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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 11, 2016

The group behind an advertisement targeting a Southwest Florida state Senate hopeful says there is no basis to pull it from circulation. The Fort Myers News-Press reported Jason Maughan sent a cease-and-desist letter last week to try to get stations to stop airing a commercial attacking him. The request came after a 30-second spot dramatizing […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 1, 2016

Lizbeth Benacquisto raised more than $50,000 in June, bring her total fundraising haul to more than $300,000. State records show Benacquisto raised $52,600 between June 1 and June 24. The three-week haul brings the Fort Myers Republican’s fundraising total to $306,571. Benacquisto received $1,000 donations from “Working for Florida’s Families,” the political committee backing Sen. Ron […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 28, 2016

A state Senate hopeful plead guilty to reckless endangerment when he was in his 20s, but said he doesn’t think the decades-old incident should be a factor in his campaign. Jason Maughan, a Sanibel Island Republican and candidate in Senate District 27, was charged in 1995 with reckless endangerment in the first degree and malicious […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 24, 2016

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Southwest Florida will have closed primaries in two state Senate races, after write-in candidates filed to run for office in the waning days of the qualifying period. Lizbeth Benacquisto will face Jason Maughan in the Senate District 27 Republican primary. On Tuesday, Cape Coral resident Dakota Austin Eads filed and qualified to run for the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 21, 2016

Incumbent Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto is focusing on newly enacted legislation in a new advertisement. The 30-second spot — dubbed “Good Samaritan” — concentrates on a bill signed into law earlier this year. The measure, sponsored by Benacquisto in the Senate, allows people to break into a vehicle to rescue a distressed person or an animal […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 15, 2016

Lizbeth Benacquisto has received enough signatures to qualify for re-election. The Fort Myers Republican announced she has received more than 4,000 signatures from Lee County residents to qualify by petition in Senate District 27. Benacquisto needed a minimum of 1,552 signatures to qualify. “I am overwhelmed by this showing of support from thousands of conservatives […]

Tag: Senate District 27

Political committee says it ‘stands by facts’ in spot targeting Jason Maughan

Lizbeth Benacquisto raises more than $50K in SD 27 race

Jason Maughan doesn’t think criminal past should impact SD 27 race

Write-in candidates qualify in two Southwest Florida state Senate races

Lizbeth Benacquisto highlights ‘Good Samaritan’ bill in SD 27 ad

Lizbeth Benacquisto receives 4,000 signatures to qualify by petition