Rick Scott should have acted on Hollywood Hills

Philip Levine: Check to Marco Rubio ‘tiny’ compared with long, deep Democratic support

Chris King launching ‘affordable living tour’

Philip Levine says this election is when Puerto Ricans can remember

Andrew Gillum’s campaign draws another $100K from George Soros

Chris King attracts $100K in campaign donations in December

Philip Levine planning another bus tour of Florida

Governor’s office seeks $1,200 to respond to Gwen Graham’s Hollywood Hills query

Andrew Gillum reports raising $250K

After brutal storms, Gov. DeSantis declares state of emergency, activates Florida National Guard