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Scott PowersJuly 18, 2016

When Rollins College professor and investment executive Stephanie Murphy came out of almost nowhere in late June to become the Democratic nominee in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, she had three groups ready to support her. Support her they did, as Murphy raised more than $126,000 in the first nine days of her campaign to show […]

Scott PowersJune 24, 2016

Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica has gotten a primary opponent in his bid for a 13th term representing Orange and Seminole Counties in Congress. Mica, of Winter Park, will face Mark Busch, a Casselberry businessman who was once served as vice chairman of the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District, for Florida’s 7th Congressional […]

Scott PowersJune 24, 2016

State Sen. David Simmons has earned another term, as the only candidate who qualified for election in the newly-drawn state Senate District 9. When qualifying closed at noon Friday, Simmons was the only candidate who had filed to run in SD 9, which covers most of Seminole County. He qualified on Monday. Just in case, […]

Scott PowersJune 23, 2016

Rollins College business professor and former Department of Defense analyst Stephanie Murphy has filed to run for Congress as a Democrat in the Seminole County-based Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The last-moment entry of Murphy 37, of Winter Park, gives the Democrats something they have been beating the bushes for all year, a credible candidate to […]

Scott PowersMay 19, 2016

Elected officials from Seminole County like the job Mike Ertel has been doing to supervise their elections. Ertel on Thursday released a list of scores of current and former elected officials from the county who have either endorsed his re-election bid this fall or have contributed to his campaign. Ertel, a Republican, does not have any […]

Scott PowersMay 11, 2016

Winter Park Democratic lawyer Ryan Yadav‘s loans to his own campaign are keeping his House District 30 race against incumbent Republican state Rep. Bob Cortes the only competitive house race in Seminole County-based districts, at least as far as money is concerned. Cortes, seeking a second term, raised $12,680 in April, one of the biggest […]

Peter SchorschApril 18, 2016

Republican Rep. Jason Brodeur will hold two fundraisers next week for his HD 28 re-election campaign, one in Winter Springs and the other in Tallahassee. The Winter Springs event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, at the Red Cypress Brewery in the Senor Tequila’s Plaza, and will include entertainment from Dan Taylor. The Tallahassee edition is set for 4:30 p.m. […]

Melissa RossMarch 31, 2016

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Pointing out that only live humans can cast ballots, Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Michael Ertel has set up a special website to help voters in Central Florida differentiate among all the election-related mailings they’re getting in this campaign season. The website www.OfficialElectionMail.org leads voters to the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections website, www.VoteSeminole.org, where a link will display […]

Scott PowersMarch 25, 2016

The Orlando region continued in February as the state’s leading job-producing metropolitan area and saw the region’s unemployment rate fall to 4.4 percent, Gov. Rick Scott‘s office said Friday. Numbers released by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity show that Orlando’s metro area added 30,000 workers and 40,000 jobs since February 2015, and the result […]

Guest AuthorMarch 4, 2016

There are people who I am thankful for in the trajectory of my “success” in life, especially my family and my elementary school librarian, Mrs. Walker. I was Mrs. Walker’s student assistant in third and fourth grades. I ran errands and alphabetized the checkout cards. But mostly I read books. And she encouraged me to […]

Tag: Seminole County

ActBlue, Democrats’ PACS, Full Sail leaders kick-start Stephanie Murphy’s CD 7 campaign

John Mica faces GOP primary in CD 7, while Dem Stephanie Murphy awaits qualifying

David Simmons wins new term in SD 9 for lack of opposition

Stephanie Murphy files to run against John Mica in CD 7

Mike Ertel gets long list of endorsements for Seminole Supervisor of Elections

Ryan Yadav loans keep HD 30 money race competitive with Bob Cortes

Jason Brodeur set to raise funds in Winter Springs, Tallahassee in late April

Seminole County elections official says D.C. organization tried to register dead cat to vote

Orlando area adds 40K-plus jobs, sees unemployment rate fall to 4.4 percent in February

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