Ryan NicolSeptember 23, 2020
7min445
The hotly contested race is now seeing a flood of attack ads.
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Ryan NicolSeptember 23, 2020
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 28, 2019
7min503
It’s behind some recent negative campaigning.
Joe HendersonNovember 5, 2018
7min393
The pundits got it wrong on Florida’s midterm elections. With Election Day dead ahead, it’s not so much about the choice of Democrat Andrew Gillum’s progressive agenda in the Governor’s race against the conservatism of Republican Ron DeSantis. Nor, in the U.S. Senate race, are voters deciding Rick Scott’s pro-jobs record against Bill Nelson’s approach to the […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 22, 2018
6min313
A third-party released a negative attack ad against Jennifer Webb in the House District 69 race. The ad condemns Webb for taking contributions from special interest groups, political insiders and lobbyists, but was chock full of inaccuracies and falsehoods, as reported by Florida Politics. Webb asked her opponent, Ray Blacklidge, to petition the group behind […]
Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2018
4min451
Americans for Prosperity Action, or AFP-Action, said it was rolling out a direct mail campaign opposing Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum earlier this month, and those ads are starting to hit mailboxes statewide. The mail campaign is one component of AFP-Action’s anti-Gillum ad blitz. The Koch-backed political committee also made a digital ad buy labeling the […]
Danny McAuliffeSeptember 13, 2018
3min479
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s reelection campaign released two television ads Wednesday evening. One, titled “Amigo,” is a Spanish-language spot that claims President Donald Trump and Nelson’s Republican challenger, Gov. Rick Scott, are just that: amigos. Translated from Spanish, the opening lines of the 30-second ad: “Tell me who you hang out with, and I will […]
Blake DowlingAugust 11, 2018
7min205
Elections are upon us. Arguments are bound to spring up, especially in our highly charged 2018 world of politics. We are presented with a good opportunity to see who has class — and who doesn’t. The worst (in my opinion) are negative ads. It reminds me of an old quote about college football recruiting: You […]