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Mitch PerryMarch 7, 2018

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NextGen America intends to spend as much as $3.5 million to register, engage and turn out young voters across the state of Florida. With an emphasis on the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, the environmental advocacy nonprofit and political action committee created by San Francisco philanthropist Tom Steyer announced Wednesday it will also focus on key congressional districts […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2018

Billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer is nothing if not ambitious. Steyer, a Democratic mega-donor and environmental activist, announced Monday the launch of the most extensive youth-organizing program in American history, with a commitment to spend $30 million in at least ten states, including Florida, this fall ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. “Today, we’re putting Donald Trump and the entire GOP on […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2017

Liberal activist group NextGen America is targeting a number of U.S. senators and representatives with a $100,000 digital ad buy; among them is Florida’s Marco Rubio. The spot runs six seconds, juxtaposing an image of a sleeping child receiving presents with visuals of an ICE raid. The message: “‘Tis the season for this” (the gift […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2017

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To attack Gov. Rick Scott as a so-called climate change denier, Tom Steyer‘s NextGenClimate PAC spent nearly $20 million in ads three years ago. It wasn’t enough, obviously. The Republican incumbent narrowly defeated Charlie Crist, and Scott is now seriously eyeing a run at Bill Nelson‘s U.S. Senate seat in 2018. Steyer, a San Francisco-based environmental activist, is now poised to […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2017

There are three critical “T’s” of political campaigns: timing, temperature and tone. Mary Barzee Flores hit all three when she called for the impeachment of Donald Trump. The former circuit judge and current candidate in Miami’s “clown car” Democratic primary in Florida’s 27th Congressional District also urged fellow Democrats to run on the issue in […]

Mitch PerryNovember 1, 2017

Liberal philanthropist and potential political candidate Tom Steyer announced Wednesday the creation of a nationwide program to identify, train and recruit naturalized immigrants, DREAMERS and newly-arrived Puerto Ricans to run for political office in 2018. Steyer’s NextGen America will team up with Latino Victory Fund on what is being called the American Dream Project. It will initially […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 10, 2017

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In anticipation of Rex Tillerson’s confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. Secretary of State on Wednesday, NextGen Climate is airing ads in Florida and five other states this week, telling viewers to contact their senators to oppose Tillerson when his nomination comes before the entire U.S. Senate. Tillerson is the longtime CEO of ExxonMobil who […]

Mitch PerryNovember 3, 2016

Tampa City Council members Mike Suarez and Charlie Miranda took time out Wednesday to praise how Tampa has always been a beacon for immigrants, and how Donald Trump’s incendiary rhetoric on Latinos threatens what Ronald Reagan once called “that city on a hill.” “Donald Trump does not understand what it’s like to be an American,” Suarez said, speaking at the Blind Tiger Cafe […]

Mitch PerryOctober 3, 2016

With the registration deadline to vote in the November election approaching next week, the Democratic Party and their allies held a couple of events in Tampa this weekend to attempt to get as many voters as possible on the rolls. While U.S. Senate hopeful Patrick Murphy fired up volunteers as they prepared to register voters Sunday in Ybor […]

Staff ReportsJuly 21, 2016

Today, as Donald Trump prepares to accept the Republican presidential nomination, Floridians from Tampa to Miami joined NextGen Climate and For Florida’s Future to send a simple message: “Dump Trump.” The events held today in downtown Tampa, at Miami’s Freedom Tower, at Trump’s Doral Golf Course and Trump’s Sunny Isle Palace and International properties, were […]

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NextGen America to spend $3.5M mobilizing young Floridians for midterms

Tom Steyer group to spend millions in Florida to bring out millennial voters

NextGen America targets Marco Rubio with ‘Dreamers’ ad buy

NextGen America announces plans for larger footprint in Florida

Mary Barzee Flores impeachment talk hits the mark; will Democrats listen?

Tom Steyer to recruit immigrant candidates for 2018

NextGen Climate running ad in Florida against Rex Tillerson’s nomination

In Ybor City, Charlie Miranda and Mike Suarez denounce Trumpism

Tampa Democrats try to woo black voters to get behind Hillary Clinton

NextGen Climate, For Florida’s Future lead nationwide anti-Trump day of action