Jacob OglesJune 22, 2023
5min0
The liberal firebrand put in paperwork to take on Rick Scott next year.
Tag: Star GraysonCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Jacob OglesJune 22, 2023
Scott PowersApril 16, 2018
5min449
Democratic former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson said Monday he definitely is running for Congress but insisted he still hasn’t decided where yet, as his campaign reports raising $192,000 in the first quarter of 2018. “I am running for the U.S. House of Representatives,” Grayson said Monday. But the decision as to which district, “gets answered […]
Scott PowersDecember 29, 2016
19min324
Story co-written by Orlando-Rising staff reporters Scott Powers and Lawrence Griffin. In Orlando, 2016 will always be remembered as the year of the Pulse gay nightclub massacre, and Pulse redefined everything; but it’s not the only major event to have shaped politics in Orlando during the year. Here are a few events that defined politics […]
Terry RoenNovember 8, 2016
2min256
Attorney Michael Barber won the District 1 seat in Orange County’s Soil and Water Conservation race. The former assistant state attorney beat Environmentalist Maria Bolton-Joubert and Star Grayson, Congressman Alan Grayson’s daughter, for the win. Barber garnered 159,987 votes or 42 percent of the vote over Bolton-Joubert’s 145,714 (38 percent), and Grayson’s 76,628 (20 percent). “I […]
Scott PowersJune 24, 2016
2min4838
Another Grayson is running for election. Star Grayson, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson‘s 17-year-old daughter, has filed to run for the District 1 seat in Orange County’s Soil and Water Conservation District. The younger Grayson, a Democrat like her father and stepmother Dena Grayson, will turn 18 in November, before the Nov. 8 election. Star Grayson was […]