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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 16, 2016

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is introducing herself to voters in Senate District 39 with a bilingual campaign ad. The two-minute, 30-second biographical spot features family and friends talking about Mucarsel-Powell. “You know what I can tell you about my wife Debbie? First, she’s not a politician; she’s a problem solver and she’s amazing at it,” her husband […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 24, 2016

It’s official: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is running in Senate District 39. Mucarsel-Powell filed to run for the seat on Thursday, one day before the end of qualifying. State records show she qualified for the race by Friday’s noon deadline. She will face Republican Anitere Flores in November. “I’m running for the Florida Senate to fight for […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 1, 2016

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Daniel Horton is bowing out of the Senate District 39 race, but don’t count the Democrat out of politics quite yet. On Sunday, the Key West Citizen reported that Horton has decided to challenge Rep. Holly Raschein, a Key Largo Republican, for the House District 120 seat. Horton told the paper that he had gotten […]

Drew WilsonApril 21, 2016

The political committee for LGBT rights organization Equality Florida announced Thursday it is endorsing Democrat Andrew Korge in the Senate District 39 race. “This a race where the contrast is crystal clear,” Equality Florida Action PAC Chair Stratton Pollitzer said. “For 10 years Anitere Flores has opposed LGBT equality at every turn and she has […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 22, 2016

Now that the Florida Senate gave up the ghost in its redistricting legal battle, both incumbent state Sens. Anitere Flores and Dwight Bullard will need to decide who is running where. Mary Ellen Klas reports in the Miami Herald that the two now reside in the newly redrawn Senate District 40. In a new agreement between the […]

Tag: Senate District 39

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell releases her first ad in SD 39

Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell challenging Anitere Flores in SD 39

Daniel Horton drops out of SD 39, running in HD 120 instead

Equality Florida endorses Andrew Korge in SD 39 race

Oscar Branyon says Dwight Bullard to “stay put” in SD 40, Anitere Flores moves to SD 39