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Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 4, 2018

Ron DeSantis painted a grim picture of Florida’s future if voters don’t put him in the Governor’s mansion this November. The former North Florida congressman made his pitch to a group of about 150 supporters Thursday at the Italian Club in Ybor City. The rally featured live music from a Wayne Newton look-alike. DeSantis’s first-grade teacher […]

Danny McAuliffeSeptember 27, 2018

Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Governor, is peddling a faulty health care plan, according to Americans for Prosperity Action. The advocacy arm of the Koch-funded super PAC responded to Gillum’s multi-faceted health care plan as spelled out in a television ad released by the Gillum campaign this week. In the 30-second spot, Gillum pledges to […]

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 […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 27, 2018

When it comes to your health, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell doesn’t want you to “worry.” The Democratic congressional candidate is out with a new ad in her race against Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in Florida’s 26th Congressional District. The 30-second spot, titled “Worry,” features Mucarsel-Powell spelling out her goals for America’s health care system while jabbing at past Republican proposals. […]

Danny McAuliffeSeptember 26, 2018

Andrew Gillum is hitting televisions across the state with a new television spot: “Health care is a right, not a privilege.” The 30-second ad began airing in major media markets on Wednesday, according to the campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nominee. “I believe that Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege,” Gillum says in the ad. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 25, 2018

Local Democrats are rallying behind gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum, while calling out his conservative opponent Ron DeSantis for siding with Republicans in efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “Andrew Gillum and Chris King will look out for St. Pete,” St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman said during a rally in front of a community health center on the Southside. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 25, 2018

Florida Democrats are releasing their first attack ad against Republican nominee Ron DeSantis, charging that he favors letting insurance companies deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions like cancer. The new TV commercial from the Florida Democratic Party blisters the Republican congressman’s participation in efforts to strike down and replace the Affordable Care Act with […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 21, 2018

WOMEN VOTE!, the independent expenditure arm of EMILY’s List, has launched a new direct mail campaign urging voters in Florida’s 26th Congressional District to support the Democratic nominee, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. The campaign was begun earlier this month and will run through Sept. 27. The group says their goal is to show Mucarsel-Powell is “a middle-class […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 21, 2018

Democrats earned a bit of good news in their efforts to overtake Congress with the release of a new poll showing incumbent U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo trailing in his re-election bid against Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. A survey commissioned by Protect Our Care, and conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP), has Mucarsel-Powell ahead by one point over Curbelo, 46 percent […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 21, 2018

A new survey from Public Policy Polling (PPP) shows a tight contest in Florida’s 18th Congressional District, with incumbent U.S. Rep. Brian Mast leading Democratic challenger Lauren Baer by just three percentage points. Mast gets 46 percent to Baer’s 43 percent, with 10 percent of respondents saying they were unsure. Respondents were asked several questions regarding the […]

Tag: health care

In Tampa, Ron DeSantis blasts Andrew Gillum for ‘liberal agenda’

Americans for Prosperity Action: Andrew Gillum’s health care plan an ‘extreme agenda’

Barbara Cady launches video ad in HD 42 race

Don’t ‘worry,’ be healthy: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell drops new ad

Andrew Gillum doubles down on health care in new ad

St. Pete Dems put ‘Trump disciple’ Ron DeSantis on notice over health care

Democrats’ ad attacks Ron DeSantis on pre-existing conditions coverage opposition

You’ve got mail: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell benefits from direct mail

Carlos Curbelo trailing in newest CD 26 poll

Lauren Baer polling within three points of Brian Mast