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Scott PowersApril 26, 2018

On FOX News Channel Thursday morning, President Donald Trump cited Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis and several other staunch defenders of his as “absolute warriors.” Speaking by phone to Fox & Friends, Trump lauded DeSantis, the congressman from Ponte Vedra Beach, as well as Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Fort Walton Beach, plus […]

Scott PowersApril 25, 2018

Christian media publishers Steve and Joy Strang are hosting a fundraiser to kick off the re-election campaign of Republican state Rep. Scott Plakon Thursday evening in Lake Mary. The Strangs, owners of Charisma Media, publishers of magazines and books including best-sellers based on Christian values, will be joined by Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma, 18th […]

Scott PowersApril 20, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson – opponents in this year’s U.S. Senate election – both went to Kissimmee Friday afternoon to talk to Puerto Rican residents about their needs. But while Nelson spent a town hall talking with Puerto Rican migrants’ struggle to find housing, Scott’s town hall mostly roamed […]

Scott PowersApril 19, 2018

Republican House District 28 candidate David Smith has picked up the endorsements of neighboring Republican state Reps. Bob Cortes and Scott Plakon, Smith’s campaign announced Thursday morning. Smith, of Winter Springs, is a retired colonel from the U.S. Marine Corps who now is a business consultant. “Colonel David Smith has a thirty-year career of service […]

Scott PowersApril 17, 2018

Former Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, state Rep. Jason Brodeur, former state Rep. Chris Dorworth, and Trump 2020 Club founder Randy Ross are helping host a Republican Mikaela Nix‘s campaign in Florida House District 47. Carroll, Brodeur, Dorworth, and Ross are among host committee members for an event Mikaela has scheduled for April 25 at […]

Scott PowersApril 11, 2018

Insisting she was a schools policy advocate before she became the growth control advocate that led her to become Orange County’s most powerful elected leader, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs filed paperwork Wednesday to run for the school board. “I realize there are probably a lot of people who are going to say, ‘I didn’t […]

Scott PowersApril 9, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott sought to reclaim his image as an outsider when he announced Monday morning in Orlando that he is running for the U.S. Senate. Scott ended more than a year of little suspense as he formally announced his Republican bid for the Senate seat held by Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. He did […]

Scott PowersApril 8, 2018

Rick Scott, who is about to formally declare his campaign Monday to become Florida’s next U.S. Senator, is a man whose life has twice defined The American Dream. Scott still frequently tells the story of how he rose from a working-class childhood spent partly in the projects to pursue a Navy career, then work his […]

Scott PowersApril 2, 2018

Republican state Rep. Mike Miller has released his first digital campaign ad in his quest for Florida’s 7th Congressional District, turning comments from Gov. Rick Scott into campaign support. The ad shows Miller and Scott meet at a March 21 event at the Orlando Torah Academy in Orlando, where the governor signed House Bill 545, […]

Scott PowersMarch 30, 2018

In anticipation of Gov. Rick Scott‘s entry as the leading Republican candidate in this year’s U.S. Senate race, Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto and state Sen. Gary Farmer on Friday accused him of avoiding responsibility in the Hollywood Hills, Parkland, and Florida International University tragedies. “There is a stark contrast in how each man takes responsibility […]

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Donald Trump calls Ron DeSantis, Matt Gaetz, ‘absolute warriors’

Scott Plakon fundraiser hosted by publishers

Rick Scott, Bill Nelson head to Kissimmee to talk Puerto Rico

David Smith picks up endorsements of Bob Cortes, Scott Plakon in HD 28 race

Mikaela Nix fundraiser to feature Jennifer Carroll, Jason Brodeur, Chris Dorworth

Teresa Jacobs files to run for Orange County School Board

Rick Scott: I don’t intend to fit in

Rick Scott’s third career act

Mike Miller releases first digital ad in FL CD 7 race

Democrats portraying Rick Scott as unaccountable in tragedies