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Mitch PerryNovember 7, 2016

BRANDON — Although Marco Rubio is a clear favorite to win re-election to his U.S. Senate seat tomorrow night, he wasn’t doing a victory lap when he made a visit to the Hillsborough County Republican Party headquarters in Brandon Monday morning. “Two-hundred and seventy-five thousand Republicans who requested a mail ballot have not returned it […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has been an enthusiastic supporter and friend of Sen. Marco Rubio, dating back to a time before Rubio was in the U.S. Senate. Evidence of that political symbiosis abounds in more recent memory. Rubio was a prominent backer of Curry’s mayoral bid, coming into town for a rally the day before the May […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterNovember 7, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio has a big lead over Rep. Patrick Murphy in Florida’s U.S. Senate race. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Rubio leads Murphy, 50 percent to 43 percent. The poll found 7 percent of respondents said they were either voting for someone else or didn’t know. The latest poll of 884 likely Florida […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2016

The Republican Party of Duval County knows now how far behind it is in the turnout battle. With early voting wrapped up and a total of 297,616 Duval County voters having made their choices, Democratic turnout outpaced that of Republicans by a margin of 126,687 to 122,464. An additional 48,465 NPA voters have turned out […]

Guest AuthorNovember 7, 2016

I am proud of my service in the United States Air Force, and I know firsthand the honor it is to serve this great nation. I also know the complete trust we in the military must place in our commander in chief. Our nation’s armed forces serve at the call of duty, at the orders […]

Larry GriffinNovember 6, 2016

On the eve of early voting’s end Sunday night, Congressional District 7 hopeful Stephanie Murphy, Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith of House District 49 and Pulse survivor Brandon Wolf, who also works with the Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, came together outside the Florida Coordinated Campaign office on Colonial Drive to promote the election of leaders who will […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterNovember 6, 2016

Jimmy Buffett has a message for Floridians: Get out and vote. Buffett is scheduled to perform at a get out the vote rally for Democrats Hillary Clinton, Patrick Murphy, and Charlie Crist on Monday. The Florida music icon will be joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, the vice president’s wife. The event […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 6, 2016

The most notable thing about Sen. Marco Rubio‘s last visit to Northeast Florida as a 2016 candidate: one last illustration of the fact that while he never actually got comfortable with the idea of Donald Trump as GOP standard bearer, one of his strongholds of support — Duval County — made peace with it long ago. Consider […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterNovember 5, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio is making his closing arguments in his final TV spot. According to the Rubio campaign, 30-second spot, called “Debt,” is meant to discuss each generation’s “debt and duty to the next. “America is the greatest country in the world, and keeping it that way is every generation’s debt to the next,” he […]

Scott PowersNovember 5, 2016

Outside groups spent more than $6.3 million last week alone to support Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio‘s re-election campaign, while other groups spent $2.3 million last week trying to help Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy defeat him. Much of that spending is leading to advertising that will run through the weekend and into early next […]

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Outside groups spent $8.6 million on Florida’s U.S. Senate race last week, mostly helping Marco Rubio