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Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018

In the past week or so, President Donald Trump‘s presence in statewide Florida Republican election politics may have all but vanished, leading Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Monday to essentially say that his opponent Gov. Rick Scott might run but can’t hide from his past with Trump. “My opponent is acting as if Trump […]

Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2018

Led by blistering attacks from Gov. Rick Scott, Republican candidates kicked off their unity rally in Orlando Thursday morning declaring that this year’s election offers stark choices that boil down to capitalism versus socialism. Scott, the nominee for U.S. Senate; gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis; the rest of Florida’s cabinet; and the rest of the Republican Party’s nominees […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2018

A new poll from Public Policy Polling puts Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson back up by one point over Republican Gov. Rick Scott, putting Florida’s Senate race back in the dead-heat category. Polling in the contest generally has pendulumed a few points in favor of either since the race began in earnest in the spring. […]

Scott PowersAugust 27, 2018

A Democratic political action committee is launching a $2.9 million, statewide television campaign aimed at convincing Floridians that the red tides and algae blooms are all Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s doing. Majority Forward’s new commercial, “Mess,” shows harrowing video of dead fish, dead manatees, fouled waters and beaches, and ill beachgoers while laying out a […]

Scott PowersAugust 23, 2018

A new internet video from Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s U.S. Senate campaign charges Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson with making up claims that Russia has hacked some Florida voter records. The video also hints at the possibility the 75-year-old senator isn’t mentally stable. The two-minute, 21-second video “Confused,” being released on the internet, mocks Nelson […]

Scott PowersAugust 21, 2018

Still 11 weeks from their election showdown, Republican Gov. Rick Scott has opened up a six-point lead on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, a new poll finds. The poll from the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economic Polling Initiative gives Scott 45 percent, Nelson 39 percent, with 16 percent of […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2018

Three Democratic Orange County lawmakers joined with the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association Thursday to bash Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s record on public education. Outside the offices of the Orange County Public Schools headequarters in Orlando, State Sen. Victor Torres and state Reps. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Amy Mercado all went after the governor for […]

Scott PowersAugust 8, 2018

Senate Majority PAC and Priorities USA Action PAC are launching a new $1.1 million digital ad campaign to blanket the internet with a new advertisement hitting Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Rick Scott for refusing to expand Medicaid in Florida and charging that he opposes mandatory insurance coverage of people with pre-existing conditions. The first […]

Scott PowersAugust 7, 2018

A few days after seeing Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s campaign launch a TV commercial seeking to blame him for Florida’s algae crisis, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is firing back with an internet ad attempting to portray the environmental disaster as entirely Scott’s fault. The new 30-second video, “Algae,” begins with images of putrid, green […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2018

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed a statement to Monroe County Mayor David Rice. The statement was made by his predecdessor, George Neugent, who was mayor at the time of the cleanup efforts following Hurricane Irma last year. Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s reelection campaign is releasing a new television commercial Wednesday […]

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

Bill Nelson: Rick Scott ‘is a creature of Trump’

Republicans: This election is stark choice of capitalism versus radicalism

Poll: Florida’s U.S. Senate race back to one point gap

Democratic PAC commercial blames Rick Scott for red tides, algae blooms

Rick Scott video mocks Bill Nelson’s hacking claims, hints at mental instability

Poll: Rick Scott increases lead over Bill Nelson to six points

Victor Torres, Carlos Smith, Amy Mercado rip Rick Scott on education

Democratic PACs hitting Rick Scott on Medicaid, pre-existing conditions

Bill Nelson ad: Florida’s algae crisis is made by Rick Scott

Bill Nelson airs TV ad ripping Rick Scott for ‘hurricane gouging’