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Associated PressMay 10, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be the keynote speaker later this month in Fort Lauderdale during a conference organized by the Trayvon Martin Foundation. The foundation said in a statement that Clinton will address the third annual Circle of Mothers conference, a three-day event that helps mothers who have “lost children or family members […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 10, 2016

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Too close to call. With six months until the general election, that’s how a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday described the state of the race in three crucial swing states. In Florida, Hillary Clinton is essentially tied with Donald Trump, with 43 percent of Floridians supporting Clinton to compared to 42 percent backing Trump. Bernie […]

Ryan RayMay 9, 2016

Wilton Manors Democrat Ken Keechl may stand to gain from a negative “Donald Trump effect” against a Republican incumbent in deep-blue Broward, but apparently he isn’t taking any chances. Keechl is challenging third-term Pompano Beach state Rep. George Moraitis in moderate, coastal House District 93. Keechl took in $21,198 during the April reporting period while Moraitis raised just $3,700, […]

Steve SchaleMay 9, 2016

Six months before Election Day, now that the candidates and races are starting to develop, I wanted to take a look at my favorite of all subjects: state House races. For those of you who don’t know me well, I cut my teeth in the Florida House. State House races are my first political love, […]

Associated PressMay 6, 2016

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Donald Trump grudgingly agreed Friday to meet with House Speaker Paul Ryan to work out their differences in the midst of an extraordinary display of Republican vs. Republican strife. But he said he had “no idea” if they would patch things up and it didn’t really matter that much when compared to all the votes […]

Guest AuthorMay 6, 2016

What a blessed relief. Presidential political junkies are down to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, down to the Cinderella finalists and we can take the summer off. OK, I know Bernie Sanders is still hoofing the “I want to live in the White House” shuffle, but he’s not going to be at the top of […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 6, 2016

Jeb Bush will not vote for Donald Trump in November. Nor will he cast a ballot for Hillary Clinton. In a lengthy Facebook post Friday, the former Florida governor congratulated Trump “on securing his place as the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee.” However, Bush said the New York Republican would not receive his support — or […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 6, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott said he thinks voters have a clear choice when it comes to the 2016 presidential election. “I think this election is pretty clear. On one side, we have Donald Trump, a business person; someone who is going to focus on creating jobs, someone who wants to destroy ISIS, someone who knows how […]

Associated PressMay 6, 2016

Long before Donald Trump swatted away his Republican presidential rivals, his likely Democratic opponent and her allies began laying traps for him. Priorities USA, the lead super PAC backing Hillary Clinton, has already reserved $91 million in television advertising that will start next month and continue through Election Day. In addition, Clinton’s campaign and Priorities USA have […]

Scott PowersMay 6, 2016

A new comprehensive study on American views on foreign affairs finds to no surprise that Republicans are from Mars and Democrats from Venus, but also finds Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s supporters more isolationist than anyone. The survey, released Thursday by the Pew Research Center, finds that Democrats consider the nation’s biggest global fears to be climate […]

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Hillary Clinton to speak in Fort Lauderdale at Trayvon Martin Foundation event

Too close to call: Hillary Clinton at 43%, Donald Trump at 42% in Florida

Ken Keechl blows out George Moraitis in April HD 93 fundraising

Steve Schale: Florida state House rankings, May 2016

No mending in sight for fractured GOP

Linda Cunningham: Ignore politics for a few months, enjoy the summer

Jeb Bush: ‘I will not vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton’

Rick Scott predicts Donald Trump will ‘have a big win’ in 2016

Democratic advertising blitz awaits Donald Trump

Pew Research: Republicans, Democrats have starkly different foreign affairs priorities