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Scott PowersMay 31, 2018

Republican congressional candidate state Rep. Mike Miller is fundraising with a letter declaring “it’s time to end the so-called Russia investigation.” In the campaign fundraising letter distributed Thursday by email, Miller is borrowing the language and position President Donald Trump is using to try to discredit the investigation into potential Russian meddling in U.S. elections, […]

Scott PowersMay 28, 2018

The latest personal finance reports for candidates running for Congress in Central Florida find the Florida’s 7th Congressional District race includes two candidates with net worths of more than $1 million, incumbent Democrat U.S Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park and Republican challenger Scott Sturgill of Sanford. They and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, […]

Danny McAuliffeMay 28, 2018

Social media giant Facebook recently unveiled its database of candidate and issue spending. It archives all political ads dating back to May 7. The information provides insights to what extent candidates are prioritizing digital spending on Facebook along with its subsidiary Instagram. The changes are a direct result of Facebook coming under scrutiny for giving way […]

Scott PowersMay 24, 2018

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy is trying again to put the brakes on members of Congress enriching themselves through their offices, this time by introducing a bill that covers everything from making congressional pay raises tougher to a ban on post-tenure lobbying. Murphy, a Winter Park Democrat, and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican, have […]

Drew WilsonMay 24, 2018

Americans for Prosperity-Florida on Thursday launched a three-pronged attack on Democratic U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy and Debbie Wasserman Schultz for voting in favor of a $1.3 billion spending plan in March. “Both Representatives Murphy and Wasserman Schultz once touted the need for reigning in our enormous deficits, but their vote for this enormous spending bill […]

Scott PowersMay 21, 2018

Orlando, skipped over in a federal grant program providing anti-terrorism money to big-city police the past three years, is back in the program, Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings announced Monday. Demings, of Orlando, and others from Central Florida have been fighting for several years to convince the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that rules it […]

Scott PowersMay 21, 2018

Patriot Majority USA has begun a barrage of television commercials in Orlando supporting Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy‘s re-election campaign. Patriot Majority USA, a liberal dark-money committee, has reserved more than 350 commercial spots for this month on Orlando’s four biggest television stations for ads that began appearing late last week, extolling Murphy’s commitments to […]

Scott PowersMay 17, 2018

The University of Central Florida has been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for the university’s RESTORES Trauma Management Therapy Program working with veterans, service members, and first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Winter Park’s U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced the award Wednesday evening via Twitter. She and Orlando’s U.S. Rep. Darren […]

Scott PowersMay 10, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced Thursday that the National Defense Authorization Act has been advanced from the House Armed Services Committee with several key provisions she pushed, including transitional help for newly departing service members, authorization for the military modeling and simulation centers in Orlando, and money to fight opioid trafficking. The Armed Services […]

Danny McAuliffeMay 9, 2018

What’s old is new for the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC dedicated to maintaining the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. During a conference call with media ahead of the 2018 midterms, CLF emphasized its paradigm shift in campaign strategy; rather than focus almost exclusively on big TV buys, the group is investing […]

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Mike Miller fundraising effort calls for ending ‘so-called Russia investigation’

Three Central Florida congressional candidates top $1 million in net worths

A brief history of time: Here’s what Florida candidates are doing on Facebook

Stephanie Murphy sponsors ‘congressional accountability’ bill

Americans for Prosperity criticizes two Stephanie Murphy and Debbie Wasserman Schultz for spending bill vote

Val Demings: Orlando is back in federal anti-terrorism grant program

Patriot Majority USA starts Stephanie Murphy commercials in CD 7

UCF post-traumatic stress clinic notches $10M grant

House defense bill advances with several provisions from Stephanie Murphy

Republican super PAC changes approach ahead of November