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Scott PowersOctober 24, 2016

Democrats are investing heavily in the idea that Florida voters want to see some gun law changes, and the Democrats’ latest is a statewide mailer declaring “Senator Marco Rubio letting guns fall into the wrong hands.” The mailer, from the Florida Democratic Party, hits Rubio, Florida’s Republican U.S. Senator, on donations his campaigns have taken […]

Mitch PerryOctober 24, 2016

Marco Rubio has been making the case that Patrick Murphy hasn’t accomplished much of anything during his four years in the House of Representatives. Now, with the polls tightening, he’s saying the voting record of his Democratic rival in the U.S. Senate race is also too liberal. “Why does someone lie about their background, about things that […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 24, 2016

The race between Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Patrick Murphy is anything but close, at least according to a new Florida Chamber poll. The survey shows Rubio holds a big lead over Murphy, 51 percent to 37 percent. Eleven percent of respondents either said they didn’t know who they were supporting or refused to say. […]

Staff ReportsOctober 23, 2016

The Patrick Murphy campaign had more to cheer about Sunday after a CBS News poll showed the first-term congressman within striking distance of incumbent Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. The poll showed Rubio with 44 percent support among registered Florida voters compared to 42 percent support for Murphy, with 8 percent undecided and 6 percent saying […]

Peter SchorschOctober 23, 2016

Back before there was a FloridaPolitics.com and it was just me blogging at SaintPetersBlog.com, I would write a semi-regular screed about the Tampa Bay Times’ political coverage. This was so long ago, the Times still had St. Petersburg in its masthead. I gave up the “5 things I think I think…” column after a while […]

Staff ReportsOctober 22, 2016

The New York Times is weighing in on Florida’s U.S. Senate race. The Times encouraged Floridians to support Rep. Patrick Murphy in an editorial released Saturday. The editorial backing Murphy over Sen. Marco Rubio comes just days before in-person early voting begins in more than four dozen Florida counties. “Mr. Murphy’s positions on climate change […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 22, 2016

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Don’t be so quick to put Florida in the “win” column for Hillary Clinton, says Sen. Marco Rubio. Rubio told NBC News this week he thinks Trump “is doing better in Florida than people think he’s doing.” But, said Rubio, he doesn’t think Trump can win the presidency unless he wins the Sunshine State. “You know, it’s […]

Peter SchorschOctober 22, 2016

The Patrick Murphy campaign touted a new poll Friday showing the Democratic congressman tied with Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio among Florida voters. The Opinion Savvy poll shows both candidates with 46 percent among likely voters, with 8 percent of respondents undecided. The numbers are a two point jump for Murphy compared to Opinion Savvy’s previous poll from Oct. 12. […]

Staff ReportsOctober 22, 2016

Marco Rubio was on the receiving end of a $250,000 cash infusion from a fundraising committee set up for him and other Senate Republicans. Keep the Senate Red 2016 transferred $268,885 to Rubio’s re-election campaign between Aug. 10 and Sept. 27, according to the committee’s October quarterly report. The committee was set up in late […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2016

A Spanish-language oriented debate scheduled to take place next Friday between Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy will not happen, according to the Rubio campaign. Team Rubio fired off a press release early Friday afternoon announcing the two major U.S. Senate candidates had failed come to terms for a candidates’ discussion that would have been broadcast on the Univision television network. […]

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Democrats betting on gun control in new anti-Marco Rubio mailer

At Sun City Center, Marco Rubio derides Patrick Murphy as an ‘old-fashioned liberal’

Florida Chamber poll shows Marco Rubio with big lead over Patrick Murphy

CBS poll shows dead heat between Patrick Murphy, Marco Rubio

5 things I think I think about today’s Tampa Bay Times

The New York Times backs Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate

Marco Rubio tells NBC News he thinks Donald Trump ‘is doing better in Florida than people think he’s doing’

New poll shows Patrick Murphy, Marco Rubio tied after Democrat’s post-debate surge

Marco Rubio campaign nets $250K thanks to joint fundraising committee

Marco Rubio vs. Patrick Murphy Univision debate will NOT happen