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Peter SchorschJuly 26, 2018

If today were Election Day, state Rep. Kathleen Peters would cruise to a 10-point win in the Republican primary for the District 6 seat on the Pinellas County Commission. According to a new survey from St. Pete Polls, Peters is the pick for 35.6 percent of likely Republican voters in the district. Fellow state Rep. […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2018

The Attorney General campaign of Republican Ashley Moody got another in a long series of endorsements Thursday, with Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera backing the retired Hillsborough judge. Lopez-Cantera is a potentially significant endorsement. Since taking over the LG office, he has been Gov. Scott’s pointman in South Florida. “Ashley Moody is the conservative choice for Attorney General […]

Ryan NicolJuly 25, 2018

President Donald Trump‘s approval rating has dipped from its previous high among Florida voters, according to the newest results from the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI). The July survey has Trump with a 41 percent approval rating and a 47 percent disapproval rating. That’s down from May, when the poll had Trump […]

Ryan NicolJuly 25, 2018

A new survey out shows Gov. Rick Scott leading incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson by four percentage points in the race for U.S. Senate. Scott earns 44 percent of the vote compared to Nelson’s 40 percent, according to the most recent results by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative. Those numbers are nearly […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2018

Whether it’s 2012 or 2018, Gov. Rick Scott hews to the same script when it comes to talking to media about Stand Your Ground cases. The recent killing in Pinellas County of Markeis McGlockton, who was shot by Michael Drejka after a dispute over a parking space at a convenience store got physical, seemingly denoted the paradox at […]

Ryan NicolJuly 25, 2018

A new ad from Frank White‘s political committee is hitting Ashley Moody over alleged “fearmongering” in a recent ad. The group, United Conservatives, says Moody was misleading voters in a recent ad for her campaign in the Attorney General’s race. In Moody’s 30-second spot, the narrator beings by saying, “Our streets aren’t safe.” Moody then […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2018

Jacksonville and Orlando have been the scenes of murders of transgender African-American women this year, and Equality Florida wants action. Representatives from the group were in Jacksonville Tuesday, petitioning the Jacksonville City Council for redress during the public comment period. At the end of that period, a representative from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office vowed that […]

Scott PowersJuly 25, 2018

Philip Levine gets down in the muck — literally — in his latest television commercial, pulling a cup full of algae-clotted seawater out of a polluted bay and blaming Republicans and Gov. Rick Scott for neglecting the environment and creating the messes plaguing Florida’s coasts east and west of Lake Okeechobee. The 30-second spot, “A […]

Scott PowersJuly 25, 2018

A new statewide TV commercial being launched Wednesday by the Democratic group Majority Forward declares that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rick Scott slashed Florida health care funding during his nearly eight years as governor. The ad, “Vetoed,” charges that Scott vetoed nearly $200 million in health care funds, “slashing home healthcare for seniors and vaccinations […]

Danny McAuliffeJuly 25, 2018

Mike Griffin, a respected leader in the Tampa Bay area who was recently named one of Florida’s 100 most influential people in Florida politics, is resigning from his post at the Tampa Port Authority Board of Commissioners. Griffin told Florida Politics he feels it’s a good time to leave the board, and he’d like to […]

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Kathleen Peters up by double digits in Pinellas Commission primary

Another key endorsement: Carlos Lopez-Cantera endorses Ashley Moody for AG

Donald Trump approval rating drops after hitting high among Floridians

FAU poll sees U.S. Senate race steady since May

Despite six years between Stand Your Ground controversies, Rick Scott’s talking points stay the same

New ad hits Ashley Moody for ‘fearmongering’ over crime stats

Equality Florida wants action from Rick Scott on Jacksonville, Orlando trans murders

Philip Levine’s latest TV ad offers muck, blames Rick Scott

Democratic group’s commercial says Rick Scott cut health care funding

Mike Griffin steps down from Tampa Port Authority