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Scott PowersJune 19, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jeff Greene is airing his first television commercials to Florida this week, starting with a 30-second spot showing him being tough with his Palm Beach neighbor President Donald Trump. He is also launching a 60-second spot that highlights his father’s economic struggles and what they mean to him now. Greene is going […]

Scott PowersJune 19, 2018

A new poll produced by the research organization Let’s Preserve the American Dream finds the Democratic gubernatorial race tight between Philip Levine and Gwen Graham, with newcomer Jeff Greene having a lot of ground to make up. The poll was privately circulated June 12 by Ryan Tyson, vice president of political operations for the Associated Industries of Florida. Tyson […]

Scott PowersJune 17, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jeff Greene is getting ready to reintroduce himself to Floridians with his first round of TV commercials starting next week. And while he’s remaining coy on the content, the Palm Beach billionaire real estate investor is making it clear that public education reform is at the top of his list of issues. Greene, who […]

Staff ReportsJune 16, 2018

Who cares? And what do they care about? Those were two very telling — but perhaps overlooked — questions recently surveyed by the Florida Chamber. By determining how voters feel about the state’s direction and what tops their list of priorities before they head to the ballots, the Chamber’s latest poll helps to inform guesswork […]

Drew WilsonJune 16, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine has a couple of South Florida campaign appearances on his Saturday agenda. The former Miami Beach mayor will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon hosted by the League of United Latin American Citizens as part of the group’s 2018 Florida State Convention. The event is being held at the […]

Scott PowersJune 15, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is launching a new Spanish-language television commercial Friday in Orlando and Miami highlighting his commitments to public education in Florida. The 30-second spot, “Escuela,” [“School,”] shows shots in a classroom and Levine visiting with students as a narrator talks about Florida public schools being underfunded and teachers underpaid, and about […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 14, 2018

Former Rep. Gwen Graham continues her campaign for Florida Governor this week, and on the heels of her endorsement from the Florida Education Association, she is doing what’s logical: workdays and appearances predicated on the theme of education (the “backbone of [her] campaign”). Jacksonville on Thursday morning was no exception; the candidate was doing one […]

Scott PowersJune 14, 2018

The old adage says everything a candidate has ever said, written, or done, and everything he has ever been becomes fair game once he’s running for public office. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is wrestling with that now, wrestling with a single quote that could be read with anti-Semitic overtones, attributed to him back when […]

Scott PowersJune 13, 2018

In a brief exchange with an volunteer for an anti-cracking group, Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam declared his opposition to fracking over the weekend. “We don’t need to be fracking in Florida. Our geology, our limestone, we do not need to be fracking in Florida for oil and gas. It is just […]

Peter SchorschJune 11, 2018

Richard Corcoran must be kicking himself right now. If the House Speaker knew a month ago what the rest of the state does now — that a former employee of Adam Putnam’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services failed for more than a year to conduct national background checks on applications for concealed weapons licenses — […]

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Jeff Greene launches two TV commercials, blasting Trump, remembering Dad

Philip Levine, Gwen Graham close in new poll

Jeff Greene preparing to launch Governor’s race ad blitz, with education on his mind

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Closer look at November

Philip Levine announces two Saturday campaign stops

Philip Levine launches Spanish ad on schools in Orlando, Miami

‘I don’t believe in polls,’ says Gwen Graham

Quote from a 20-year-old Chris King has him apologizing today

Adam Putnam declares opposition to fracking in Florida

Time for Florida GOP to draft Pam Bondi?