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Scott PowersMarch 1, 2016

Democrat U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson and Republican U.S. Rep. David Jolly declared themselves front-runners Tuesday for their parties’ nominations for Florida’s U.S. Senate and announced they would hold a series of two-man debates. The pair, who have led the past couple of public opinion polls, dismissed the notion that both are in relatively tight races for […]

Scott PowersMarch 1, 2016

Todd Wilcox is showing little worry even as polls continue to show him as a blip in Florida’s U.S. Senate Republican race and as Carlos Beruff enters the race late also claiming the “outsider” lane. The Orlando businessman entered the race last summer and still finds himself running a distant fourth behind three establishment candidates. That was before […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016

Although the campaign for U.S. Senate in Florida remains a mostly sleepy affair, a new Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday shows an unmistakable trend: U.S. Reps. David Jolly and Alan Grayson continue to lead in the polls. On the GOP side, Jolly, a first-term congressman from Pinellas County, leads with 26 percent of the vote. U.S. Rep. Ron De Santis is […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 26, 2016

Although many pundits are pontificating that Marco Rubio‘s pummeling of Donald Trump in Thursday night’s CNN/Telemundo/Salem Radio debate from Houston was entertaining, they still contend that it’s not going to matter on Super Tuesday or the subsequent elections to follow. We’re not so certain about that. If anything, Rubio’s “kitchen sink” opposition research dump against the New York City […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 25, 2016

(UPDATED) Ron DeSantis isn’t exactly greeting the latest entrant into the Republican Party U.S. Senate race, Carlos Beruff, with open arms. Beruff, a Manatee County developer expected to officially announce his candidacy next week, has ties to Charlie Crist, and you better believe that will be used against him in this primary contest. DeSantis, the Ponte […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 25, 2016

In a year where it’s all about Republicans proving how much they hate Washington, candidates in Florida’s Senate race are amping up their game to show their disdain for the current political culture. While David Jolly has been getting mileage about his proposal to ban members of Congress from fundraising on the job, Todd Wilcox is upping the ante, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 17, 2016

The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Carlos Lopez-Cantera’s Senate campaign and the super PAC supporting him. The complaint alleges that the lieutenant governor’s Senate campaign and Reform Washington, the super PAC backing Lopez-Cantera, violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. According to the complaint, the […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 15, 2016

GOP Senate hopeful Todd Wilcox understands the need to analyze the politics of a change in the U.S. Supreme Court, but he says that he wishes there could have been a little more time to mourn the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died Saturday in Texas at 79. “This was a core conservative with a […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 12, 2016

Todd Wilcox said Republicans have a clear choice in the race to replace Sen. Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate. They can choose from one of several career politicians running for office, or they can pick him, a first-time candidate who spent years as an entrepreneur. Wilcox made his pitch to the Women’s Republican Club […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 10, 2016

Florida GOP Senate candidate Todd Wilcox, in a prepared statement Wednesday, linked an American flag on the ground at the Hillary Clinton election night party with a larger pattern of contempt, demonstrated most vividly by the burning of the flag at Benghazi. Wilcox calls attention to his own military service, having “stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the battlefield with real American […]

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Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

Alan Grayson, David Jolly declare themselves frontrunners in Senate races, announce debates

Todd Wilcox counting on late rise as outsider in GOP U.S. Senate race

Alan Grayson, David Jolly continue to lead U.S. Senate race, PPP poll finds

Mitch Perry Report for 2.26.16 — New survey shows Florida Dems aren’t feeling the Bern

Ron DeSantis derides Carlos Beruff as “Charlie Crist Republican”

Senate hopeful Todd Wilcox calls for term limits, no pension for Congress

ADLF files complaint against Carlos Lopez-Cantera’s Senate campaign and Reform Washington

Florida’s GOP U.S. Senate candidates fear liberal Supreme Court

Todd Wilcox looks to woo Republican voters during Naples stop

Todd Wilcox accuses Hillary Clinton of serial flag desecration