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Associated PressAugust 29, 2016

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy are campaigning as if Tuesday’s primary was already over and they won their parties’ nominations for U.S. Senate. And it may be for good reason. Rubio’s main challenger, Carlos Beruff, appeared to throw in the towel, essentially shutting down the campaign he’d sunk $8 million of […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 29, 2016

Marco Rubio looked to define his opponent Monday, telling Southwest Florida voters there will be a clear contrast come Election Day. “The Democrats will have a primary tomorrow, and we’ll see who their choice is,” said Rubio during a stop at the Cape Coral Military Museum. “I can tell you who the Democratic choice is […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2016

Patrick Murphy says if he is elected to the U.S. Senate in November, he’ll push to provide a public option to the Affordable Care Act. “At least in rural areas, where you don’t have much competition,” the Jupiter representative and Senate Democratic hopeful said on while making a campaign stop on Monday morning in West […]

Staff ReportsAugust 28, 2016

The primary is Tuesday, but if the polls are any indication, the U.S. Senate primaries may already be over. Polls released this week showed Democrat Patrick Murphy and Republican Marco Rubio were blowing their opponents out of the water. Both are leading their opponents by double-digits, and both men appear to be focused primarily on […]

Mitch PerryAugust 28, 2016

Alan Grayson and Darryl Rouson teamed up Thursday night to try to win support in their respective campaigns while speaking in northwest Hillsborough County. “I am honored to be here today to introduce a man who from Day 1 in Washington D.C. has taken the tea party agenda to the stage, and has whooped them every […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 27, 2016

At a Jacksonville GOTV event Saturday, Sen. Marco Rubio rolled his sleeves up and delivered a populist message designed for the general election. Rubio’s take: his likely general election challenger, Rep. Patrick Murphy, has never had to work for anything. “Patrick Murphy — you don’t know a lot about him, but you soon will,” Rubio vowed to a crowd […]

Peter SchorschAugust 26, 2016

Brian Mast is one of the 12 candidates seeking Florida’s 18th Congressional District, currently held by Democrat Patrick Murphy, who is now running for U.S. Senate. The retired Army sergeant is one of only two candidates who had accepted money from the sugar industry. The other is Republican Rick Roth, an actual sugar farmer. According to […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 25, 2016

Likely U.S. Senate race general election opponents Patrick Murphy and Marco Rubio will make Jacksonville visits on Friday and Saturday respectively, in a nod to the battleground nature of the Northeast Florida metropolis. On Friday, Murphy will hold a veterans’ roundtable in Jacksonville at Bunker Labs, a downtown establishment that supports veteran entrepreneurs as they launch their own […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 24, 2016

Marco Rubio is focused on November. The Miami Republican made no mention of his Aug. 30 primary challenger during an event in Fort Myers Wednesday. Instead, he rallied supporters and told them to make sure to get out to vote for him — and other Republican candidates — in November. “This election is incredibly important. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 24, 2016

Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy are poised to win their party’s nomination come Tuesday, but a new poll from the Florida Chamber Political Institute found Florida voters don’t know or don’t like many of the candidates on the ballot. The statewide poll shows Rubio leads Manatee County Republican Carlos Beruff by nearly 50 percentage points. The […]

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Marco Rubio, Patrick Murphy look confident before Florida’s Senate primary

Marco Rubio makes final swing through Florida ahead of primary

Patrick Murphy says he’ll push for public option to be added to ACA if elected to the Senate

Polling recap: U.S. Senate primaries are anything but close races

Darryl Rouson and Alan Grayson team up in Tampa to say they both speak ‘truth to power’

Marco Rubio rolls up sleeves, goes populist in Jacksonville

Brian Mast fudges promise to return sugar money, blasts opponent who calls him on it

Jacksonville visits pending for Patrick Murphy, Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio turns his attention to November

Florida Chamber poll: Marco Rubio, Patrick Murphy walloping opponents