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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 7, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio leads Rep. Patrick Murphy, but the race for U.S. Senate remains close. A Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday found 40 percent of likely Florida voters said they were backing Rubio, while 37 percent picked Murphy. Ten percent of respondents backed Libertarian Paul Stanton, while 13 percent said they were still undecided. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 7, 2016

Rep. Patrick Murphy’s resume is at the center of a new ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The new ad hits Murphy over allegations he padded his resume. In June, CBS Miami ran a two-part report where it revealed he did not meet the minimum requirements to become a CPA in Florida and wasn’t […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 7, 2016

Americans for Prosperity-Florida is diving in to Florida’s U.S. Senate race. The organization released a digital ad Wednesday targeting Rep. Patrick Murphy over his support of the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, the farm bill, and export-import bank. “It’s clear that ‘Pay More Patrick’ doesn’t want to serve Floridians,” an announcer says in the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2016

What if you were playing Marco Polo and the other kid snuck away and disappeared? U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is hitting U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for his record of not being there in the first U.S. Senate campaign TV commercial of the fall season. The 30-second spot, “Polo,” is almost equal parts criticism of Republican Rubio for […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 6, 2016

Florida’s U.S. Senate race remains close, but new internal research from the Senate Majority PAC suggests there is still an opportunity for Rep. Patrick Murphy to grow his share of the votes. Internal polling done by Civis Analytics shows the race between Murphy and Sen. Marco Rubio is a statistical tie. Murphy leads 45 percent […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 3, 2016

The country’s top election watchdog group is reviewing campaign donations to Congressman Patrick Murphy‘s House campaign made five years ago. The Hill is reporting the Federal Election Commission will be taking under review a complaint filed against Florida’s newly chosen Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, which claims the Jupiter Democrat accepted potentially illegal contributions in 2011. In July, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 2, 2016

Americans For Prosperity, the conservative organization founded by the Koch brothers that deluged television with electioneering commercials the past two cycles is pushing its grassroots efforts now. At its annual “Defending the American Dream” summit in Orlando Friday, AFP leaders stressed their ground-level organization in states like Florida to push business-friendly candidates in U.S. Senate […]

Scott PowersSeptember 1, 2016

Combined spending by super PACS and so-called “dark money” organizations that can hide financial sources is heading toward shattering all records set for outside spending for an election cycle in 2016, according to a new report. And the groups set up to support Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are the most active of all the super PACs and dark […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 1, 2016

Mark your calendars. Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Patrick Murphy will square off in an Oct. 26 debate hosted by Leadership Florida and the Florida Press Association. The organizations announced Thursday that both men had formally accepted the invitation to participate in the live, one-hour televised debate. “The outcome of Florida’s Senate race could affect the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 1, 2016

I think I speak for a lot of Florida political observers in expressing my disappointment that, for whatever reason, Patrick Murphy never debated his Democratic Senate opponents, Pam Keith and Alan Grayson, during the just-concluded primary campaign. Murphy avoided debates organized by Florida Public Radio stations and Bay News 9/News 13 in Orlando well before […]

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New poll shows Marco Rubio at 40%, Patrick Murphy at 37%

NRSC focuses on Patrick Murphy’s resume in new ad

AFP-Florida takes aim at Patrick Murphy in new digital ad

Patrick Murphy ‘Marco Polo’ ad hits Marco Rubio’s attendance

Senate Majority PAC research shows Patrick Murphy tied with Marco Rubio, but ‘has a lot of room for growth’

FEC reviews fraud complaint over donations to Patrick Murphy campaign in 2011

Americans For Prosperity focusing on Florida Senate race and on grassroots efforts

Super PAC, dark money spending on pace to obliterate record

Marco Rubio, Patrick Murphy agree to Leadership Florida, Florida Press Association debate

Mitch Perry Report for 9.1.16 —The debate about the debates begins in Florida