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Drew WilsonDecember 8, 2018

State Rep. Randy Fine launched his 2020 re-election bid on Nov. 19, and thanks to his prodigious fundraising effort last cycle he was able to hit the ground running. A newly filed campaign finance report shows the Brevard County Republican already has $21,500 in the bank. The bulk of that money — $20,000 — marked […]

Scott PowersNovember 6, 2018

Republicans are sweeping all four Florida House seats Tuesday, returning state Reps. Rene Plasencia, Thad Altman, and Randy Fine to office and keeping the other in GOP control by electing Tyler Sirois. None of the four had much trouble, in what turned out to be a pretty red wave washing ashore along the Space Coast. […]

Scott PowersOctober 26, 2018

Republican state Rep. Randy Fine picked up an additional $10,550 in campaign contributions in the week ending Oct. 19, easily the biggest haul of any Florida House candidate running in Brevard County. Fine’s latest collections pushed his campaign total to more than $243,000, more than 11 times as much as his Democratic opponent, Phil Moore […]

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 22, 2018

Palm Bay Republican Rep. Randy Fine has drawn another Democratic challenger as he goes for a second term in Brevard County-based House District 53. FiorD’Aliza Frias, also of Palm Bay, filed for the seat on Friday, joining West Melbourne Democrat Phil Moore in the primary race. Fine had raised more than $120,000 and had nearly […]

Scott PowersJanuary 22, 2018

Democrat Phil Moore said that, for too long, he has watched with growing concern from his bicycling, running, and kayaking as the environment of the Space Coast and its lagoons and rivers degraded, and as Tallahassee seemed to want to restrict what cities and counties can do. The 43-year-old athletic trainer and instructor from West […]

Peter SchorschNovember 13, 2017

Brevard County Republican Rep. Randy Fine added $23,000 between his campaign and committee accounts last month, giving him with $86,573 on hand at the end of October. Fine raised $20,500 of the money through his re-election campaign in House District 53. Making the donor roll for October were Anheuser-Busch, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, Southern […]

Terry RoenNovember 8, 2016

Republicans won handily two Brevard County races for state House seats. House District 51 Republican Tom Goodson won the HD 51 seat in Brevard County. He received 50,163 votes, or 60 percent, over Democrat Mike Blake’s 33,971, or 40 percent of the vote. House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, who currently represents District 51, could not seek re-election […]

Peter SchorschJuly 26, 2016

More than 300 candidates are running for the 160 seats in the Florida House and Senate. And, try as we will, FloridaPolitics.com won’t be able to interview all of them. So we are asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are and […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 10, 2016

The Florida Medical Association PAC has endorsed Randy Fine in House District 53. In a statement Friday, the organization applauded Fine’s business experience and said it believed he would work hard on behalf of Florida physicians. “The FMA PAC is proud to support Randy Fine in House District 53. Mr. Fine has ample business experience […]

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Randy Fine starts off 2020 bid with a bang

Republicans keep all four Brevard County House seats

Randy Fine pulls in $10K for final push in HD 53, leading all Brevard House candidates

Ten Central Florida house seats set for primaries August 28

Randy Fine draws a second challenger in HD 53

Phil Moore enters House District 53 race, challenging Randy Fine

Randy Fine raises $23K for HD 53 re-election in October

Republicans win two Brevard County races

Meet David Kearns, Democrat running for HD 53

Florida Medical Association PAC backs Randy Fine in HD 53