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Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott is in Washington Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan, Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, and and several Florida members of Congress to talk about the latest effort to fund the fight on the Zika virus. Scott’s meeting with Rubio was followed with a visit to Ryan’s office, and then Yoho, as Congress […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2016

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson declared Monday the Senate is close to another Zika deal, and expressed urgency that this one needs to go through cleanly. “I am here to share with the Senate that I think we have finally found a path forward to fund the fight against Zika,” Nelson announced on the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 9, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio has a seven-point lead in the latest Quinnipiac University poll. The survey of likely Florida voters found Rubio leads Rep. Patrick Murphy, 50 percent to 43 percent. Six percent of respondents said they still didn’t know who they would vote for. Quinnipiac University polled 601 likely Florida voters between Aug. 31 and […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 7, 2016

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Ask Floridians who’s to blame for the lack of federal funding for Zika, and the answer is clear: Congress. A new survey from Public Policy Polling found 50 percent of Floridians said Congress was to blame for the lack of funding to combat Zika. The findings were released just one day after the Senate rejected […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 6, 2016

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A top abortion rights organization is taking a swing at Sen. Marco Rubio. NARAL Pro-Choice America released a new campaign ad Tuesday, hitting Rubio over his decision to support legislation that didn’t fund women’s health clinics in the wake of the Zika outbreak. The advertisement — part of a six-figure ad campaign — also takes […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 6, 2016

Florida’s U.S. Senate race remains close, but new internal research from the Senate Majority PAC suggests there is still an opportunity for Rep. Patrick Murphy to grow his share of the votes. Internal polling done by Civis Analytics shows the race between Murphy and Sen. Marco Rubio is a statistical tie. Murphy leads 45 percent […]

Bill RuftySeptember 4, 2016

Polk County will likely never return to the Democratic bastion that was home to four U.S. senators, three governors, and four presidents of the Florida Senate. But from Tuesday’s primaries and the fielding of candidates for the Nov. 8 general elections, Polk Democrats are slowly learning to make the now-GOP bastion a two-party county again. There […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 1, 2016

Mark your calendars. Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Patrick Murphy will square off in an Oct. 26 debate hosted by Leadership Florida and the Florida Press Association. The organizations announced Thursday that both men had formally accepted the invitation to participate in the live, one-hour televised debate. “The outcome of Florida’s Senate race could affect the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 31, 2016

Challenge, accepted? On Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio challenged Rep. Patrick Murphy to six media-sponsored live debates before Election Day. In a letter to Murphy, Rubio said Floridians deserved to hear from both candidates. Rubio easily won his primary Tuesday, receiving 72 percent of the vote. He’ll face Murphy — who beat Alan Grayson with 49 […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016

Libertarians have rejected goat-blood-drinking, LSD-dropping, neo-nationalist candidate Augustus Sol Invictus of Orlando and picked Paul Stanton of Deland to be their nominee this year for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. Stanton beat Invictus 74 percent to 26 percent in Tuesday’s Libertarian Party primary for the U.S. Senate. Stanton, a computer programmer and “pro-peace” Army veteran, entered the […]

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Rick Scott meets with Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, other congressmen on Zika

Bill Nelson: Senate is close to another deal on Zika funding

Poll: Marco Rubio leads Patrick Murphy, 50% to 43%

Who’s to blame for lack of Zika funding? 50% of Floridians say Congress

Abortion rights group hits Marco Rubio over Zika

Senate Majority PAC research shows Patrick Murphy tied with Marco Rubio, but ‘has a lot of room for growth’

Bill Rufty: Polk becoming a two-Party county?

Marco Rubio, Patrick Murphy agree to Leadership Florida, Florida Press Association debate

Marco Rubio challenges Patrick Murphy to six televised debates

Paul Stanton ousts Augustus Sol Invictus from Libertarian Senate primary