Staff ReportsNovember 9, 2022
7min0
This year, as redistricting shook up districts from the Panhandle to the Keys, several races featured easy wins.
Tag: Tommy Wright
Staff ReportsNovember 9, 2022
Jacob OglesMay 22, 2022
3min0
The Cabinet member has worked to grow benefits for first responders.
Jacob OglesNovember 24, 2018
4min270
The 2018 campaign season has barely closed, but some freshman lawmakers already their eyes on re-election. State Sen. Tommy Wright, a New Smyrna Beach Republican, became the first incumbent to already open a campaign account for 2022. He will seek a second term in Florida Senate District 14 after winning his first election over Democrat […]
Jacob OglesNovember 6, 2018
11min338
It’s no easy task running for office when your name doesn’t appear on the ballot. But replacement candidates who stepped in this year for deceased had to do just that. In Florida Senate District 14, Tommy Wright stood up after the withdrawal of Republican state Sen. Dorothy Hukill, who died days after ending her candidacy. […]
Jacob OglesNovember 2, 2018
5min348
A barrage of Republican advertising in state Senate District 14 offers input on Democrat Mel Martin’s political agenda — whether real or imagined. Mailers picture comparisons of Martin’s platform to government funding for cougars in treadmills, and assign views on term limits Martin never stated. But one thing largely absent from political discourse in the […]
Drew WilsonOctober 28, 2018
4min296
Republican Tommy Wright beat out Democrat Melissa “Mel” Martin in his inaugural campaign finance report, though neither candidate reeled in a large haul for the week ending Oct. 19. Wright and Martin are competing for Senate District 14, which turned into an open seat following the death longtime Republican lawmaker Dorothy Hukill. Wright, a New […]
Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2018
4min315
The Florida Retail Federation on Tuesday endorsed five non-incumbent Republicans running for Florida Senate seats in November’s elections, including one who is looking to unseat an incumbent Democrat. Among the five candidates getting the nod was Tommy Wright, the newly anointed nominee for Senate District 14. The New Smyrna Beach businessman was selected for the nomination after […]
Jacob OglesOctober 17, 20184min283
Democratic state Senate candidate Mel Martin issued a demand to debate new Republican opponent Tommy Wright in the race to succeed the late Dorothy Hukill. “The voters of Senate District 14 are long overdue a debate on the issues that affect their families and communities,” Martin said. “They deserve to hear from both of us […]
Jacob OglesOctober 15, 20185min335
Democratic candidate Mel Martin has yet to meet her new Republican opponent in the Senate District 14 race, Tommy Wright. But so far, she doesn’t like what she’s hearing. When Martin heard Wright pitched to Republican Executive Committee leaders that he would “carry the Republican seat,” that’s all she needed to know. “To me, that’s indicative of the […]
Drew WilsonOctober 9, 2018
7min378
The Republican Party of Florida on Tuesday informed the Florida Department of State that it was beginning the process of selecting Sen. Dorothy Hukill’s replacement ahead of the November election for Senate District 14. Hukill died Oct. 2, just days after announcing that she could no longer campaign due to a recurrence of cancer first […]