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Ryan NicolSeptember 27, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s latest ad reflects on his response to Hurricane Irma as it struck Florida last year. Scott is currently challenging Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson for his U.S. Senate seat. The 30-second spot, “Leadership,” is replete with clips of new anchors highlighting the danger of the storm, along with Scott’s warnings issued to residents as the storm […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 26, 2018

Republican Gov. Rick Scott, running for the U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson, is out with a new ad replete with news coverage clips critical of Nelson’s efforts during the campaign. The ad’s title, “Asleep at the Wheel,” comes from a clip of Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson using that term to describe Nelson’s re-election campaign. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 24, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is directing another $2.2 million to red tide mitigation efforts, his office announced Monday. The state is funding testing on technologies to reduce red tide, including ozone treatments and specialized clay. The funding will expand Mote Marine Laboratory Ozone Treatment System in Sarasota. Mote has successfully tested ozone systems in tanks at the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 20, 2018

Florida House Republicans are calling on U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and other Democrats to immediately confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. The letter — sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Charles Grassley, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein and signed off on by 73 […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 19, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is up by less than a percentage point in the race to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, the newest poll from the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI) shows. That’s a drop from Scott’s six-point lead in the previous FAU BEPI poll. The latest version of the group’s survey has the […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 19, 2018

Her studies first brought her West, but for Christine Margaret Blasey Ford, the move to California proved a way to leave behind what had gone wrong in her teenage years in the patrician suburbs of Washington, D.C. Born into a well-off family in Montgomery County, Maryland, Ford has said she spent years working to recover […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 18, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is out with a new ad, essentially accusing his Democratic opponent for U.S. Senate — incumbent Bill Nelson — of pulling a ‘Ferris Bueller‘ during his time in Washington. The ad, titled “Empty Chair,” highlights Nelson’s numerous missed Senate Armed Services Committee meetings during his time in the U.S. Senate, and once again bashes Nelson for his lengthy […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 18, 2018

The Progressive Turnout Project (PTP), a Chicago-based group aimed at helping elect Democratic candidates, says it will put money toward digital get-out-the-vote efforts supporting the campaigns of Bill Nelson and Lauren Baer. The group has raised nearly $14 million this election cycle according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Now, PTP says it will contribute $1.8 million […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 18, 2018

Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone was his usual self in remarks to Trump Club 45 PBC Monday night, spouting several attention-grabbing comments to the audience of Trump die-hards. Stone dropped several eyebrow-raising one-liners (mostly in jest) during his speech at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, one of which concerned a prominent Florida contest. “You […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 14, 2018

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter, Jaime, was killed seven months ago in the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, and other parents who lost children in the tragedy endorsed incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson at an event Friday afternoon. Guttenberg also laid into Nelson’s Republican opponent, Gov. Rick Scott. “In Florida, under Rick Scott, nothing was […]

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New Rick Scott ad touts ‘leadership’ during Hurricane Irma

Bill Nelson ‘asleep at the wheel,’ says new Rick Scott ad

Rick Scott directs $2.2 million for red tide mitigation

Florida House Republicans push Kavanaugh confirmation

Rick Scott’s lead over Bill Nelson shrinks, poll shows

Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser struggled to come forward, friends say

‘Nelson? … Nelson?’ Rick Scott calls out Bill Nelson’s absences in new ad

Progressive group pledges support for Bill Nelson, Lauren Baer

Bill Nelson ‘died three years ago,’ Roger Stone quips to Palm Beach Trump supporters

Fred Guttenberg endorses Bill Nelson for Senate