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Peter SchorschFebruary 28, 2018

Americans For Prosperity-Florida on Tuesday thanked lawmakers who voted against film industry incentives bills sponsored Miami Democratic Sen. Annette Taddeo. SB 1606 would set up a “Florida Motion Picture Capital Corporation” to “encourage the use of this state as a site for scripted productions by providing financing to such productions,” but does not immediately fund […]

Drew WilsonFebruary 26, 2018

Americans for Prosperity-Florida announced Monday it would send out direct mail in support of state lawmakers who backed the “school choice” package favored by House Speaker Richard Corcoran. The group said it would amp up digital outreach in addition to the mailers to support lawmakers who supported HB 7055, which cleared the Senate Education Committee […]

Scott PowersAugust 7, 2017

Who is behind the attack ads in the Florida House District 44 special election primary set for a week for Tuesday? The attack ads went after Republican John Newstreet two weeks ago, and now they’re going after GOP primary rival Bobby Olszewski in what looks like an effort to play both sides against each other. Everyone […]

Scott PowersJuly 31, 2017

The House District 44 Republican primary is boiling, as John Newstreet responded to a shadow group’s attack ads with a Facebook Live video decrying them as “not true” and his campaign blamed rival Bobby Olszewski, who denied involvement and disavowed such politics. The ruckus is over mailers and an internet site sponsored by a new […]

Scott PowersMarch 23, 2017

Florida voters can expect to receive mailers from a veterans group with Republican ties urging them to urge Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch as a Supreme Court justice. The group Veterans Concerned for America, run by a former GOP state finance chairman, is making a second round of mailings to […]

Scott PowersOctober 21, 2016

The National Rifle Association and Gabby Giffords‘ Americans for Responsible Solutions are weighing in on Florida’s 7th Congressional District race between Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica and Democratic challenger Stephanie Murphy. The first shot fired was by Americans for Responsible Solutions, the gun-law-reform group founded by former Arizona congresswoman, Giffords, who was shot and nearly […]

Scott PowersOctober 4, 2016

The Florida Democratic Party is snowing mailers into Florida’s 7th Congressional District supporting challenger Stephanie Murphy and attacking Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. John Mica, who slammed the campaign Tuesday as “distortions.” In the past week or so, four FDP mailers have gone out, including two that attacked Mica for a deal involving an old federal […]

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AFP-FL praises Senators who voted against film incentives

AFP-FL mailers thank lawmakers for supporting House education plan

Second candidate attacked by shadow group in HD 44 special election

John Newstreet’s campaign blames Bobby Olszewski for ‘liberal Newstreet’ attack ads; Olszewski denies involvement

Veterans group’s mailers target Bill Nelson in Neil Gorsuch vote

Gun groups weighing in on John Mica-Stephanie Murphy race in CD 7

Florida Democrat Party mailers for Stephanie Murphy irk John Mica