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Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2018

Democratic Florida House nominee Barbara Cady is releasing her first campaign video on-line Thursday, attacking incumbent Republican state Rep. Mike La Rosa and introducing herself in the House District 42 race. The 30-second video charges that La Rosa has failed to do anything to improve education, fix health care, or stand up to what the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 25, 2018

Republican state Rep. Mike La Rosa added another $10,000 to his campaign’s fund in the first two weeks of September pushing his total raised near $200,000 for his House District 42 re-election effort while his Democratic opponent Barbara Cady dropped further behind in the money chase. La Rosa, of St. Cloud, enters the post-primary period […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 10, 2018

Incoming House Speaker Jose Oliva and the two Republican lawmakers set to succeed him in that post will be in Orlando next week for a fundraiser benefitting the re-election campaigns of their Central Florida colleagues. Oliva, Palm Harbor Rep. Chris Sprowls and Palm Coast Rep. Paul Renner will headline the Sept. 12 fundraising reception at […]

Drew WilsonJune 11, 2018

The five lawmakers representing a piece of Polk County in the Florida House continued cruising toward Election Day with more than $90,000 in combined campaign fundraising. Winter Haven Republican Rep. Sam Killebrew had the strongest May fundraising report of the five members of the Polk delegation, all of whom are Republicans. The House District 41 […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 24, 2018

Republican Reps. Chuck Clemons and Mike La Rosa each took on new opponents in their re-election campaigns for House Districts 21 and 42, respectively. In Clemons’ Gainesville-based district Shreyas Amol Kumar Jethwani made it a two-way Democratic primary race to unseat the freshman lawmaker after he joined Jason Haeseler, who filed Jan. 11. A third […]

Larry GriffinNovember 8, 2016

In House District 42, Mike La Rosa beat opponent Benny Valentin to win his seat again, with a five-point lead that is impressive considering the massive financial differences between their campaigns. The race between the two was never financially close, with La Rosa reporting contributions upwards of $200,000 and Valentin only coming up with about $7,000 with $8,000 […]

Drew WilsonMarch 22, 2016

The roster of candidates running for the Florida House got a little lighter this week with the exit of challengers in Districts 8 and 42. Marquise McMiller, the lone Republican candidate in heavily Democratic HD 8, dropped out after failing to bring in any contributions through five months in the race. He leaves Democrats Ramon […]

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Barbara Cady launches video ad in HD 42 race

Mike La Rosa’s war chest continues to overwhelm Barbara Cady’s campaign finances

Top House Republicans holding fundraiser for Central Florida incumbents

Polk County delegation piles on the campaign cash in May

New candidates file to run against Chuck Clemons, Mike La Rosa

Incumbent Mike La Rosa wins back HD 42 seat from Benny Valentin

Races get less crowded as candidates drop out of HD 8, HD 42