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Scott PowersFebruary 1, 2018

Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Posey reported that he raised $84,660 in the fourth quarter of 2017 leading his re-election campaign in Florida’s 8th Congressional District to finish the year with $598,821 in the bank. Posey, a five-term incumbent from Rockledge, has no competition who reported any campaign finance activity, though technically there are two Democrats […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 3, 2017

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State Rep. Dan Raulerson has decided on another term in the Florida House of Representatives. The state’s Division of Elections website shows Raulerson, a Plant City Republican, filed Thursday to run again for his House District 58 seat. If re-elected, it will be Raulerson’s last consecutive term as a state representative: First elected in 2012, he is term […]

Scott PowersNovember 9, 2016

Those Miami-Dade voters sure are split about favorite son Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. His home of Miami-Dade was the only county in Florida that went for Rubio in the Republican presidential primary in March. But in Rubio’s triumphant re-election to the U.S. Senate Tuesday, the General Election voters of Miami rejected him soundly. Rubio won […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 13, 2016

State Sen. Travis Hutson, running a campaign against a lightly funded Democrat, probably doesn’t need a television ad this cycle. But he’s got one anyway. Hutson’s ad introduces viewers to his family: his wife, two kids, and his dog, Tia. “They remind me every day why the future is worth fighting for,” Hutson said, before the […]

Scott PowersOctober 7, 2016

Republican state Rep. Scott Plakon will be declared re-elected to his seat in Florida’s House District 29 at 5 p.m. Friday because the Florida Democratic Party will not nominate a replacement candidate for Fred Marra, who dropped out last week. Plakon has been in limbo for seven days since Marra dropped out Sept. 30 for […]

Scott PowersSeptember 26, 2016

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio announced a new coalition Monday of more than 270 supporting Puerto Ricans in Florida with the vast majority living in Central Florida. The coalition’s list of members includes Democrats and independents as well as Republicans of Puerto Rican descent, all pledging to tout Rubio’s efforts on Social Security, Medicare, fighting […]

Peter SchorschJune 23, 2016

Voters may not have been on Marco Rubio’s side earlier this year, but history is on his side in his re-election campaign according to a new report from Smart Politics. Since 1972, seven senators have run for president, failed, and sought re-election to the U.S. Senate in the same election cycle. The report shows not only all […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 22, 2016

The Republican Party of Florida said it welcomed Marco Rubio’s decision to run for re-election. Rubio announced Wednesday he planned to run for a second term in 2016. The decision reverses an earlier pledge to return home at the end of his term. “Keeping Florida’s U.S. Senate seat Republican is a top priority for our […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 8, 2016

On Wednesday, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry told FloridaPolitics.com he thinks Sen. Marco Rubio should run for re-election to the U.S. Senate. “I think Marco ought to run,” Curry said. One compelling reason, said Curry, is personal for the mayor. Rubio “stood by some of Jacksonville’s most vulnerable people” in his recent actions on behalf of the residents of […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 27, 2016

Everyone from Donald Trump to dozens of Republican Senators might want Marco Rubio to run for re-election. Yet one key political ally isn’t pressuring Rubio. Lenny Curry, the Jacksonville mayor and longtime friend and ally of Rubio’s, told FloridaPolitics.com Friday that “Marco makes his own decisions,” and the latest Curry saw was that Rubio was not interested. […]

Tag: re-election

Bill Posey raises $84K in fourth quarter for CD 8 re-election bid

Hillsborough’s Dan Raulerson aims for 2018

Marco Rubio easily won re-election even though he lost big at home

Travis Hutson’s re-election ad is all about family

Scott Plakon to be declared winner of HD 29 seat

Marco Rubio announces ‘Puerto Ricans For Marco’ coalition in U.S. Senate race

Smart Politics analysis: History suggests Marco Rubio should win re-election despite failed presidential campaign

RPOF says it welcomes Marco Rubio’s decision to run for re-election

Lenny Curry: ‘Marco Rubio should run for re-election’

Lenny Curry won’t join chorus calling for Marco Rubio to run for re-election