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Scott PowersJune 22, 2018

Ten seats in Central Florida’s portion of the Florida House of Representatives will have primaries on August 28, with four Republican and six Democratic in-party battles set by Friday’s ballot qualifying. The big primary battles among Republicans are preparing for two open seats now held by Republicans, and among the Democrats for four places where […]

Drew WilsonMay 15, 2018

Mount Dora Republican Rep. Jennifer Sullivan has gone three months without raising a dime for her House District 31 re-election bid, allowing challenger Debra Kaplan to continue playing catchup. April saw the Eustis Democrat bring in $2,430 – nearly double what she raised through the first three months of the year and her best fundraising […]

Scott PowersMarch 31, 2017

Business consultant Debra Kaplan of Eustis has filed as a Democrat to run for Florida’s House District 31, to take on Republican state Rep. Jennifer Sullivan. Kaplan, 64, is a former cable-TV Emmy-award-winning political reporter in Connecticut, and Apopka, and former public relations agent, who said she strove to remain politically independent until recently, and […]

Scott PowersNovember 8, 2016

Facing light competition, state Reps. Jennifer Sullivan, Jason Brodeur, John Cortes, and Bruce Antone cruised to re-election to Florida House seats in Central Florida Tuesday. Brodeur, a Republican from Sanford, won his fourth term in the House, defeating independent candidate Steve Edmunds in House District 28, by 64 percent to 36 percent. Sullivan, a Republican from […]

Drew WilsonJune 18, 2016

A no-party candidate has filed to run against first-term Republican Rep. Jennifer Sullivan in House District 31. Apopka resident Robert Rightmyer filed for the seat Thursday and is currently the only candidate running against Sullivan, who entered the House without any Election Day opposition two years ago. Rightmyer is an alumnus of the University of […]

Scott PowersMay 11, 2016

Winter Park Democratic lawyer Ryan Yadav‘s loans to his own campaign are keeping his House District 30 race against incumbent Republican state Rep. Bob Cortes the only competitive house race in Seminole County-based districts, at least as far as money is concerned. Cortes, seeking a second term, raised $12,680 in April, one of the biggest […]

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Ashley Moody and Jimmy Patronis talk hurricane prep. Image via Moody office.

Ten Central Florida house seats set for primaries August 28

Jennifer Sullivan cedes ground in HD 31 money race

Democrat Debra Kaplan files to run for House District 31

Jason Brodeur, Jennifer Sullivan, John Cortes, Bruce Antone return to House

NPA challenger files against Jennifer Sullivan in HD 31

Ryan Yadav loans keep HD 30 money race competitive with Bob Cortes