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Drew WilsonOctober 1, 2018

Republican state Rep. Ross Spano and Democratic attorney Kristen Carlson are in a tight race in Florida’s 15th Congressional District, according to a new poll from Bold Blue Campaigns. The poll, conducted Sept. 22 through Sep. 27, found Spano ahead by 3 percentage points over Carlson, 49-46 percent, with 5 percent of voters saying they […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 13, 2018

Florida’s 15th Congressional District was considered a gimme to Republicans not so long ago, but political handicappers and oddsmakers have been shifting the seat away from the GOP in recent weeks. A new internal poll released by Democratic nominee Kristen Carlson puts some weight behind those shifts — it shows her with a 1-point lead […]

Jacob OglesSeptember 2, 2018

With nominees now settled in all of Florida’s Congressional races this fall, prominent political forecasting website FiveThirtyEight has adjusted its forecasting model and suggests two more districts could be in play. The seats? Florida’s 25th Congressional District, now represented by Republican Mario Diaz-Balart, and Florida’s 15th Congressional District, represented by retiring Republican Dennis Ross. FiveThirtyEight […]

Joe HendersonAugust 28, 2018

Republican Ross Spano overcame the charge of dirty politics and a late snub by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd to win his party’s nomination primary Tuesday night in CD 15. Spano, a two-term member of the Florida House, defeated former state Rep. Neil Combee 44 to 34 percent. He will now face Democrat Kristen Carlson in the general […]

Scott PowersAugust 24, 2018

The “pink wave” is coming, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham vowed Friday, as the national Democratic women’s group EMILY’s List introduced her and six endorsed congressional candidates before Tuesday’s primary elections. The seven Democratic women candidates took varying degrees of explicitly expressing gender politics during a telephone press conference sponsored by EMILY’s List Friday. However, […]

Bill RuftyAugust 23, 2018

The campaign of Kristen Carlson, a Lakeland Democrat running for Florida’s 15th Congressional District, is accusing primary opponent Andrew Learned of Valrico of negative campaigning. Learned’s campaign claims Carlson‘s money is coming from outside the district, making her beholden to corporate campaign contributors. A political scientist from Florida Southern College in Lakeland said the damage of a […]

Drew WilsonAugust 13, 2018

Former Auburndale state Rep. Neil Combee isn’t leading by double digits, as indicated by a recent poll commissioned by his campaign, but he does have an outside the margins lead in the Republican primary for Florida’s 15th Congressional District. According to a new survey from St. Pete Polls, Combee has the support of nearly 36 […]

Drew WilsonAugust 10, 2018

Dover state Rep. Ross Spano has started running his first TV ad in the race for Florida’s 15th Congressional District, pitching himself as a candidate who will fight to keep the American Dream “alive and well.” The ad, titled “American Dream,” sees the Hillsborough County Republican touch on that concept before rattling off a litany […]

Drew WilsonAugust 9, 2018

A new poll shows former state Rep. Neil Combee has a monster lead in the primary contest for Florida’s 15th Congressional District. The Strategic Government Consulting poll, conducted Aug. 7 and Aug. 8, the Auburndale Republican is the pick for 31 percent of primary voters while Dover state Rep. Ross Spano, who had a double-digit […]

Drew WilsonAugust 8, 2018

Valrico Democrat Andrew Learned attacked his primary opponent in Florida’s 15th Congressional District on Wednesday over recent spending by a so-called “dark money” group. The Learned campaign pointed to recent Federal Elections Commission filings showing that a super PAC by the name of “REINVESTING IN AMERICA” had tossed $19,487 to Washington-based Resonance Campaigns for a data […]

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Ross Spano holds slim lead over Kristen Carlson in new CD 15 poll

Shock Poll: Kristen Carlson leads Ross Spano in first poll of CD 15 battle

FiveThirtyEight foresees trouble for Mario Diaz-Balart, Ross Spano

Ross Spano defeats Neil Combee with surprising ease in CD 15 GOP primary

EMILY’s List candidates: Here come women voters

CD 15 Democratic primary split could mean general election defeat

Neil Combee takes lead in CD 15 Republican primary, poll shows

Ross Spano vows to protect ‘American Dream’ in first CD 15 ad

Poll puts Neil Combee up big in CD 15 primary

Andrew Learned says ‘dark money’ fueling Kristen Carlson’s CD 15 bid