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Peter SchorschAugust 21, 2017

This much is clear: state Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez is running in the primary for Florida’s open 27th Congressional District. What has not been as clear: is it the Democratic or Republican primary? On its face, Rodriguez’s candidacy makes total sense: young, (sort of) telegenic, Cuban-American, Harvard-educated lawyer and state legislator who, in his rise […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2017

Democratic congressional candidate Mary Barzee Flores‘ strong statements about Nazis, white supremacists, President Donald Trump, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions brought in ugly responses Wednesday filled with profanity and wishes that she would die. And that, her campaign is quickly turning into a fundraising pitch. The former circuit court judge and federal public defender from Miami […]

Mitch PerryJuly 26, 2017

Former state judge Mary Barzee Flores is the latest Democrat to run for the Congressional District 27 seat being vacated by Illeana Ros-Lehtinen next year. “I’m running for Congress because I believe our politics and our politicians have gotten too small and the challenges we face are too big,” Barzee Flores said in a statement issued […]

Mitch PerryJune 7, 2016

A Florida-based activist group is blasting Marco Rubio for blocking a former Miami-Dade judge from a federal judgeship, especially after the fact that he initially supported her. In February of 2015, the White House announced that Mary Barzee Flores had been chosen as a district court judge in South Florida. The lifetime post requires Senates […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

So far this year the Republican-led U.S. Senate has scheduled votes on only five federal judges selected by President Barack Obama, leading New York Democrat Chuck Schumer to remark to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley last week, “That … is a disgrace.” Four activist groups agree: A memo released Tuesday by the groups Progress […]

Mark FerruloJune 7, 2015

More than three months ago President Barack Obama nominated Mary Barzee Flores, a former Miami judge with an illustrious career, to serve as a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida. The vacancy has been open for more than a year, and is formally classified as a judicial emergency, meaning there simply aren’t enough judges to […]

Associated PressFebruary 27, 2015

A former Miami-Dade circuit judge has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the federal bench in South Florida. The White House announced Thursday that Mary Barzee Flores has been chosen as district court judge. The lifetime post requires U.S. Senate confirmation. Barzee Flores was a Miami-Dade judge from 2003 to 2011. Since then, […]

Jose Javier Rodriguez’s CD 27 campaign sounds more Republican than Democratic

Mary Barzee Flores turns backlash hate talk into fundraising

Mary Barzee Flores enters race to succeed Illeana Ros-Lehtinen

Activist group blasts Marco Rubio for opposing a federal judge after he initially supported her

Activist groups assail Marco Rubio for blocking judicial nominees

Mark Ferrulo: Marco Rubio's obstruction of justice must end

Obama nominates Mary Barzee Flores to Florida federal judgeship