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Staff ReportsOctober 28, 2016

Mike Fernandez is backing Democrat Patrick Murphy in his race against Republican Marco Rubio for the U.S. Senate. Fernandez, the Miami billionaire who is one of the nation’s largest GOP funders, announced his support of Murphy to the Miami Herald Friday morning. He told reporters the main reason he’s voting for Murphy is the Jupiter […]

Mitch PerryOctober 28, 2016

Less than 48 hours after Hillary Clinton spoke to thousands in downtown Tampa, the Clinton campaign announced Friday that Vice President Joe Biden will campaign for her on Wednesday, November 2. The Clinton campaign says Biden will appear in “Get Out the Early Vote” events in both the Tampa and West Palm Beach areas. Time and locations of both events have yet […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 28, 2016

The Hillary Clinton campaign is playing its most important hold card in Jacksonville and South Florida next week, bringing President Barack Obama in to make the closing argument. From the Clinton campaign: “On Thursday, Nov. 3, just days prior to Election Day, President Barack Obama will return to Florida to campaign for Hillary Clinton. At public ‘Get Out the Early […]

Scott PowersOctober 28, 2016

A new Public Policy Polling survey commissioned by the gun-law-reform group Americans For Responsible Solutions finds that gun law reforms are an overwhelming issue for Floridians and that Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by four points in the Sunshine State and Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy are tied. The PPP poll, done for the political […]

Steve SchaleOctober 28, 2016

To: Fans of Florida From: Steve Schale, Exhausted and Disgusted Jaguars Fan Re: 11 Days Out *0 days until Gus Bradley is fired, God willing. *11 days until the election *15 days until FSU basketball tips off. Another poll showed Clinton with a three-point lead. This means that since Bloomberg declared Trump leading Florida, four […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 28, 2016

A new poll shows Donald Trump has a slight edge over Hillary Clinton in the Sunshine State. According to a new Dixie Strategies poll, nearly 46 percent of likely Florida voters said they were backing Trump, compared to 42 percent who said they supported Clinton. Libertarian Gary Johnson received 2 percent, while Green Party candidate […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 28, 2016

President Barack Obama is making his final pitch to voters in a new campaign ad. The Hillary Clinton campaign released a new advertisement Friday featuring Obama appealing to voters to get out and vote for Clinton. The 30-second spot — called “On the Ballot” — lays out “how the progress made in the last eight years […]

Scott PowersOctober 28, 2016

Women who lost their children to gun violence or in police-involved incidents organized as “Mothers of the Movement” will campaign for Hillary Clinton in Tampa and Orlando Friday and Saturday, Clinton’s campaign announced. The group features Lucia McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis; Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner; Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra […]

Mitch PerryOctober 28, 2016

Michelle Obama brought her newly awakened star power to the Hillary Clinton campaign Thursday, giving a speech with the Democratic nominee yesterday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she said the Donald Trump campaign modus operandi in the final 10 days of the election was to discourage them from going to the polls. “Here’s where I want […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 27, 2016

Marco Rubio sidestepped questions about Donald Trump, saying voters “will have to make their own decisions” about the Republican nominee. “I think every race has to stand on its own; I’ve said that from the beginning,” said Rubio, following a campaign stop in Naples on Thursday. “If he wins, that doesn’t mean I win. If […]

Tag: Hillary Clinton

Miami GOP rainmaker Mike Fernandez endorses Patrick Murphy, gives $100K

VP Joe Biden to campaign in Tampa on Wednesday

Barack Obama to campaign for Hillary Clinton in Jacksonville and South Florida

Florida poll gives Hillary Clinton 4 point lead; calls Marco Rubio-Patrick Murphy race tied

Steve Schale: Notes on the fourth day of early voting in Florida

New Florida poll: Donald Trump at 46%, Hillary Clinton at 42%

Barack Obama makes final pitch to voters in new ad

Mothers who lost children to gun violence to campaign for Hillary Clinton

Mitch Perry Report for Friday, 10.28.16 —a FLOTUS dissects the Trump strategy

Marco Rubio: ‘I don’t have any plan, any intention, any desire to run for office in 2020’