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Scott PowersMay 28, 2018

The latest personal finance reports for candidates running for Congress in Central Florida find the Florida’s 7th Congressional District race includes two candidates with net worths of more than $1 million, incumbent Democrat U.S Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park and Republican challenger Scott Sturgill of Sanford. They and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, […]

Scott PowersMay 22, 2018

Orlando’s U.S. Rep. Val Demings has joined a Republican and another Democrat in introducing a bill aimed at strengthening the United States’ defense against Russian interference in American elections. The bill, co-sponsored by U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, and Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York, would strengthen federal cybersecurity, support intelligence gathering, […]

Scott PowersMay 21, 2018

Orlando, skipped over in a federal grant program providing anti-terrorism money to big-city police the past three years, is back in the program, Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings announced Monday. Demings, of Orlando, and others from Central Florida have been fighting for several years to convince the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that rules it […]

Scott PowersMay 9, 2018

Two Florida former top cops now in Congress — Republican U.S. Rep. John Rutherford of Jacksonville and Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Orlando — are teaming up to make it an additional federal crime for criminals to attack law enforcement officers. Rutherford sponsored and Demings co-sponsored House Resolution 5698, which they dubbed the “Protect and […]

Scott PowersMay 4, 2018

U.S. Rep. Val Demings need only win her August 28 primary to earn re-election to a second term representing Florida’s 10th Congressional District as no Republicans qualified for the ballot to oppose her. With qualifying ending Friday, Demings drew a Democratic primary challenge from Wade Darius, but no one else, creating an open primary vote […]

Scott PowersApril 12, 2018

Congressional letters signed by a large majority of Florida’s delegation are urging congressional leaders to support full funding not just for NASA’s next spacecraft and rocket but for critical upgrades at Kennedy Space Center to launch them. The letters to chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees subcommittees overseeing space have drawn signatures of […]

Scott PowersApril 2, 2018

Former state Sen. Geraldine Thompson filed for a chance to return to the Florida Legislature, entering the race for Florida’s House District 44 in southwest Orange County. Thompson, of Orlando, served four years in the Florida Senate, representing Senate District 12, and six in the Florida House, representing House District 39 before redistricting. She left the […]

Scott PowersMarch 30, 2018

The Orlando International Airport may have been stopped from the prospect of privatizing security checkpoints now that the U.S. Transportation Security Administration is rushing to make improvements. Swift changes coming to expand TSA staff, add more screening dogs, and bring in new state-of-the-art equipment have happened in a matter of less than seven weeks, and […]

Scott PowersMarch 16, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto has received endorsements from all ten of the other Democratic members of Congress from Florida, his re-election campaign announced Friday. The announced endorsements would come as no surprise and seemingly fill no particularly-urgent campaign purpose, since Soto’s only opponent thus far in Florida’s 9th Congressional District is a Republican, St. Cloud […]

Scott PowersMarch 1, 2018

U.S. Rep. Darren Soto of Orlando received a perfect score of 100 for his environmental issues voting record from the national League of Conservation Voters, the only member of Florida’s delegation to do so. The league’s annual “National Environmental Scorecard” for the 2017 session of Congress, gave Soto checkmarks across the board on 35 issues […]

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Three Central Florida congressional candidates top $1 million in net worths

Val Demings introduces anti-Russian interference bill

Val Demings: Orlando is back in federal anti-terrorism grant program

John Rutherford, Val Demings bill to add federal penalties for attacks on officers

No Republican opposition for Val Demings

Florida’s delegation presses for Kennedy Space Center launch support money for NASA’s next big rocket

Geraldine Thompson is back, filing to run in HD 44

Orlando showdown with TSA brings swift airport security changes

Darren Soto endorsed by 10 other members of Fla. congressional district

Darren Soto gets perfect score from Conservation Voters, tops Florida members