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Bill RuftySeptember 9, 2016

If you are a presidential candidate, you can’t come to Florida with a single, cookie-cutter campaign and speak to issues based on national surveys. Florida is one of the most diverse and perhaps, with 29 electoral votes, the most crucial swing state in the presidential election, University of South Florida political science professor Susan MacManus […]

Scott PowersAugust 24, 2016

State Sen. Darren Soto has made no secret of his desire to become Florida’s first member of Congress of Puerto Rican descent, but on Tuesday he drove that home at an Orlando debate calling his opportunity “historic.” Soto is one of four Democrats and two Republicans running in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, redrawn last year to […]

Sergio BustosApril 7, 2016

The nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights organization is launching a major voter registration drive in the battleground state of Florida that will include door-to-door canvassing and an online app designed to reach millions of potential voters. The Washington-based National Council of La Raza will hold a news conference Thursday morning in Miami to announce its […]

Associated PressAugust 25, 2015

Central Florida was the top destination of Puerto Ricans moving from metro San Juan to the mainland two years ago. New data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that 6,200 Puerto Ricans moved to metro Orlando from the island’s capital in 2013. The New York metro area was the next most popular destination, […]

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Bill Rufty: Diverse Florida electorate crucial in presidential election

Darren Soto sees his CD 9 campaign as ‘historic’ to represent Puerto Ricans

National Council of La Raza to launch voter registration drive in Florida

Orlando top spot for residents leaving Puerto Rico’s capital