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Ryan NicolAugust 24, 2018

Matt Haggman, a Democratic candidate for Florida’s 27th Congressional District, is taking “ground game” to a whole new level. Haggman set out Friday to cover 27 miles inside CD 27, meeting with voters and pushing an in-person, get-out-the-vote campaign ahead of next Tuesday’s primary. “From Day One, this campaign has been a people-powered campaign and […]

Ryan NicolAugust 23, 2018

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has earned the endorsement of another elected official ahead of her Aug. 28 Democratic primary matchup with former naval officer Demetries Grimes. State Rep. Javier Fernandez, who represents House District 114, says he’s supporting Mucarsel-Powell’s bid to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in Florida’s 26th Congressional District. “Debbie is exactly the kind […]

Ryan NicolAugust 23, 2018

A topsy-turvy week of political news just got a bit stranger after Democrat Donna Shalala appears to have just pulled in a new endorsement — from a Republican opponent in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Following comments made to Univision, Stephen Marks has confirmed to Florida Politics that he has stopped campaigning in the CD 27 Republican […]

Ryan NicolAugust 22, 2018

A new internal poll from the Maria Elvira Salazar campaign shows the candidate with a comfortable lead in the Republican primary race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District. The campaign commissioned the poll by McLaughlin & Associates, which showed Salazar receiving 40 percent of the vote in next Tuesday’s primary election. Former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro […]

Ryan NicolAugust 22, 2018

Republican Party state committeeman Richard DeNapoli says he’s seeking to reopen a 2014 defamation lawsuit against Javier Manjarres, a GOP candidate in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District. According to documents in the 12th Judicial Circuit in Sarasota County, DeNapoli has filed a motion alleging Manjarres breached a 2016 settlement agreement. In addition, DeNapoli filed a motion seeking […]

Ryan NicolAugust 20, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed Michael A. Hepburn in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. She received national attention after upsetting high-ranking Democrat Joe Crowley in a congressional primary last month, and is likely to win the seat in New York’s 14th Congressional District come November. She says Hepburn, a former University of Miami academic adviser, is her Democratic […]

Ryan NicolAugust 19, 2018

Nicolas Kimaz, a Republican candidate in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, is calling for his Republican opponent Javi Manjarres to release his discharge records amid Manjarres’ disputed claims about his time in the Air Force. As Florida Politics previously reported, Manjarres released a mailer tying him to the Air Force, despite the Air Force’s own records […]

Ryan NicolAugust 18, 2018

A third-party ad in support of Brian Mast‘s re-election in Florida’s 18th Congressional District features testimony from a “working mom” on the benefits of the GOP tax cuts passed late last year. Left unsaid in the ad? That working mom who’s supporting a U.S. House candidate from Florida is a candidate herself for the state […]

Ryan NicolAugust 17, 2018

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Vern Buchanan held onto a sizable money lead in the race for Florida’s 16th Congressional District despite being outraised by David Shapiro in the most recent fundraising period. Buchanan reported more than $2.1 million cash on hand after raising $90,000 from July 1 through Aug. 8, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). That $2.1 […]

Ryan NicolAugust 17, 2018

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has bested incumbent U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in the most recent fundraising reports in a possible preview of the general election showdown for Florida’s 26th Congressional District seat. Those reports, filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), show Mucarsel-Powell added more than $222,000 July 1-Aug. 8. Curbelo was behind that pace, taking in just over […]

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State Sen. Vic Torres at U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost event before the collapse. Photo via Jacob Ogles.

Matt Haggman embarks on 27-mile door-knocking tour in CD 27

Javier Fernandez backs Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in CD 26

GOP candidate in CD 27 drops out, endorses Donna Shalala

Internal poll has Maria Elvira Salazar ahead in CD 27 GOP primary

Defamation lawsuit against Javier Manjarres could be reopened

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backs Michael Hepburn in CD 27

Nicolas Kimaz calls on Javier Manjarres to release Air Force records or drop out

‘Working mom’ in pro-Brian Mast ad is a GOP candidate for state House…in Pennsylvania

Vern Buchanan holds onto money lead in CD 16 race

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell tops Carlos Curbelo in most recent fundraising