Ryan NicolJanuary 31, 2019
12min636
The panel will review the 2018 midterms and help strategize for 2020.
Tag: Sean Shaw
Ryan NicolJanuary 31, 2019
Jacob OglesDecember 2, 2018
4min510
Attorney General-elect Ashley Moody signaled she will crack down on fentanyl distribution after a decision by China to label the synthetic drug as a controlled substance. “Chinese companies are the largest fentanyl suppliers directly and indirectly to the US,” Moody tweeted Sunday. “I will aggressively fight our opioid epidemic and am glad to see more positive […]
Drew WilsonNovember 26, 2018
6min938
Another four Democrats and four Republicans took the first step toward re-election before in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. Coconut Creek Democratic Rep. Kristin Jacobs, who opened her campaign account Wendesday, and Lakeland Republican Rep. Colleen Burton are the longest tenured of the bunch. Jacobs, a former Broward County Commissioner, was first elected to the Florida House in 2014. […]
Jacob OglesNovember 7, 2018
5min392
History repeats: Another Tampa Bay-area prosecutor will be Florida’s Attorney General. Republican Ashley Moody, a former judge and prosecutor, came out ahead in the statewide race to be Florida’s chief legal officer. She defeated Democratic state Rep. Sean Shaw, also of Tampa. With 99.2 percent of precincts reporting statewide, Moody had more than 52 percent of […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 6, 2018
5min231
Tampa Bay-area Democrats are pooling resources for get-out-the-vote efforts in St. Petersburg. Congressman Charlie Crist joined candidates Lindsay Cross, Jennifer Webb and Sean Shaw at Webb’s House District 69 campaign headquarters in the Tyrone area to call voters who have not yet cast a ballot either on Election Day or during early voting. “Do you have […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 6, 2018
4min406
Voter turnout in Pinellas County after the Election Day morning rush is favoring Republicans. Democrats had a slight early turnout edge heading into Election Day, but Republicans stormed the polls a little hard than Democrats. Total voter turnout as of 11:00 a.m. separated the two parties 134,000 to 131,000 with Republicans out performing at the […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 4, 2018
6min570
Democratic Congressman Charlie Crist is looking at an easy re-election Tuesday against a less than formidable challenge from Republican George Buck. That’s likely why he’s spending his time campaigning with other Democrats throughout the state to help them get elected. Crist started his Saturday in Tampa near Ybor City making the rounds with Chris King, the […]
Drew WilsonNovember 2, 2018
3min314
Everytown For Gun Safety, a gun-control group co-founded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has poured $455,000 into a direct mail campaign according to a newly filed campaign finance report. The national branch of the org, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, funneled $465,000 to its state-level PAC, Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund Florida, on […]
Peter SchorschNovember 2, 2018
4min298
Normally, the extras flanking politicians in TV ads are about as memorable as the stock photo models on direct mailers. They flitter across your eyeballs for a second, before getting tossed into the orange bin in the garage. Sometimes they’re dressed up as tradesmen, construction workers, college students or, in the case of a recent […]
Scott PowersNovember 1, 2018
2min287
Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jeff Greene is making good on his primary campaign promise to help Democrats get elected even if he lost the primary, which he did. On Thursday, a spokeswoman for Greene announced that this week he contributed $100,000 to a committee supporting Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum‘s gubernatorial campaign, $100,000 to a Democratic U.S. […]