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Scott PowersOctober 25, 2016

Recalling her childhood growing up in segregated and then racially volatile Jacksonville, Democratic congressional candidate Val Demings condemned Donald Trump Tuesday on his visit to Sanford, declaring, “his divisive, sexist, and racist rhetoric is not welcome here!” Demings, a candidate in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, and Democrat Stephanie Murphy, a candidate in Florida’s 7th Congressional […]

Scott PowersOctober 25, 2016

If there is an indication that a candidate’s victory is seen by some as all but in hand, it’s when money normally sent to an opposing party’s candidate starts arriving, and Democratic congressional nominee Val Demings may have reached that point. Demings, the former Orlando police chief running in the now-solidly blue Florida’s 10th Congressional […]

Scott PowersOctober 20, 2016

Four members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus joined Val Demings Thursday night, seeking to give her a boost in Florida’s 10th Congressional District race and to encourage more people to vote in Eatonville, Florida’s oldest historically black town. “We’re here for the chief,” U.S. Rep. Al Green, a Texas Democrat, said of Demings, a retired […]

Scott PowersOctober 14, 2016

Polling done for and released Friday by Democrat Val Demings‘ congressional campaign shows she has a 38-point lead over Republican nominee Thuy Lowe in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. The poll, done by Democratic pollster Global Strategy Group in early October, shows Demings with 59 percent of the vote in the west Orlando district and Lowe with […]

Scott PowersSeptember 16, 2016

Citing a mixup with a former campaign accountant, Republican congressional candidate Thuy Lowe has failed to file a personal financial disclosure statement for her campaign against Democrat Val Demings in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Lowe told FloridaPolitics.com the statement was completed and would be filed late Friday afternoon. However it has not been posted by the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 15, 2016

Democratic congressional nominee Val Demings is embarking on a seven-stop “listening tour” with town halls set throughout Florida’s 10th Congressional District in west Orange County, her campaign announced Thursday. Three stops in her tour, which she calls “Lift Every Voice,” have been announced. She’ll appear at Pine Hills Community Church next Tuesday evening; the Callahan […]

Scott PowersSeptember 7, 2016

Former President Bill Clinton accused Donald Trump of seeking to turn back the clock to days of a white America, during a speech before a largely African-American crowd in Orlando Wednesday. In an address supporting his wife Hillary Clinton‘s Democratic bid for the White House, Bill Clinton accused Trump of harkening to an America where blacks […]

Scott PowersAugust 31, 2016

Thuy Lowe has made it into Cosmo. The Republican nominee in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, based in Orlando, is profiled on Cosmopolitan.com as one of “19 Women Who Will Make History if Elected to Congress This Year.“ To do that, Lowe, a retired businesswoman from Sorrento, will need to beat Democratic nominee Val Demings in […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016

If there is vindication in politics, Val Demings is enjoying it Tuesday night, though she would never acknowledge it. The former Orlando Police chief, dubbed years ago as the next big rising star in Central Florida Democratic politics, handily won the Democratic primary to be the nominee in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. “I am so humbled […]

Scott PowersAugust 29, 2016

Heading into the final weekend before the primary, Democratic congressional candidate Bob Poe lent his campaign another $100,000 Friday, bringing his personal investment to just over $2 million in his bid for election in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Poe vowed from the start to fund much of his campaign and so far the self-made millionaire entrepreneur has bankrolled virtually […]

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Val Demings, Stephanie Murphy condemn Donald Trump visit to Sanford

Val Demings beginning to draw business money in CD 10 race

Four Congressional Black Caucus members stump for Val Demings

Val Demings’ poll says she has a 38-point lead in CD 10 race

CD 10: Republican Thuy Lowe fails to file personal financial disclosure statement

Val Demings announces ‘listening tour’ in CD 10 race

Bill Clinton accuses Donald Trump of turning back to the time of white America

CD 10 Republican Thuy Lowe makes it into Cosmo

Val Demings earning big CD 10 Democratic primary victory, vindication

Bob Poe rolls another $100K loan into his campaign