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Larry GriffinNovember 12, 2016

A small group of people met up at the edge of Lake Eola bordering Rosalind Avenue, all carrying signs and ready to protest Donald Trump‘s presidency Friday afternoon — though, his name was not mentioned at all by many protesters on purpose, so as not to give him credit for their passion. They were few in […]

Anne LindbergOctober 29, 2016

For the second time, requests for mail-in ballots have exceeded the 300,000 mark in Pinellas County, according to Deborah Clark, supervisor of elections. The 300,593 ballots requested as of 9 p.m. Friday does not set a record. The record of 308,842 was sent in 2012 during the last presidential election. But the number is close […]

Larry GriffinOctober 14, 2016

Actress Eva Longoria Bastón appeared in Orlando Friday to help mobilize and energize the vote for Hillary Clinton for president. At a packed office Friday morning, full of a diverse crowd of young and old; black and white and Hispanic Clinton supporters, Longoria Bastón made her case — Clinton clearly the best choice for president, especially when talking about which […]

Scott PowersOctober 6, 2016

Florida’s Hispanic voters are solidly behind Hillary Clinton, especially non-Republican voters, and less solidly behind Florida’s Hispanic Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, according to a new poll conducted by Associated Industries of Florida. The survey of 600 likely Hispanic voters — with 53 percent of them interviewed in Spanish — gives Clinton, Rubio, and his […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 12, 2016

Stealing elections, even presidential ones, is an American political tradition dating back to the beginning of our nation. Think about those hanging chads in Florida, or Mayor Daley stuffing the ballot box in Chicago for JFK. But stuffing the ballot box is about to be taken to a new level in the race for the […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2016

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The Interstate 4 corridor is heating up, as Donald Trump plans a second visit to Central Florida in eight days on Thursday, marking the fifth presidential race campaign stop in the first two weeks of August. Trump is planning a 7 p.m. rally Thursday at Osceola County’s Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, the same venue his […]

Scott PowersMay 30, 2016

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About 1,000 Libertarians from throughout the country descended on Orlando this weekend thinking this is the presidential election year they’ll finally play ball with the big boys. Since most people know very little about Libertarians, or the Libertarian Party [because Libertarians have never really played ball with the big boys before] I’m offering up this FAQ, based […]

Scott PowersMarch 8, 2016

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Latino surrogates of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton opened the battle for Hispanic votes in Florida and Illinois Tuesday, pushing Sanders’ upbringing and economic plans versus Clinton’s work and immigration votes. And the sides slung mud. Sanders’ surrogate Democrat U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona painted Clinton as an opportunist who does not appreciate immigrants’ lives, dreams […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 24, 2016

It’s funny to me that the prompt on Facebook for posting says, “What’s on your mind?” Of course, what’s on my mind and everyone else’s these days is our presidential election. It’s become even more on my mind since Saturday night when the inevitable, in this year of little substance and mostly showtime, happened and […]

Melissa RossFebruary 23, 2016

The Hillary Clinton campaign, already aggressively running phone banks across Florida, will kick off its first door-to-door canvassing effort in Jacksonville on Saturday morning. “We’ve got a huge focus on field, making phone calls and knocking on doors, really to have those conversations with as many people as possible to let them know the primary […]

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Protesters storm downtown Orlando after Donald Trump election to show solidarity with the marginalized

More than 300,000 Pinellas voters have requested mail ballots

Actress Eva Longoria Bastón says Hillary Clinton ‘will defend and unite us all’

Florida Hispanic voters give Hillary Clinton 24-point lead, Marco Rubio 9 points

Steven Kurlander: Redefining a political hack: The dangerous obsolescence of the electoral process

Donald Trump plans second Central Florida visit this month

After a weekend in Orlando, a FAQ on who or what the Libertarians are

Surrogates of Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton tout records supporting Latinos, sling mud

Ed H. Moore: Where Jeb Bush supporters should go, and why

Hillary Clinton campaign to kick off first Jacksonville canvassing on Saturday morning