Ahead of Tuesday night’s election results, many political prognosticators were projecting 2018 to be the “Year of the Woman.” But the results from South Florida showed mixed results at best for women candidates at the state and federal level. We knew that a record-breaking number of women were running for Congress in 2018. That led […]
GOP U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart is holding onto his seat in Florida’s 25th Congressional District. Diaz-Balart fought off a challenge from Democratic candidate Mary Barzee Flores, earning 61 percent of the vote to Barzee Flores’ 39 percent. The Republican has long been a staple of the South Florida congressional scene, winning his first election to […]
On Election Day, as the polls close, the after-parties begin. Candidates — along with nearly everyone else in America — will be glued to their screens Tuesday night for election results. In the end, win or lose, there will be a party. Some will celebrate a hard-fought victory, while others will be a bit more […]
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will join Democratic Congressional candidate Mary Barzee Flores in hopes of lifting her surging challenge in Florida’s 25th Congressional District. Patrick will be part of a canvas launch in Hialeah, alongside the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and student activists from Parkland. The arrival of a national figure and […]
When President Donald Trump held a rally days before the midterms, it drew a number of prominent Republican leaders to Fort Myers. But it failed to draw a few others. U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney and Congressional hopeful Greg Steube both gave speeches from the stage promoting the president’s agenda. And from the stage, Trump praised […]
Will moderate Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo succumb to a Blue Wave? Will Democrat, Donna Shalala actually lose a seat that went plus-20 for Hillary in ‘16? While those questions get hashed and rehashed by the media and those of us in The Process, a third Miami congressional seat appears to be breaking late, setting […]
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