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Scott PowersNovember 15, 2017

Democrats Lauren Baer and David Richardson have received endorsements from the Victory Fund gay rights advocacy group in their quests to be elected to Congress in Florida’s 18th and 27th Congressional Districts. Baer and Richardson are both openly gay, marking the second consecutive congressional election cycle in which Floridians have been presented with two opportunities […]

Scott PowersOctober 17, 2017

Democratic congressional challenger Lauren Baer raised more than $250,000 and her Democratic rival Pam Keith raised $150,000 in the third quarter of 2017 for their battle to decide who might take on Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Brian Mast in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. Yet combined the two Democrats did not raise as much during the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 15, 2017

Pam Keith, the former Navy JAG officer who finished third in 2016 ifor the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, is getting the backing of the National Organization of Women in her bid to defeat Republican Brian Mast in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. “Florida NOW considers Pam Keith a champion for women’s rights. She will […]

Scott PowersOctober 6, 2017

More national help is on the way to promote Republican U.S. Reps. Brian Mast of the Treasure Coast and Carlos Curbelo of Miami, with the launch this weekend of “Super Saturday” grassroots efforts organized by The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF). That organization has opened up field offices in Mast’s 18th Congressional District and in Curbelo’s 26th […]

Scott PowersOctober 4, 2017

Democratic Congressional District 18 candidate Pam Keith has received the endorsement and backing of VoteVets, a progressive-politics organization dedicated to helping elect military veterans to Congress and other levels of government, her campaign announced Wednesday. Keith, a Navy veteran and labor lawyer from Palm Beach Gardens, is now in a Democratic primary battle with Lauren Baer, […]

Staff ReportsOctober 2, 2017

Lauren Baer, a former senior official in the Obama administration, is launching a Democratic challenge to Republican Brian Mast in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. CD 18 covers St. Lucie and Martin counties, as well as the northeastern Palm Beach County. From 2011 and 2017, Baer served as senior adviser to Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and […]

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Victory Fund endorses Lauren Baer, David Richardson in CD 18, 27

Lauren Baer raises $250K, Pam Keith $150K for CD 18 primary

Pam Keith gets backing from NOW in bid for congressional seat

Congressional Leadership Fund stumping Saturday for Brian Mast, Carlos Curbelo

Pam Keith gets backing of VoteVets in CD 18 race

Ex-Obama official to challenge Brian Mast in CD 18