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Scott PowersAugust 19, 2016

Saying NASA needs long-range political assurances, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio declared broad backing for the space agency’s agenda Friday and called on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to do the same. Rubio met Friday with space industry representatives and others in a roundtable discussion organized by the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast and Space […]

Scott PowersAugust 16, 2016

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy won the endorsement of the League of Conservation Voters in his race for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat Tuesday and vowed to focus on Everglades restoration and stopping the related algae blooms fouling Florida’s coasts. Murphy and LCV Action Fund Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Tiernan Sittenfeld spent much of the announcement, made […]

Scott PowersAugust 12, 2016

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is coming out with a new television commercial highlighting his bill to provide accountability to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The 30-second spot, “Served,” features several veterans praising Rubio for writing and passing a bill for accountability at that department in 2014. “Politicians always talk about how broken the VA is,” […]

Scott PowersAugust 8, 2016

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy ended the last quarter with more than $7.2 million in the bank, more than twice as much as all the other candidates combined — including incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who managed to start his re-election bid with about $2.2 million in campaign money. Murphy’s campaign finance […]

Scott PowersAugust 8, 2016

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Beruff spent more than $3.7 million on advertising, most of it on TV commercials, through the end of the last quarter, and most of that money came out of his own pocket. The wealthy Bradenton homebuilder finds himself, nonetheless, as a far-distant challenger to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who made […]

Associated PressAugust 4, 2016

Democratic leaders want Rep. Alan Grayson to go away. His ex-wife says he’s abusive. Ethics questions dog him. Yet the liberal lawmaker is refusing to drop his bid for the U.S. Senate, potentially upending party hopes that moderate Rep. Patrick Murphy will emerge as the nominee against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. Grayson is counting on […]

Scott PowersAugust 4, 2016

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy joined the mother of a Pulse nightclub massacre victim in Orlando Thursday to call for Congress to reconsider two failed gun control measures and to blast U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for not supporting them. Murphy was joined on the steps of Orlando City Hall Wednesday by Christine […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 25, 2016

Carlos Beruff is taking to the airwaves to tout his support for Donald Trump. In a new advertisement, the Beruff campaign takes aim at Sen. Marco Rubio for not supporting Trump’s proposal for a temporary ban on immigrants from the Middle East, a position Beruff supports. “Terror in France, in California and now right here […]

Scott PowersJuly 21, 2016

In a modestly housed and attended town hall meeting in Orlando, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Beruff made it clear he’s still striving for that image identifying him as the outside warrior, Donald Trump/Rick Scott-style candidate. Beruff, whose chances in the Aug. 30 Republican U.S. Senate primary plummeted when incumbent U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio filed late for re-election […]

Mitch PerryJuly 20, 2016

U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Murphy has received the endorsement of Americans for Responsible Solutions,”the super PAC led by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. “We really strongly believe that Congressman Murphy is the best person in this race to fight for the responsible steps that we need to help keep guns out of the hands of […]

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Marco Rubio declares support for NASA plan, calls on presidential nominees to do same

Patrick Murphy gets League of Conservation Voters endorsement

Marco Rubio rolls out veterans commercial in U.S. Senate race

Patrick Murphy ended 2nd quarter with commanding money lead over Dems and Marco Rubio

Carlos Beruff spent more than $3.7 million on advertising

Despite abuse claims, Alan Grayson staying in Florida Senate race

Patrick Murphy joins Pulse victim’s mom calling for renewed push for gun controls

Carlos Beruff says it’s time to ‘get tough on terror’ in new ad

Carlos Beruff looking for that Donald Trump/Rick Scott coattail

Mark Kelly joins Patrick Murphy in attacking Marco Rubio voting record on gun issues