A.G. GancarskiFebruary 21, 2024
3min0
The bill is progressing in the Senate as well.
Tag: sheriffs
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 21, 2024A.G. GancarskiJanuary 25, 2024
3min0
The Wyman Duggan bill gives Sheriffs the ultimate authority to reallocate money from subfunds at will.
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 23, 2024
7min0
Sheriffs had endorsed the Governor, but he's now out of the race.
Jesse SchecknerJanuary 9, 2024
9min0
The bill is named after Navarre woman Cassie Carli, who was killed in March 2022 during a custody exchange of her daughter.
A.G. GancarskiOctober 28, 2022
4min0
Florida's Top Cop touts Sheriffs' backing.
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 2, 2019
4min365
Five current and retired sheriffs are supporting Mike Watkins as he seeks to replace outgoing state Rep. Halsey Beshears. The recently announced endorsements come early on in the race, which still has yet to be announced. Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis last month tapped Beshears, a Monticello Republican, to lead the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, but a […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2018
6min333
Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren is condemning what he describes as a misleading and inaccurate attack ad against gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. The television ad in question features several county sheriffs accusing Gillum, a Democrat, of siding with “radicals” and supporting plans to gut law enforcement and prisons. “The [Ron] DeSantis campaign is playing dirty […]
Scott PowersOctober 11, 2018
3min675
Several Florida sheriffs lash out at an attack ad supporting Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis as “false”, “pathetic”, and “just not true” as they ride to the aid of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum. In the 30-second commercial “Tell You” released by Gillum’s campaign, five county sheriffs [all Democrats] denounce a television commercial from the […]
Danny McAuliffeOctober 3, 2018
4min839
The Democratic candidate for Governor is beginning to corral law enforcement interests around his campaign. Andrew Gillum announced Wednesday that five former and current county sheriffs had endorsed his gubernatorial bid. The wave of support comes from law enforcement leaders in North and Central Florida counties, including Osceola, Orange, Alachua, Gadsden, and Leon, where Gillum lives and presides […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 20, 2018
2min479
In the bare-knuckled GOP primary race for Attorney General, former Hillsborough Circuit Judge Ashley Moody played up law enforcement backing to distinguish herself from opponents. Now the nominee, Moody continues to bank law enforcement endorsements — including from the other side of the aisle. Moody’s campaign rolled out a list Thursday of 14 more sheriffs endorsing her, […]