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Scott PowersJune 22, 2018

Republican state Sens. Dennis Baxley, Dorothy Hukill, and Kelli Stargel all managed to avoid Republican primaries as they seek re-elections in their Central Florida districts this fall. With qualifying for the ballot closed at noon and nearly all the elections officially updated to final status, Baxley of Ocala, whose Senate District 12 covers Lake County and […]

Scott PowersJune 21, 2018

Business Voice of Florida’s Space Coast has endorsed the re-elections of state Sen. Dorothy Hukill and state Reps. Rene Plasencia and Thad Altman in Brevard County districts, the organization announced. Those endorsements are in addition to the previously announced nod toward Tyler Sirois for the open seat for House District 51. All four are Republicans and all […]

Scott PowersMay 11, 2018

Republican state Sen. Kelli Stargel put her foot on the gas somewhat in raising money in April for her re-election campaign in Florida Senate District 22, bringing in $36,850. The haul is Stargel’s largest yet in the 2018 campaign cycle, marks the first significant fundraising month for her campaign since last October, and was tops […]

Scott PowersApril 12, 2018

With a Democratic challenger now picking up a little momentum in his fundraising, Republican state Sen. Dennis Baxley spent a day last month cashing scores of $1,000 checks from political action committees for his re-election fund in Senate District 12. Baxley, of Ocala, reported that in March his campaign brought in $47,250. All of it […]

Drew WilsonApril 4, 2018

A second candidate filed Tuesday to run for the Senate District 14 seat currently held by Republican Sen. Dorothy Hukill. Democrat Brandon Wayne Maggard is a 21-year-old resident of Cocoa. He joins Democrat Melissa Martin, also of Cocoa, in the race to unseat Hukill, who is running for her final term in the Senate. SD […]

Scott PowersFebruary 19, 2018

Calling racism a societal plague, Democratic state Senate candidate Melissa “Mel” Martin offered what she called her anti-racism platform as a recognition of Black History Month. Martin, of Cocoa, is running against Republican state Sen. Dorothy Hukill in Senate District 14, covering southern Volusia and northern Brevard counties. A retired major in the U.S. Marine […]

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Dennis Baxley, Dorothy Hukill and Kelli Stargel avoid primaries in Central Florida state Senate runs

Space Coast Business Force endorses Rene Plasencia, Thad Altman, Dorothy Hukill

Kelli Stargel revs up campaign with $36K take in April

A day cashing campaign checks helps Dennis Baxley swamp foe in SD 12 race

Dorothy Hukill picks up second challenger in SD 14

SD 14 Democratic candidate Mel Martin proposes anti-racism platform