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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 […]

Scott PowersSeptember 5, 2018

The House District 47 race just went hard-core ugly with a reported third-party push poll call that has both the apparent target, Democrat Anna Eskamani, and the perceived beneficiary, Republican Stockton Reeves, expressing outrage Wednesday. A pollster in a live-interview telephone call Tuesday night asked if the recipient’s views of Eskamani would change, “if you […]

Scott PowersSeptember 4, 2018

Democrat Anna Eskamani has raised more than $350,000 in her bid for Florida House District 47, her campaign announced Tuesday. The amount, according to her campaign, is an extraordinary total for a first-time candidate to a Florida House seat. It speaks to both her campaign’s fundraising prowess and to the unusual phenomenon of her campaign, which […]

Staff ReportsAugust 25, 2018

Nearly 350 candidates are vying for state House and state Senate seats in 2018. Try as we will, Florida Politics can’t interview all of them. Just like in 2016, we’re again asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are and why they are […]

Scott PowersAugust 24, 2018

Republican House of Representatives candidate Stockton Reeves VI has filed new campaign finance reports showing expenses for campaign mailers that his primary opponent claimed he had not accounted for in the state House District 47 battle. The filing, for Friday’s campaign finance reporting deadline, shows Reeves paying $66,952 to Strategic Image Management to cover consulting and […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2018

House of Representatives candidate Stockton Reeves VI has put out a mailer declaring that his Republican primary opponent Mikaela Nix had been arrested as a young woman and charging that she has been hiding her past. Nix and Reeves are locked in an increasingly ugly Aug. 28 Republican primary battle seeking to succeed outgoing Republican […]

Scott PowersAugust 13, 2018

Republican Florida House of Representatives candidate Stockton Reeves VI has attacked the primary voting record of his Aug. 28 primary opponent Mikaela Nix, charging that she’s been a Democrat until recently and doesn’t often vote in primaries, in mailers that were delivered this weekend in House District 47 in Orange County. “MIkaela Nix wants your […]

Scott PowersAugust 6, 2018

Democratic Florida House of Representatives candidate Anna Eskamani has received the endorsement of the Orange County Firefighters Association in her quest to be elected in House District 47, her campaign announced Monday. “After much careful thought and consideration, our board decided to endorse you based on your strong leadership characteristics, determination and willingness to serve […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2018

Sunrise Movement, a climate change action group aimed at organizaing young progressives on the topic nationwide, is endorsing Democrat Anna Eskamani for Florida’s House District 47 in Orange County, her campaign announced. Eskamani is the only candidate in any Florida election and one of only 20 candidates nationally in political campaigns at any level that Sunrise […]

Scott PowersJuly 31, 2018

The Service Employees International Union of Florida is backing Democratic House candidate Anna Eskamani in her run for Florida House District 47, her campaign announced Tuesday. The union typically endorses Democrats and Eskamani’s path to the general election was cleared last week when her Democratic primary challenger Lou Forges dropped out. She will face either […]

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Top House Republicans holding fundraiser for Central Florida incumbents

HD 47 push poll question on Iran has both Anna Eskamani and Stockton Reeves incensed

Anna Eskamani clears $350K in her fundraising for HD 47

Meet Anna Eskamani, Democrat running for Florida House District 47

Stockton Reeves files reports on challenged campaign mailers

HD 47 primary gets uglier as Stockton Reeves mailer notes Mikaela Nix youthful arrest

Stockton Reeves goes after Mikaela Nix’s voting record in HD 47 primary battle

Orange Co. firefighters’ union back Anna Eskamani in HD 47 race

National climate change group backs Anna Eskamani in HD 47

Service employees’ union backs Anna Eskamani in HD 47 race