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Ryan NicolDecember 11, 2018

Coral Springs City Commissioner Dan Daley has filed paperwork to run for the House District 97 seat soon to be vacated by state Rep. Jared Moskowitz. Daley declared his intent to run for the seat after Moskowitz was chosen by Governor-elect Ron DeSantis to head the state’s Division of Emergency Management. Daley says the paperwork […]

Ryan NicolDecember 10, 2018

Max Schachter, whose son Alex was killed in the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, has decided not to run for the soon to be open House District 97 seat. Schachter, who lives in Coral Springs, had said he was weighing a run for the seat after state Rep. Jared Moskowitz was tapped by GOP Gov.-elect Ron […]

Ryan NicolDecember 8, 2018

Max Schachter, who serves on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission after losing his son, Alex, in February’s shooting, says he’s considering a run for the House District 97 seat being vacated by state Rep. Jared Moskowitz. That’s according to reporting from WLRN which has been confirmed by the Sun Sentinel. Schachter could […]

Ryan NicolDecember 6, 2018

Coral Springs City Commissioner Dan Daley says he will run to replace state Rep. Jared Moskowitz in House District 97 after Moskowitz was tapped to lead the state’s Division of Emergency Management. “Like other Democrats, we are proud that Rep. Moskowitz will be leading our state’s emergency management agency,” Daley said in an exclusive statement […]

Ryan NicolMay 23, 2018

The race for the Miami-Dade County Commission District 5 seat is headed to a runoff after a surprising first-place showing from business owner and first-time political candidate Eileen Higgins. Higgins, who was backed by Democratic party leaders in South Florida, ended up with just under 35 percent support. That bested Zoraida Barreiro, whose husband held the […]

Peter SchorschApril 10, 2018

Voters are going to the polls as we speak in Palm Beach County to determine a replacement for disgraced former state Sen. Jeff Clemens. The Lake Worth Democrat resigned last year after news of an affair between him and a lobbyist came out. Rep. Lori Berman, a Lantana Democrat, dominated fundraising for today’s special election […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 13, 2018

All eyes are on Tuesday’s special election in Sarasota County’s House District 72 where Republican James Buchanan, Democrat Margaret Good and Libertarian Alison Foxall are running to replace former Rep. Alex Miller. The latest poll indicates that an upset is in the making — if Good beating Buchanan can be viewed as an upset. However, the race […]

Scott PowersDecember 5, 2017

Former prosecutor Jennifer Spath has filed to run for the special election in House District 39, seeking to replace form state Rep. Neil Combee, who resigned last month to take a federal job. Spath, a Republican from Bartow, is a fourth generation Floridian who said she’ll be running on conservative principles, including support for gun rights, […]

Scott PowersDecember 4, 2017

Democratic former state Rep. Irv Slosberg has withdrawn from the special election to fill Senate District 31, saying he has too much respect for and loyalty to fellow Democrat, state Rep. Lori Berman. “You know, Lori and I were always good friends; she was always on the side of road safety. She was right by […]

Scott PowersNovember 28, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott has set a special election for 2018 to fill the seat vacated by former state Rep. Neil Combee in House District 39, serving parts of Polk and Osceola counties. Scott set a primary election for Feb. 20, 2018, and a general election for May 1. That would keep the seat open until […]

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It’s official: Dan Daley files paperwork to succeed Jared Moskowitz in HD 97

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Parkland parent Max Schachter weighing run for Jared Moskowitz seat

Dan Daley announces run for Jared Moskowitz’s House seat

Eileen Higgins surprises in Miami-Dade Commission race

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Final poll of HD 72 special election shows an upset in the making — or not

Republican Jennifer Spath enters HD 39 special election race

Irv Slosberg withdraws from SD 31 special election, supports Lori Berman

Rick Scott sets spring special election to replace Neil Combee in House