Jesse SchecknerMarch 30, 2022
10min0
Aloupis ran for office in 2018 to be a legislative champion for early education. He became just that before stepping away.
Tag: Michael BilecaMike Johnson. Image via AP.
Jesse SchecknerMarch 30, 2022
Ryan NicolAugust 13, 2021
4min1232
Rodriguez announced in early June he'd be leaving the House to pursue the District 10 Commission seat.
Ryan NicolJune 19, 2021
3min1277
Bileca served eight years in the House before he was termed out in 2018.
Drew WilsonNovember 2, 2018
4min439
Miami Republican Vance Aloupis, a candidate for House District 115, is out with a new campaign mailer highlighting his work expand free and reduced-cost health coverage for Florida children. Aloupis heads up The Children’s Movement of Florida, a charitable organization devoted improving outcomes for children in the first five years of life. Among the issues […]
Drew WilsonOctober 27, 2018
4min326
House District 115 Democratic candidate Jeffrey Solomon is another tax-and-spend liberal, a new mailer now hitting mailboxes suggests. Specifically, it highlights Solomon’s desire to raise the gas tax to help combat traffic congestion in the Miami-Dade area. “Traffic is terrible. Tolls cost way too much. Jeffrey Solomon wants to make it worse,” the front of the mailer says. […]
Drew WilsonOctober 19, 20186min292
The race to succeed term-limited Republican Rep. Michael Bileca in House District 115 is shaping up to be closer than expected, according to a new poll commissioned by allies of Democratic nominee Jeff Solomon. The Kitchens Group poll found voters in the district the heretofore GOP-leaning district are split down the middle, 45-45 percent, over […]
Drew WilsonJuly 25, 2018
7min519
Miami Republican Vance Aloupis just released what may be one of the best ads in Florida so far this cycle. Launching his ad entitled “Dominoes” this week in his bid for House District 115, Aloupis uses a cultural touchstone to connect with a community he hopes to represent in the Legislature. The ad hits all […]
Peter SchorschJuly 16, 2018
6min737
It comes as no surprise that Republican Jose Fernandez is drawing the support of many of the state’s biggest trial lawyers in his bid for House District 115. But does he represent the best choice for the GOP? Fernandez is himself a lawyer who heads his own personal injury litigation firm, and is one of […]
Staff ReportsJune 29, 2018
3min214
On the heels of a Duval County School Board member claiming that his district is “gaming the system” with artificially inflated civics test scores at a struggling school, six Republican lawmakers demanded answers Thursday from Education Commissioner Pam Stewart. Reps. Jason Fischer, Michael Bileca, James Grant, Bob Rommel, and Jennifer Sullivan, along with Sen. Dennis Baxley, raised concerns about “Duval, Manatee […]
Drew WilsonMarch 27, 2018
3min354
Sarasota Republican Sen. Greg Steube is holding a fundraiser April 12 for his campaign to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney in Florida’s 17th Congressional District. The campaign fundraiser will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Aragon Room of The Biltmore in Coral Gables, 1200 Anastasia Avenue. The host committee listed […]