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Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016

Texas Democratic icon Wendy Davis and Florida congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy argued Friday that the November election offers picks between women who understand issues such as child care, women’s choice, and equal pay — and men who do not. Davis, the former Texas state senator who made national headlines by filibustering an anti-abortion bill there […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2016

Central Floridians will soon be getting to know Stephanie Murphy and presumably John Mica very, very well — at least from the perspective of Democrats who are pushing her in the now intensely competitive contest for Florida’s Congressional District 7. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which helped find and promote Murphy to run against Mica this year, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2016

In 20 of Florida’s 26 contested congressional races this fall, one major party nominee escaped from last Tuesday’s primaries with more than five times as much cash-on-hand as the other major party’s candidate. And in many cases, the cash gap heading into the fall is so overwhelming that one party’s congressional nominee’s bank account would barely […]

Scott PowersAugust 31, 2016

Thuy Lowe has made it into Cosmo. The Republican nominee in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, based in Orlando, is profiled on Cosmopolitan.com as one of “19 Women Who Will Make History if Elected to Congress This Year.“ To do that, Lowe, a retired businesswoman from Sorrento, will need to beat Democratic nominee Val Demings in […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica generally takes primary challenges like Sunday morning walks in the park, and on Tuesday the 12-term Republican congressman from Winter Park once again never broke much of a sweat on his way to the finish line. Mica swept away challenger Mark Busch, a Casselberry businessman and former Soil and Water Conservation […]

Scott PowersAugust 22, 2016

The entry-bell surge of political action committee money into new Democratic nominee Stephanie Murphy‘s campaign fund has triggered a similar rush of PAC money into the war chest of Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. John Mica in the Winter Park-based Florida’s 7th Congressional District. National Democrats signaled they’re taking Murphy’s candidacy seriously, compared with those of […]

Scott PowersAugust 20, 2016

Democratic U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee of California will campaign for Democrat Stephanie Murphy in Sanford for Florida’s 7th Congressional District campaign. Murphy, of Winter Park, is taking on Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica, a 12-term incumbent, in a race that national Democrats are targeting. Lee’s appearance, set for a meet-and-greet in downtown Sanford Tuesday afternoon, is […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2016

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is calling out a number of House Republicans for failing to issue a statement in the wake of Donald Trump‘s attack on Khizr and Ghazala Khan over the weekend. The Khans were the parents of Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004. The couple became nationally famous after they appeared at the Democratic National […]

Larry GriffinAugust 1, 2016

In the wake of the first four locally transmitted Zika virus cases in the U.S. last week, all in Florida, Congressman John Mica penned a letter to President Barack Obama requesting Obama use all the available and unspent funding to fight the virus. Saying Zika is a “growing threat” to the community, Mica requested Obama immediately utilize the $589 […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

The founding members of the O’Jays are asking a Republican to stop using their music for the second time in a week. In a statement released Wednesday, Eddie Levert and Walter Williams said they sent a letter to Rep. John Mica, R-Florida, asking him to stop using their song “For The Love Of Money” in […]

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Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

Wendy Davis and Stephanie Murphy: women’s issues call for woman leadership

DCCC, House Majority PAC make massive TV buys in Stephanie Murphy-John Mica contest

Florida congressional races start fall with lopsided campaign cash

CD 10 Republican Thuy Lowe makes it into Cosmo

John Mica gets tune-up election out of the way, set for Democratic challenge in CD 7

PACs gearing up for John Mica-Stephanie Murphy in CD 7

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee to campaign for Stephanie Murphy in Sanford

DCCC says David Jolly failed to speak out on Donald Trump’s statement on the Khan family, but he did

John Mica writes to Barack Obama requesting he utilize all available funds to fight Zika

O’Jays ask Republican John Mica to stop using their music