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Michael MolineOctober 28, 2016

Democrats shouldn’t let Hillary Clinton’s lead in many polls lull them into false confidence, her running mate Tim Kaine urged a student audience at Florida State University Friday. “If we win in Florida, it’s over,” Kaine said. “We like the way it looks right now, but we can’t take anything for granted. Our polls looked pretty good on […]

Associated PressOctober 24, 2016

A defiant Donald Trump blamed his campaign struggles on “phony polls” from the “disgusting” media on Monday, fighting to energize his most loyal supporters as his path to the presidency shrinks. With just 14 days until the election, the Republican nominee campaigned in battleground Florida as his team conceded publicly as well as privately that […]

Associated PressOctober 23, 2016

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Hillary Clinton bested Donald Trump in three debates. She leads in many preference polls of the most competitive states. Barring a significant shift in the next two weeks, she is in a strong position to become the first woman elected U.S. president. But Clinton will end the campaign still struggling to change the minds of […]

Associated PressOctober 23, 2016

Tim Kaine is sounding a hopeful note that a Democratic White House could work with Republicans to bridge deep divides laid bare by this bitter presidential campaign. The vice presidential candidate told The Associated Press on Saturday that he and Hillary Clinton have already spoken about how to heal the nation if they should win. […]

Scott PowersOctober 22, 2016

Democratic vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine will be leading rallies in Gainesville and Orlando Sunday and in South Florida Monday, the Hillary Clinton campaign announced. Kaine, of Virginia, will be the University of Florida for a 2:30 p.m. rally on Sunday and at the Dover Shores Community Center in Orlando for a 5:30 p.m. […]

Staff ReportsOctober 18, 2016

It’s no secret Andrew Gillum is considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, but his leap to the national political stage could have come sooner than many expected. A newly released document from the hacked email file of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta shows Gillum, Tallahassee’s mayor, was among a large number of people […]

Associated PressOctober 16, 2016

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Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; former CIA Director David Petraeus. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Vice President Joe Biden; Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Pence, Kaine ___ CNN’s “State […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 14, 2016

Florida will be campaign central next week, as the race to Election Day approaches the final stretch. The Hillary Clinton campaign announced Friday that President Barack Obama will travel to South Florida next Thursday to campaign for Clinton. The president was scheduled to campaign in Miami earlier this month, but had to postpone his trip because […]

Staff ReportsOctober 14, 2016

Anne Holton, Virginia’s former secretary of education and wife of vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine, will campaign for her husband and Hillary Clinton in North Florida Sunday and Monday. “Holton will lay out the stakes of November’s election and outline Clinton and Kaine’s vision of an America that is stronger together, with an economy that works […]

Associated PressOctober 7, 2016

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Hillary Clinton is responding to a video of rival Donald Trump making lewd comments about women in 2005. The Democratic presidential candidate said on Twitter, “This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president.” Trump issued an apology after the video emerged of him making sexually charged comments. He called it “locker room […]

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Tim Kaine warns Democrats against complacency in Tallahassee speech

Donald Trump rejects ‘phony’ polls, insists ‘we are winning’

For Hillary Clinton, struggle to change public perception persists

Tim Kaine already reaching out to GOP

Tim Kaine coming to Gainesville, Orlando, South Florida

Leaked email shows Andrew Gillum among those considered for VP

Guest lineups for Sunday news shows

Barack Obama to campaign for Hillary Clinton in Florida on Thursday

Anne Holton, Tim Kaine’s wife, to stump for Hillary in North Florida

Hillary Clinton says video of Donald Trump is ‘horrific’