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Scott PowersAugust 17, 2017

Speaking before a crowd of mental health and substance abuse treatment professionals, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Latvala promised more money for their causes and lashed out at Speaker Richard Corcoran and House Republicans for neglecting them. Latvala, the Republican state Senator from Clearwater who chairs the Appropriations Committee, said Florida has neglected mental health and […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2017

Republican state Sen. Jack Latvala has picked up endorsements of two major firefighters unions in his quest for the Republican nomination to run for governor next year, his campaign announced Thursday. The endorsements come less than 24 hours after Latvala formally kicked off his campaign Wednesday in Hialeah, Clearwater and Panama City. Latvala received the endorsements […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King has picked up the endorsement of the mayor of Eatonville, Florida’s oldest town incorporated as an African-American city. Eatonville Mayor Eddie Cole‘s endorsement is a double triumph for King, one of his first from elected officials, and a leader in the Orlando-area’s black community. Eatonville, incorporated in 1887, is just […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2017

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced it is endorsing Democrat Gwen Graham for governor, her campaign announced Tuesday. “With 39 lodges across the state of Florida, you’ll find our union members working in manufacturing and aerospace from Pensacola to Miami,” Frank Ortis, president of the Florida State Council of Machinists, stated in […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2017

Democratic U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson has endorsed Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum to be the next governor of Florida. Wilson, from Miami Gardens, joins U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings as Democratic members of Congress who have endorsed Gillum over two Democratic rivals, former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham of Tallahassee and developer Chris King of Winter Park. “I […]

Scott PowersAugust 15, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King called Tuesday for the removal of all Confederate memorials in Florida. Taking to Facebook, King posted, “It’s time to remove all the Confederate monuments in Florida. These monuments should be removed because we should not celebrate literal anti-American ideology or any ideology based on the oppression of any group of […]

Scott PowersAugust 12, 2017

Adam Putnam assured the 200 or so delegates to his breakfast at the Republican Party of Florida quarterly meeting in Orlando Saturday that he knows their towns, he knows their roads, he knows their barbecue places, and he knows their hopes, dreams, and struggles of living somewhere that’s not on an Interstate exit. The Florida […]

Scott PowersAugust 10, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham pledged Thursday to a number of educators and parents concerned about public education that she would make public education her top priority. While meeting with a roundtable of teachers, former teachers, public education advocates, and parents in an Orlando restaurant Thursday, Graham blasted Republican efforts to promote charter schools, which […]

Scott PowersAugust 7, 2017

Chris King wants to convince Florida voters that the state really doesn’t have it so good, that the economy has stagnated for this entire century, and that it’s the Republicans’ fault since they’ve been in charge the whole time. King, the Winter Park developer who’s seeking the Democratic primary nomination to run for governor of […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham announced Thursday she is being backed by four more women leaders from the party in Florida. She picked up the endorsements of former state Reps. Karen Castor Dentel and Kelly Skidmore, Democratic National Committee member Alma Gonzalez, and former Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan, Graham’s campaign announced in a news release […]

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Joel Rudman with wife Sophie. Photo via Rudman.

Jack Latvala vows more mental health, substance abuse money, rips Richard Corcoran

Firefighters in Orlando, Miami back Jack Latvala for governor

Chris King gets backing of Eatonville Mayor Eddie Cole

Aerospace workers’ union endorses Gwen Graham

Frederica Wilson endorses Andrew Gillum for governor

Chris King calls for removal of all Confederate monuments

Adam Putnam: Nobody knows Florida better than I

Gwen Graham pledges public education as her priority, blasts Richard Corcoran

Chris King: ‘I want to be the economy candidate’

Gwen Graham grabs four Democratic women leaders’ endorsements