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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2018

Nancy Soderberg, the Democratic nominee to fill Ron DeSantis‘ open seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, rolled out two new TV spots Tuesday morning spotlighting health care differences between her and her opponent. The first one, “Hung Up,” deals with difficulties in getting health insurance. In it, Soderberg mentions her accomplishments when she served as Alternate Representative […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2018

Republican Gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis resigned his Congressional seat earlier this week, and if one Democratic poll is correct, that was fine with people in his district. Nancy Soderberg, the Democrat running for what now is an open seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, released a poll showing DeSantis was underwater. “Voters in this district have […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2018

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Democrat Nancy Soderberg and Republican Michael Waltz in Florida’s 6th Congressional District will have two debates between now and Election Day. The Soderberg campaign announced Wednesday that WESH-TV would host the first debate on Oct. 2. The second debate. hosted by Stetson University and Daytona Beach News-Journal, has yet to be finalized. “The families of Florida’s 6th District […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 11, 2018

Former Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, the Democratic nominee in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, continues to build a fundraising advantage after last month’s primary. Soderberg’s campaign crossed the $2 million threshold on the strength of over 7,500 contributions this election cycle, a campaign release trumpeted Monday. “We continue to be blown away by the grassroots support driving our […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 10, 2018

A new poll from Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, the Democratic nominee in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, shows her within one point of Republican Mike Waltz in a district Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2016. The poll was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and showed Waltz earning 47 percent of the vote to Soderberg’s 46 […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 5, 2018

In Florida’s 6th Congressional District, Democrat Nancy Soderberg looks to take the seat held by Republican Ron DeSantis. DeSantis ally Mike Waltz stands in Soderberg’s way, and he and Soderberg disagree on many things. Including, as one would expect, the future of the Affordable Care Act. The issue heated up Wednesday. Florida is one of several states with […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2018

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, the third-term Republican representing Florida’s 6th Congressional District, is in the Governor’s race, and the battle to replace him will be hard fought and pricey. The Democrats, who nominated Amb. Nancy Soderberg (a pragmatist who was key to Clinton Administration foreign policy), believe they have a pickup opportunity in the seaside district that […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 25, 2018

After an interesting summer in both parties’ primaries in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, some clarity in the cash race has emerged as early voting continues. And after the pre-primary reports were released Aug. 8, it was clear that the fundraising headed up to the primary reflected the realities of how the field is shaking out, […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 3, 2018

Both the Republican and Democratic primaries in Florida’s 6th Congressional District are competitive, and if certain candidates have their way on each side, the intraparty contests will come down to issues of who actually is a resident of the district. Former state Rep. Fred Costello, in his third run for the seat, is attempting to make […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2018

It remains to be seen if the results of one straw poll in Florida’s 6th Congressional District are predictive of the August ballot, but the campaign that won is trumpeting those results nonetheless. Republican Mike Waltz, with 30 percent of the total vote (65 votes in all), won the poll, finishing ahead of his GOP opponents, […]

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