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Scott PowersJuly 27, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jeff Greene is hitting the road Saturday for the start of an eight-day, 15-stop bus tour of the Florida Peninsula. Greene is kicking off his “Fighting for Florida” bus tour Saturday in Palm Beach County, then heading to Orange County for appearances on Saturday and Sunday. Details of the locations and times […]

Scott PowersJuly 26, 2018

President Donald Trump has become an issue in an Orange County Commission election. Mailers from the group Citizens for a Better Economy have gone out in District 4 attacking commission candidate Susan Makowski for allegedly being supported by Trump conservatives. “But Who is Political Insider Susan Makowski?” the mailer asks. “Supported by Trump conservatives.” The […]

Scott PowersJuly 17, 2018

Orange County mayoral candidate Rob Panepinto is launching the first local commercial of the election season with a 30-second television spot that will begin airing Wednesday. In the 30-second spot “Rise,” Panepinto, a Winter Park entrepreneur and area business leader, follows a basic introdutory script, with standard images of him with his family, meeting with […]

Staff ReportsJuly 10, 2018

An allegation that a former Rene Plasencia campaign staffer downloaded private campaign data and took it with him to a GOP rival was turned over to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Plasencia’s campaign manager said Tuesday. But Acacia Baker also told Florida Politics that FDLE agents “acknowledged that information was obviously accessed, but without a signed confidentiality agreement or […]

Staff ReportsJuly 10, 2018

A former campaign volunteer for Rene Plasencia is seeking an apology from the state representative after the Orlando Republican accused him of downloading campaign data and taking it with him to a GOP rival. George Collins is challenging Plasencia, first elected in 2014, for the House District 50 seat. “Although my counsel has advised me I have […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2018

The Florida State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police is endorsing Republican state Rep. Bobby Olszewski‘s re-election quest in Florida House District 44, his campaign announced. The endorsement, provided from state FOP President Robert Jenkins, also extends from the Central Florida-based FOP District 7. Statewide, the FOP represents more than 22,000 law enforcement officers. […]

Scott PowersJune 27, 2018

Republican state House candidate Mikaela Nix has picked up new endorsements from nine elected officials and former officials in Orange County for her campaign to be elected in House District 47, her campaign announced. Those include Orange County mayoral candidate and Commissioner Pete Clarke, Belle Isle Mayor Lydia Pisano, and Edgewood Mayor Ray Bagshaw. “We […]

Scott PowersJune 27, 2018

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The issue of regulation of guns turned out to be more of a matter of who ought to pursue gun law reforms, not whether they ought to be pursued, for the three candidates for Orange County mayor who squared off in a debate Wednesday afternoon. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings made it clear Wednesday that he wants […]

Scott PowersJune 19, 2018

The national Human Rights Campaign, the nations’ largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, has endorsed the re-election bid of Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. The endorsement is part of Soto’s efforts to shore up the progressive wing of the Democratic Party as he prepares for the August 28 Democratic primary showdown […]

Scott PowersJune 19, 2018

Newly-released data show that 209 students from Puerto Rico and 22 from the U.S. Virgin Islands whose families fled hurricane devastation were able to graduate from Central Florida schools this spring, state Rep. Bob Cortes announced Tuesday. Cortes pushed last fall for the state to streamline and expedite the school transfer processes for students evacuated […]

Tag: Orange County

Jeff Greene hitting the road

Group’s mailers seek to tie Orange County candidate to Donald Trump

Rob Panepinto launches first Orange County mayoral commercial

Rene Plasencia campaign fires back over data theft allegation

Former Rene Plasencia campaign worker denies taking info to rival

Police union backing Bobby Olszewski’s re-election run in HD 44

Mikaela Nix picks up local officials’ endorsements in HD 47 race

Orange County mayoral candidates all looking for some sort of gun reform

Darren Soto picks up Human Rights Campaign endorsement in CD 9 race

Bob Cortes: more than 230 students displaced by hurricanes graduate in Central Florida