Scott PowersFebruary 15, 2019
3min557
'I’ve campaigned in this entire county.'
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Scott PowersFebruary 15, 2019Scott PowersJanuary 17, 2019
6min411
"This is a good project. We are trying to make it a great project," Newstreet said.
Scott PowersJanuary 15, 2019
3min302
Ten counties saw at least 100,000 Airbnb guest arrivals and $22 million in 2018.
Scott PowersNovember 15, 2018
5min277
Orange, Seminole, Lake, and Osceola counties’ anticipated hand recount of ballots for the Florida gubernatorial and Agriculture Commissioner races would only involve a few thousand ballots out of the nearly 1 million cast in those Central Florida counties. There were 478,122 ballots cast and machine recounted in Orange County for the Nov. 8 election but […]
Scott PowersNovember 6, 2018
2min240
Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto won himself a second term as the only Puerto Rican member of Congress from Florida, representing Florida’s most Puerto-Rican district. Soto, of Celebration defeated Republican businessman Wayne Liebnitzky Tuesday in a rematch of the election that sent Soto to Congress in 2018.This time Soto won 58 percent to 42 percent, […]
Ryan NicolNovember 1, 2018
4min422
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is pushing back against allegations he’s soft on crime, releasing a new ad where several sheriffs tout their support for Tallahassee’s “leadership mayor.” Gillum’s Republican opponent, Ron DeSantis, has hit Gillum over his city’s crime rates. Gillum has in turn pushed back. His new ad, titled “Oath,” details endorsements from […]
Scott PowersOctober 30, 2018
11min628
Can a single issue of the most local of impact become a game-winner for a Democrat trying to flip a district? Democratic Florida House District 42 candidate Barbara Cady has been pounding turf since she entered the contest 16 months ago, mostly talking about home-owners association law reform. It’s a common interest in the sprawling […]
Scott PowersOctober 25, 2018
4min910
Florida added 264,413 voters since the Aug. 28 primary with Democrats out-registering Republicans by nearly 18,000 during the period. Florida now has 13,278,070 voters registered to cast ballots in the Nov. 6 general election, according to the new book closing reports posted by the Florida Division of Elections, through last Thursday’s book-closing date for registering. […]
Scott PowersOctober 16, 2018
4min163
Fresh off a bruising Democratic primary victory in his re-election campaign, U.S. Rep. Darren Soto entered the homestretch of the general election campaign with just $122,000 left in his campaign coffers, less than most Florida House incumbents have for their state-district campaigns. Soto’s campaign cash balance on Oct. 1 is the result of a high-spending […]
Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018
3min675
Several Florida sheriffs lash out at an attack ad supporting Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis as “false”, “pathetic”, and “just not true” as they ride to the aid of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum. In the 30-second commercial “Tell You” released by Gillum’s campaign, five county sheriffs [all Democrats] denounce a television commercial from the […]