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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 7, 2016

Rep. Patrick Murphy’s resume is at the center of a new ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The new ad hits Murphy over allegations he padded his resume. In June, CBS Miami ran a two-part report where it revealed he did not meet the minimum requirements to become a CPA in Florida and wasn’t […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 7, 2016

Americans for Prosperity-Florida is diving in to Florida’s U.S. Senate race. The organization released a digital ad Wednesday targeting Rep. Patrick Murphy over his support of the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, the farm bill, and export-import bank. “It’s clear that ‘Pay More Patrick’ doesn’t want to serve Floridians,” an announcer says in the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2016

What if you were playing Marco Polo and the other kid snuck away and disappeared? U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is hitting U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for his record of not being there in the first U.S. Senate campaign TV commercial of the fall season. The 30-second spot, “Polo,” is almost equal parts criticism of Republican Rubio for […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 6, 2016

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A top abortion rights organization is taking a swing at Sen. Marco Rubio. NARAL Pro-Choice America released a new campaign ad Tuesday, hitting Rubio over his decision to support legislation that didn’t fund women’s health clinics in the wake of the Zika outbreak. The advertisement — part of a six-figure ad campaign — also takes […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 6, 2016

Florida’s U.S. Senate race remains close, but new internal research from the Senate Majority PAC suggests there is still an opportunity for Rep. Patrick Murphy to grow his share of the votes. Internal polling done by Civis Analytics shows the race between Murphy and Sen. Marco Rubio is a statistical tie. Murphy leads 45 percent […]

Scott PowersSeptember 2, 2016

The liberal American Bridge super PAC has released a voluminous new report contending that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Florida Gov. Rick Scott have become “puppets” of the rival conservative Americans For Prosperity. American Bridge’s 144-page report, entitled “Florida Man Buys State: Koch Impacts In the Sunshine State,” was released Friday to coincide with Americans […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 2, 2016

I love a good campaign slogan. It can be the key to victory, as we saw with Barack Obama’s “Hope and Change” and George W. Bush’s “Compassionate Conservative” pitch. And then there is Marco Rubio, Florida’s reluctant U.S. senator who is running, sort of, for re-election to an office he doesn’t appear to completely embrace. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 2, 2016

Americans For Prosperity, the conservative organization founded by the Koch brothers that deluged television with electioneering commercials the past two cycles is pushing its grassroots efforts now. At its annual “Defending the American Dream” summit in Orlando Friday, AFP leaders stressed their ground-level organization in states like Florida to push business-friendly candidates in U.S. Senate […]

Scott PowersSeptember 1, 2016

Combined spending by super PACS and so-called “dark money” organizations that can hide financial sources is heading toward shattering all records set for outside spending for an election cycle in 2016, according to a new report. And the groups set up to support Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are the most active of all the super PACs and dark […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 1, 2016

David Jolly easily handled Mark Bircher in the GOP primary contest in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Now, the Indian Shores Republican is turning his full attention to defeating Charlie Crist, which won’t be easy. Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink in a special election in March 2014 by just 1.8 percentage points. That was when the district did not include more liberal enclaves of […]

Tag: Marco Rubio

NRSC focuses on Patrick Murphy’s resume in new ad

AFP-Florida takes aim at Patrick Murphy in new digital ad

Patrick Murphy ‘Marco Polo’ ad hits Marco Rubio’s attendance

Abortion rights group hits Marco Rubio over Zika

Senate Majority PAC research shows Patrick Murphy tied with Marco Rubio, but ‘has a lot of room for growth’

“Florida Man buys state” — American Bridge PAC says Americans for Prosperity buys Florida

Joe Henderson: Marco Rubio’s 2016 slogan — ‘Maybe I’ll stay. Maybe I won’t.’

Americans For Prosperity focusing on Florida Senate race and on grassroots efforts

Super PAC, dark money spending on pace to obliterate record

Charlie Crist CD 13 campaign continues psychological warfare offensive