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Scott PowersSeptember 5, 2017

If Republican nominee Bobby Olszewski wasn’t such a prohibitive favorite, the upcoming special election for Florida House District 44 would be filled with intrigue. The Democratic nominee, Paul Chandler, is an affable man, a former teacher and a successful businessman with strong backgrounds in education and the intricacies of health care money, two of the Democrats’ […]

Scott PowersAugust 31, 2017

Educator and human rights advocate Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera announced Thursday she is running for Congress, seeking the Republican nomination to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Aguilera, of Brickell, is a former Doral vice-mayor, and also that city’s first economic development director. She joins a crowded field in the 2018 race for […]

Scott PowersAugust 25, 2017

Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke acknowledged at a Republican Party meeting in Orlando Thursday night and again on Friday that he is in the race for Orange County mayor, just not officially yet. Clarke, elected to his second term on the commission last November to represent District 3 in south-central Orange County, was introduced at […]

Scott PowersAugust 23, 2017

Is Florida going too far pushing STEM education? Is the state steering too many students toward university educations when they can get better-paying work in the trades without taking out $60,000 in student loans? Is the state ignoring its current workforce needs while trying to educate students for future economies? Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam […]

Scott PowersAugust 21, 2017

The Republican primary for House District 44 may have deeply split support from top Republicans but now that Bobby Olszewski has won he’s bringing much of that together behind his special election campaign. Olszewski’s campaign announced a fundraiser set for the evening of Aug. 30 that will feature the current speaker of the Florida House […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2017

Speaking before a crowd of mental health and substance abuse treatment professionals, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Latvala promised more money for their causes and lashed out at Speaker Richard Corcoran and House Republicans for neglecting them. Latvala, the Republican state Senator from Clearwater who chairs the Appropriations Committee, said Florida has neglected mental health and […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2017

Republican state Sen. Jack Latvala has picked up endorsements of two major firefighters unions in his quest for the Republican nomination to run for governor next year, his campaign announced Thursday. The endorsements come less than 24 hours after Latvala formally kicked off his campaign Wednesday in Hialeah, Clearwater and Panama City. Latvala received the endorsements […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2017

Republican congressional candidate Scott Sturgill has earned the endorsements of Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma and former Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary in Sturgill’s quest for the nomination to run in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. “Scott has consistently stood with law enforcement and first responders. He exemplifies the type of leadership we need in Washington […]

Scott PowersAugust 12, 2017

Adam Putnam assured the 200 or so delegates to his breakfast at the Republican Party of Florida quarterly meeting in Orlando Saturday that he knows their towns, he knows their roads, he knows their barbecue places, and he knows their hopes, dreams, and struggles of living somewhere that’s not on an Interstate exit. The Florida […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017

It’s got to be tough trying to explain why you are running for governor when you don’t actually want to say that you’re running for governor. Republican state Sen. Jack Latvala of Clearwater tried that out Friday night at a dessert reception he hosted for about 200 people at the Republican Party of Florida’s quarterly […]

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House District 44 special election features intrigue

Republican Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera joins HD 27 race

Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke running for Orange County mayor

Adam Putnam urges education focus on today’s Florida jobs

Bobby Olszewski HD 44 fundraiser packed with Republican leaders

Jack Latvala vows more mental health, substance abuse money, rips Richard Corcoran

Firefighters in Orlando, Miami back Jack Latvala for governor

Scott Sturgill grabs two sheriffs’ endorsements in CD 7 race

Adam Putnam: Nobody knows Florida better than I

Jack Latvala: ‘I have never forgotten the party, I will never forget the party’