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Scott PowersSeptember 18, 2018

If Puerto Rico didn’t get what it neaded after Hurricane Maria, that’s a learning experience for everyone and doesn’t reflect on all that Florida Gov. Rick Scott did, and if Florida is experiencing its worst red tides in decades, that doesn’t reflect all that Scott did either. At a U.S. Senate campaign rally in the […]

Scott PowersAugust 25, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is planning a whirlwind tour of Central Florida’s Puerto Rican communities with the isaland’s former Gov. Sila María Calderón Serra this weekend. She endorsed Levine Friday in the Democratic gubernatorial primary election, his campaign announced. That seal of approval adds to the endorsements Levine already has received from San Juan Mayor Carmen […]

Ryan NicolAugust 20, 2018

Parrotheads rejoice! Musician Jimmy Buffett is holding a free concert in Hollywood to support Gwen Graham‘s bid for the Democratic nomination in the Florida gubernatorial race. The concert will be Thursday, Aug. 23, at Hollywood ArtsPark Amphitheater. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.; doors open at 6 p.m. This follows last week’s news that Buffett, who also spent much of his […]

Danny McAuliffeAugust 15, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is coming to Florida to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Gillum. The Gillum campaign announced late Tuesday that the Senator from Vermont will join Gillum at two rallies on Friday — less than two weeks away from the Aug. 28 primary. The first of the rallies is set to take place […]

Danny McAuliffeJuly 23, 2018

President Donald Trump will host a July 31 rally in Tampa where he is expected to tout his support for Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, the Tampa Bay Times reports. The rally will take place at 7 p.m. at the Florida State Fairgrounds. It’s the eighth time the President has come to the Tampa […]

Scott PowersJuly 16, 2018

From the beginning, gubernatorial hopeful Chris King has wanted to be the Democrat leading the charge that Florida’s powerful sugar industry is responsible for the environmental messes of the Everglades and coastal algae blooms, and now he’s got a tussle going with the mayor of Clewiston over it. King’s campaign couldn’t be happier, putting out […]

Ryan NicolJune 30, 2018

“Go, Gwen, go!” That was the chant du jour as Gwen Graham supporters gathered together in Hollywood Friday night to cheer on their candidate. The rally took place at the Leadership Blue event at The Diplomat Hotel. One of the most prominent attendees was New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan, who announced her endorsement of Graham […]

Scott PowersFebruary 20, 2018

The campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is sponsoring buses to transport gun-law advocates from St. Petersburg and Orlando to a rally in Tallahassee Wednesday, and the campaign of his rival candidate Philip Levine announced Tuesday it would be doing something similar next Monday. King, a Winter Park businessman, will be joining protesters on […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 10, 2017

Stressing the importance of being a “voice for freedom,” Gov. Rick Scott will once again hold a rally in Miami today calling on Venezuela to completely release Leopoldo Lopez and all political prisoners. The rally — scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at El Arepazo #2 in Miami — is the second rally Scott has held advocating for […]

Scott PowersMay 30, 2017

“Hey guys, if everyone would assemble themselves beside the tombstones and the coffin,” declared progressive organizer Melanie Gold, and with that the weekly protest rally outside Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s Orlando office commenced Tuesday, urging him to oppose the American Health Care Act Gold and others have been organizing such protests every Tuesday lunch […]

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Rick Scott takes Puerto Rico praise, defends red tide efforts

Former Puerto Rico Gov. Sila María Calderón Serra to join Philip Levine for Orlando tour

Jimmy Buffett supporting Gwen Graham with free concert in Hollywood

Bernie Sanders to join Andrew Gillum for Tampa, Orlando rallies this Friday

Donald Trump plans Tampa rally for Ron DeSantis

Chris King’s anti-sugar stance turns into tussle with Clewiston mayor

Maggie Hassan fires up Gwen Graham rally in Hollywood

Chris King, Philip Levine both busing to gun-reform rallies in Tallahassee

Ahead of Venezuela freedom rally, Rick Scott says it is important to be a ‘voice for freedom’

Rally seeks to keep heat on Marco Rubio to oppose health care bill