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Scott PowersAugust 27, 2018

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has endorsed Jerry Demings to become Orange County’s next Mayor, Demings campaign announced. Demings, the Orange County Sheriff, is facing businessman Rob Panepinto and Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke in the non-partisan election Tuesday. “Jerry Demings is a trusted, respected leader who has spent his career keeping the people of Central […]

Scott PowersAugust 21, 2018

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings, the only Democrat running in the Orange County mayor’s race, has the backing of commercial real estate developers’ trade organization, his campaign announced. The NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, has endorsed Demings in the three-way race for Orange County mayor. The group, with 19,000 members, is the leading […]

Scott PowersAugust 20, 2018

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam were the top choices at Orlando’s Political Salsa hobnob for races for Senate and Florida Governor. With more than 400 votes, Nelson topped Republican Gov. Rick Scott 52 percent to 43 percent with Rocky De La Fuente taking the rest during the Hispanic-oriented but […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2018

When asked Thursday night about what they want to do with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the three candidates for Florida’s 9th Congressional District had a wide range of opinions. Either keep it as is, reform it, or throw it out. Speaking at one of four debates at the packed Political Salsa hobnob […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2018

With only a few moments of minor disagreements about how to address broad issues such as affordable housing or transportation, Orange County mayoral candidates Rob Panepinto, Jerry Demings, and Pete Clarke instead clashed Thursday evening over styles: Clarke with heart, Demings with trust, and Panepinto with innovation. Throughout the mayoral debate hosted by WOFL Fox […]

Scott PowersAugust 7, 2018

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings has received the endorsements of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 93 for his quest to be elected Mayor of Orange County. That lodge represents more than 1,000 of Demings’ current employees: deputies, corporals and sergeants in the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. FOP Lodge 93 President Jeff Stinson announced the […]

Scott PowersAugust 7, 2018

Orange County mayoral candidate Rob Panepinto is launching his second television commercial, this time highlighting his commitments for a diverse economy, affordable housing and public safety. The 30-second ad, “Vision,” picks up where his first commercial left off, first providing a human-side for the Winter Park entrepreneur, with shots of him and his family, and […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2018

Calling affordable housing one of the two most critical issues facing Orange County, mayoral candidate Rob Panepinto laid out a detailed housing plan Wednesday and pledged to push for $20 million a year in funding. Panepinto, a Winter Park entrepreneur and leader among Central Florida’s business and nonprofit groups, declared that, as a critical issue […]

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 […]

Scott PowersJuly 16, 2018

Orange County mayoral candidate Rob Panepinto‘s campaign fundraising softened during the two-week period ending July 6 while his chief opponent Jerry Demings continued on a fairly robust chase for cash as they and Pete Clarke head into the final few weeks of the summer campaign. Panepinto, a Winter Park entrepreneur whose campaign account surged early […]

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Bill Nelson endorses Jerry Demings in Orange mayoral race

Commercial real estate developers back Jerry Demings in mayor’s race

Bill Nelson, Adam Putnam top Orlando’s Political Salsa

Alan Grayson, Darren Soto, Wayne Liebnitzky spread on ICE in ‘Political Salsa’ CD 9 debate

Orange Co. mayoral debate more about style than substance

Jerry Demings gets deputy sheriffs’ union endorsement in Orange mayor’s race

Rob Panepinto’s new Orange County mayor ad focuses on jobs, housing

Rob Panepinto unveils $20 million per year housing proposal in Orange mayor’s race

Rob Panepinto launches first Orange County mayoral commercial

Rob Panepinto’s fundraising cools, Jerry Demings does not in Orange County mayor’s race