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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 4, 2016

With five months before the U.S. Senate primary, Carlos Beruff is hitting the airwaves. Beruff, a Manatee County homebuilder and one of five Republicans vying for their party’s nomination, on Monday released his first statewide advertisement. The 30-second spot, called “Forget Them,” is scheduled to begin airing Wednesday. The advertisement features Beruff speaking directly to […]

Scott PowersMarch 29, 2016

It’s time for a certain U.S. Senate candidate from Central Florida and a certain U.S. House candidate who lives in his home to update their Facebook relationship status. Dr. Dena Minning, Democrat from Orlando running in Congressional District 9, and U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, that district’s incumbent and a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, are engaged to […]

Associated PressMarch 29, 2016

Democrats need to win back the U.S. Senate and end the dysfunction in Congress, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday as he campaigned in South Florida with a Democratic candidate. Biden and President Barack Obama recently endorsed Patrick Murphy for the Senate seat that Sen. Marco Rubio gave up last year when he embarked on […]

Peter SchorschMarch 25, 2016

Many Floridians had it rough during the Great Recession, losing jobs, facing cutbacks or otherwise struggling to stay above water financially. Manatee County homebuilder Carlos Beruff was not one of them. Beruff, now a candidate for U.S. Senate, boasted at a recent event that his company “actually profited” from the “huge” recession that devastated Florida’s middle […]

Mark FerruloMarch 22, 2016

There’s never been a more unpredictable, volatile election. Or one where the stakes are so high. And, in Florida, where we have a history of extremely close elections, voters won’t only be selecting candidates for president and the U.S. Senate this year. They will also be deciding who sits on the U.S. Supreme Court for […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 21, 2016

Francis Rooney said he was unsure whether he would support Donald Trump, and tried to distance himself from the GOP front-runner. In an interview with NPR this past Tuesday, Rooney, a Naples Republican and former ambassador to the Holy See, said the “amount of anger and frustration over the last … seven years and two […]

Jac VerSteegMarch 20, 2016

Marco Rubio was convinced the Fratricide Model of politics was his ticket to the top. Now, after one brilliant win and one spectacular loss, the Florida senator claims to have renounced the model. He will not, he says, run for governor in 2018. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam need not fear a Rubio challenge. We […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 17, 2016

Carlos Lopez-Cantera is hitting the road for a jobs-focused campaign swing in early April. Lopez-Cantera, the state’s lieutenant governor and a Republican Senate hopeful, will kick off his “Florida First Tour” on April 4. The Miami Republican’s campaign said the tour will give Lopez-Cantera a chance to meet with Floridians to talk about job creation, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 15, 2016

Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera sent well wishes to his friend Marco Rubio after the U.S. Senator suspended his presidential campaign Tuesday evening. Lopez-Cantera, a Republican candidate for Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat, said in a statement that he congratulates Rubio for a “courageous and positive campaign.” “Elections do not always have outcomes one expects, but I […]

Scott PowersMarch 15, 2016

President Barack Obama reversed direction Tuesday and banned oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean through 2022, leading Florida’s U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to hail the move as good news for people who live along the coast. “We are grateful that they did that, for the reasons that we have fought for years to keep […]

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In new ad, Carlos Beruff says he’s a “business guy” running for U.S. Senate

Political couple Alan Grayson, Dena Minning engaged to be married, sources say

VP Joe Biden stumps for Patrick Murphy in South Florida

Senate candidate Carlos Beruff brags about how he profited during Great Recession

Mark Ferrulo: Campaign trying to boost registration of people who rarely vote

Francis Rooney attributes Donald Trump’s rise to “anger and frustration”

Jac VerSteeg: Political fratricide model fails Marco Rubio

Carlos Lopez-Cantera plans ‘Florida First’ campaign swing

Carlos Lopez-Cantera applauds Marco Rubio’s “courageous and positive campaign”

Bill Nelson hails Barack Obama’s ban of Atlantic oil drilling