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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 4, 2016

The Sun Sentinel won’t to endorse in the Republican presidential primary, the newspaper’s editorial revealed this week. In an editorial posted Friday, the editorial board said it was “not going to make an endorsement in Florida’s March 15 Republican presidential primary because the kind of person who should be running is not in the race.” […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2016

For months, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio tried to tear each other down in a bid to become Donald Trump‘s top challenger. The senators are now unlikely allies in an effort to stop Trump’s march toward the Republican nomination. The strategy shift was on full display in Thursday’s GOP debate. Rubio and Cruz ignored each […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2016

Though the soft opening for the Jacksonville Marco Rubio HQ happened days ago, the official grand opening happened on Thursday night. The keynote speakers in the packed storefront on Beach Boulevard: Marco’s older brother Mario, and Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. Mario Rubio told the crowd how 45 years ago when he drove his mother to the hospital […]

Associated PressMarch 3, 2016

And then there were four. Ben Carson‘s departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of remaining Republicans on the debate stage Thursday night get more time for attacks as Donald Trump treads a path to the GOP nomination and his three rivals try to trip him up. Cheered on by many Republican leaders, […]

Scott PowersMarch 3, 2016

U.S. Rep. David Jolly, a U.S. Senate candidate, said Thursday he has introduced a bill that would stop the federal government from buying Apple computers and phones until the company cooperates with federal law enforcement. Jolly’s “No Taxpayer Support For Apple Act,” House Resolution 4663, would forbid federal agencies from buying Apple products until the company provides law […]

Scott PowersMarch 3, 2016

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In a desperate appeal Thursday, Mitt Romney drew on passion and bluntness he never showed in his 2012 presidential campaign as he called on Americans to reject Donald Trump as a phony, a fraud, a misogynist, a bully and a vulgar man. Speaking from the Hinkley Institute in Utah, Romney blasted Trump’s economic policies, saying they […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry endorsed Marco Rubio one day after the South Carolina primary. before an underwhelming Super Tuesday for the Florida Senator. Curry participates in an event Thursday evening at the Rubio campaign headquarters in Jacksonville. With no polls having Rubio in first place. the question Florida Politics had for Curry: was there Rubio remorse? Nope. […]

Mitch PerryMarch 3, 2016

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With super PACS running multiple ads slamming him and Mitt Romney poised to denounce him, the Republican establishment is going full out to stop Donald Trump before he clinches the GOP presidential nomination. Neither Ted Cruz nor Marco Rubio appear able to stop his momentum, but 35 states have yet to weigh in on the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 3, 2016

For Marco Rubio, it’s all about the American Dream. In a new video released by his campaign Thursday, the Florida Republican talks about the importance of the American Dream. “Because we did what needed to be done, our children became the freest and most prosperous Americans that ever lived,” he is heard saying in the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 3, 2016

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is throwing her support behind Marco Rubio. Martinez announced Thursday she was endorsing Rubio. The New Mexico Republican is expected to campaign with the Florida Republican in Kansas and Florida later this week. “Marco Rubio is a compelling leader who can unite the country around conservative principles that will improve […]

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Sun Sentinel says it “is not going to make an endorsement” in Republican primary

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Lenny Curry stands behind Marco Rubio, even as path to victory narrows

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Marco Rubio focuses on American Dream in new video

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez throws her support behind Marco Rubio