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Phil AmmannJanuary 6, 2016

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy received the endorsement Wednesday from six South Florida mayors in his bid for the U.S. Senate. The six are Wayne Messam of Miramar, Becky Tooley from Coconut Creek, Skip Campbell of Coral Springs, Sunrise Mayor Mike Ryan, Bob Margolis of Wellington, and Cutler Bay Mayor Peggy Bell. Murphy, a Jupiter Democrat, […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 1, 2016

Political prognostication is not an exact science despite what forecasters and pundits would have readers believe. Many fall somewhere between the obvious and the inane, and often take a familiar and non-threatening shape. “The race for (insert candidate here) comes down to which campaign turns out their voters,” or some similar form. Imagine a sports […]

Peter SchorschDecember 29, 2015

Alan Grayson simply doesn’t get it: Mixing a campaign with his official duties in Congress is a violation of ethics rules. Because if he does “get it,” how will Grayson explain his latest campaign ad? The Orlando congressman, in a new TV commercial for his U.S. Senate campaign, offers testimonials from high-profile liberals such as […]

Peter SchorschDecember 8, 2015

Presidential candidate Donald Trump and U.S. Senate candidate David Jolly don’t have much in common, but they do have this: They’re both leading the polls in Florida in the races they each want to win. If the Republican primary were today, Trump and Jolly would be the GOP’s nominees in the Sunshine State. Of course, there […]

Phil AmmannDecember 4, 2015

Despite concerns on his questionable attendance record in the U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio has been busy helping thousands of Floridians solve a variety of problems with federal agencies. In a new Constituent Report released Friday, Rubio’s office says it has helped more than 30,000 individuals on everything from issues with the Department of Veterans Affairs […]

Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2015

Two weeks ago, rumors began circulating that there might be some shake-ups in Alan Grayson‘s campaign for the Democratic nomination for Senate. Apparently those rumors were accurate, as both POLITICO and the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald reported on Tuesday that campaign manager Doug Dodson had left the campaign. The Herald’s Amy Sherman also reports that Deputy campaign manager David […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2015

As Douglas Adams wrote in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” That pretty much describes Florida’s political landscape right now, with a year until Election Day (and, perhaps more astonishingly, just four months to the Presidential Preference Primary). A slew of key state races are as […]

Associated PressNovember 8, 2015

Marco Rubio, who has been attacked by GOP rivals and others for using an American Express card issued by the Republican Party of Florida for some personal spending as a state lawmaker, released two more years of charge card statements Saturday to help quell the furor. The statements, covering January 2005-October 2006, show Rubio spent […]

Bob SparksOctober 30, 2015

Sen. Marco Rubio certainly made some recent news. His displeasure with the ways of the Senate, and Washington in general, was not a well-kept secret. Now that he has publicly shared that displeasure and missed numerous senate votes, his campaign is receiving closer scrutiny. A Washington Post article quoted a close friend saying Rubio “hates […]

Bob SparksOctober 29, 2015

Sen. Marco Rubio certainly made some recent news. His displeasure with the ways of the Senate, and Washington in general, was not a well-kept secret. Now that he has publicly shared that displeasure and missed numerous senate votes, his campaign is receiving closer scrutiny. A Washington Post article quoted a close friend saying Rubio “hates […]

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Patrick Murphy nabs endorsement of 6 South Florida mayors for Senate run

Five bold predictions for 2016

Once again, Alan Grayson violates ethics rules, this time using House committee clip in campaign ad

Imagine Donald Trump and David Jolly campaigning together in Florida

Blasted as a no-show, Marco Rubio Constituent Report says he’s helped thousands

Alan Grayson Senate campaign manager Doug Dodson is out

Peter Schorsch: A year out from Election Day in Florida, confusion, uncertainty reign

Marco Rubio releases GOP charge card statements from 2005-06

Bob Sparks: Consider this scenario for Sen. Rick Scott

Bob Sparks: Consider this scenario for Sen. Rick Scott