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Drew WilsonSeptember 19, 2018

Incumbent Republican Sen. Keith Perry has a big lead over Democratic challenger Kayser Enneking in the race for Gainesville-based Senate District 8. According to a new survey from St. Pete Polls, Perry currently has 49 percent support compared to just 38 percent support for Enneking. Former Gainesville City Commissioner Charles Goston, who lost his re-election […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 18, 2018

Despite Democratic challenger Bob Doyel touting internal poll numbers showing him leading Republican state Sen. Kelli Stargel, the first public poll of the SD 22 general election shows Stargel with an outside-the-margin lead in her re-election bid. A new St. Pete Polls survey, conducted Sunday, found Stargel up by 7 percentage points among registered voters […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 18, 2018

Former Republican Rep. Ed Hooper has taken back the lead from former Democratic Rep. Amanda Murphy in the race to fill Pasco and Pinellas county-based Senate District 16. According to a new poll conducted over the weekend, Hooper is the pick for 47 percent of SD 16 voters with Murphy coming in just behind him […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 18, 2018

The first general election season poll of the Senate District 18 battle brought some good news for incumbent state Sen. Dana Young. The St. Pete Polls survey shows the Tampa Republican with a 3-point lead, 45-42 percent, over House Minority Leader Janet Cruz. The remaining 13 percent of voters are undecided. The poll shows an […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 13, 2018

Florida’s 15th Congressional District was considered a gimme to Republicans not so long ago, but political handicappers and oddsmakers have been shifting the seat away from the GOP in recent weeks. A new internal poll released by Democratic nominee Kristen Carlson puts some weight behind those shifts — it shows her with a 1-point lead […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2018

A progressive group is touting the results of a Florida poll it commissioned as a warning to Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to not vote to confirm President Donald Trump‘s U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The poll by YouGov Blue on behalf of Demand Justice suggests that politically, for the upcoming Nov. 6 election, […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 10, 2018

A new poll from Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, the Democratic nominee in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, shows her within one point of Republican Mike Waltz in a district Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2016. The poll was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and showed Waltz earning 47 percent of the vote to Soderberg’s 46 […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 6, 2018

A poll commissioned after Matt Gaetz cruised past his two primary challengers found that Republican primary voters were just fine with their Congressman supporting medical marijuana. Nearly 70 percent of Republicans in Florida’s 1st Congressional District told St. Pete Polls they cast their ballot for Gaetz in last week’s primary election. Though the Shalimar Congressman’s actual vote total was closer […]

Scott PowersSeptember 5, 2018

It’s been close all along, but now Florida’s U.S. Senate race is officially a dead heat. Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott are tied, according to the newest Quinnipiac University poll. Released Wednesday, the survey gives each 49 percent, with an astonishingly low two percent of voters surveyed telling pollsters they don’t know (or don’t […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2018

A new poll from Public Policy Polling puts Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson back up by one point over Republican Gov. Rick Scott, putting Florida’s Senate race back in the dead-heat category. Polling in the contest generally has pendulumed a few points in favor of either since the race began in earnest in the spring. […]

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Keith Perry has double-digit lead over Kayser Enneking in SD 8

Kelli Stargel leads Bob Doyel by a touchdown in SD 22

Ed Hooper takes slim lead in SD 16 comeback bid

Dana Young has 3-point lead over Janet Cruz in SD 18 battleground

Shock Poll: Kristen Carlson leads Ross Spano in first poll of CD 15 battle

Progressive group’s poll cautions Bill Nelson against voting for Brett Kavanaugh

Poll: Nancy Soderberg neck and neck with Mike Waltz

Poll: Matt Gaetz’s medical marijuana support A-OK with CD 1 Republicans

Poll: Rick Scott, Bill Nelson tied in U.S. Senate race

Poll: Florida’s U.S. Senate race back to one point gap