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Scott PowersAugust 18, 2016

In a flurry of foreign policy statements Thursday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio blasted the administration for allegedly lying about the cash-for-hostages Iran deal, and called for the U.S. to cut humanitarian support for Palestinians. A statement from Rubio’s re-election campaign also called out Rubio’s most-likely Democratic challenger in the November election, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, for […]

Mitch PerryAugust 18, 2016

Back in May, North Florida Democratic Rep. Gwen Graham joined more than 120 colleagues in the House, calling for Speaker Paul Ryan to hold a vote on President Obama’s $1.9 billion emergency appropriations request to fight the spread of Zika. Three months later, she was at it again, this time accompanied by officials with Planned Parenthood Votes, a super PAC aligned […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 18, 2016

Add another $3 million to Marco Rubio’s campaign coffers. The Rubio campaign announced it had raised $3.25 million since July 1, boosting the total raised to $5.5 million since announcing he was running for re-election in late June. The Miami Republican, according to the campaign, had $4.6 million in the bank as of Aug. 10. […]

Scott PowersAugust 18, 2016

Democrats Hillary Clinton, Darren Soto and Val Demings and Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio all won commanding straw poll victories at Tuesday night’s Political Salsa event in Orlando, organizers announced late Wednesday. Clinton got 49 to Republican Donald Trump‘s 39 percent in the presidential question, with Libertarian Gary Johnson grabbing 8 percent and Green Party […]

Mitch PerryAugust 18, 2016

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Florida Democratic Senate hopeful Patrick Murphy is mocking Marco Rubio for his continued support for GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump, despite the fact that Rubio is on record as calling him a “Con Man,” and isn’t taking those words back. In a digital ad released on Thursday (called “Con Man”), the Jupiter Representative features talking heads on cable news programs earlier […]

Diane RobertsAugust 18, 2016

As the old Vulcan proverb goes, “Only Nixon could go to China.” Maybe only Joe Negron can make an Everglades land deal happen. Negron, the incoming state Senate president and a conservative Republican, wants to acquire 60,000 acres south of Lake Okeechobee, land that would help clean up the filthy, nutrient-choked lake water currently sliming […]

Phil AmmannAugust 17, 2016

Marco Rubio is agreeing to appear with Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence, even as the Florida senator and former presidential candidate keeps his distance from Donald Trump. ABC News reports that, after several phone conversations, Pence and Rubio could begin campaigning in Florida within the next few weeks. After ending his presidential bid, Rubio is currently […]

Peter SchorschAugust 16, 2016

Hillary Clinton holds a nine-point lead over Donald Trump in a Monmouth University Poll of Florida. Per a release: The poll also finds incumbent Marco Rubio leading either of his two main Democratic challengers to retain his U.S. Senate seat, although by varying margins. Rubio’s endorsement of Trump could pose a few problems for him in November and his late decision to run […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2016

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy won the endorsement of the League of Conservation Voters in his race for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat Tuesday and vowed to focus on Everglades restoration and stopping the related algae blooms fouling Florida’s coasts. Murphy and LCV Action Fund Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Tiernan Sittenfeld spent much of the announcement, made […]

Mitch PerryAugust 16, 2016

Donald Trump‘s chances of becoming president seem to dim by the day. While there’s still plenty of time for him to comeback and defeat Hillary Clinton in the fall, the odds diminish daily. But while conventional wisdom has it that Trump is one-off political phenomenon, buttressed by his money and celebrity, what about the millions who support […]

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Marco Rubio blasts administration, Patrick Murphy over Iran cash and Gaza aid

Gwen Graham joins Planned Parenthood officials in again calling for Congress to return to vote on Zika funding

Marco Rubio campaign reports raising more than $3 million since July 1

Political Salsa: Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, Darren Soto, Val Demings win straw poll

Patrick Murphy mocks Marco Rubio’s support for Donald Trump in new web ad

Diane Roberts: Will Joe Negron make Everglades deal happen? Maybe.

Marco Rubio to campaign with Mike Pence, while keeping distance from Donald Trump

Latest poll of Florida: Hillary Clinton 48%, Donald Trump 39%; Marco Rubio 48%, Patrick Murphy 43%

Patrick Murphy gets League of Conservation Voters endorsement

Mitch Perry Report for 8.16.16 — Do Trump politics go on, even if he doesn’t?