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Scott PowersDecember 3, 2016

Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando made what’s likely to be his swan song appearance for now before Orange County Democrats Saturday, thanking them for backing him so he could “do so much good for so many people.” Grayson sought the state Democratic nomination to run for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat but lost, and […]

Scott PowersNovember 30, 2016

An event in Congresswoman-elect Stephanie Murphy‘s infancy keeps redirecting her life, a life that has the 38-year-old business professor heading to Washington to represent Orlando and Central Florida as the first Vietnamese-American woman in Congress. When she was six months old, her family fled Vietnam on a refugee boat. Stephanie, her mother, father, brother, and dozens of mostly […]

Scott PowersNovember 23, 2016

As Orlandoans gather round dinner tables with family and close friends, let us start by being thankful that those of us who can be are there to gather. Let’s give thanks for a community that found comfort, faith, and strength in each others arms during the dawn following our darkest day, and for the commitment […]

Scott PowersNovember 15, 2016

Long before young Trayvon Martin‘s tragic death sent destabilizing shockwaves from Central Florida throughout America, long before Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter turned into a standoff, and certainly long before the divisive election campaigns of 2016, Democrat Val Demings was calling for unity in Orlando and in America. Now, thanks to her resounding victory last Tuesday, […]

Mitch PerryNovember 15, 2016

With his legacy on the line, Barack Obama went all out during this just-concluded election season to not only get Hillary Clinton elected, but also more than 150 down ballot races for state Senate and House in states across the country, including 13 Democrats on the ballot in Florida. With one House race so close […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2016

Metro Orlando’s future U.S. congressional delegation just became a whole lot more diverse. Voters in central Florida on election night picked an African-American woman, a Puerto Rican man and an Asian-American woman to represent them in Washington. The increased diversity was helped by the redrawing of some congressional districts that made the central Florida districts […]

Scott PowersNovember 8, 2016

The woman who likes to talk about herself as the daughter of a janitor and maid who grew up to be a police chief has now been elected as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Early returns based on early voting and mail-in voting, plus a small handful of precincts, shows Democrat Val […]

Scott PowersNovember 5, 2016

Is it Hillary Clinton or the whole women’s and feminist movement at the top of the Democrats’ ticket on Tuesday? A rally in Orlando Saturday – part of a statewide bus tour full of women’s movement and feminist leaders – offered the suggestion that there are such stark differences in attitudes, rhetoric, histories, and policy […]

Scott PowersNovember 4, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Val Demings of Orlando continues to collect a mix of big checks from business and labor groups in her bid to be elected in the Florida’s Orlando-based 10th Congressional District. The latest campaign finance reports filed through Wednesday show Demings had collected another 20 four-figure checks in the previous week, raising $44,200 […]

Larry GriffinNovember 3, 2016

In the race for the 10th Congressional District, Republican Thuy Lowe is marketing her campaign as the sensible conservative alternative to the gridlock and disconnect in Washington D.C. in a new video released Wednesday. The video runs for two minutes and consists of Lowe sitting in front of a blank wall, lending a personal air to […]

Tag: Val Demings

Alan Grayson says goodbye to Orange County Democrats, for now

‘The girl rescued at sea’ Stephanie Murphy rides that humanitarian service into Congress

Orlando’s cornucopia of thanks runneth over for area leaders

Meet Congresswoman-elect Val Demings of Orlando

Barack Obama goes below .500 in his picks for Florida House and Senate seats

Orlando’s congressional delegation got a lot more diverse

Former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings heading for Congress

Women’s groups see Hillary Clinton having skirt-tails to help Stephanie Murphy, other women

Val Demings continues to attract business, labor money in CD 10 race

Thuy Lowe promotes her history, conservative values in new video in CD 10 run