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Scott PowersNovember 9, 2018

Making his first appearance since the election – and doing so only by video-download, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson accused his opponent Republican Gov. Rick Scott of abusing power to stop votes from being counted, and Nelson vowed to not let that happen. In a video statement downloaded via satellite or through YouTube, Nelson charged […]

Scott PowersNovember 9, 2018

Overnight changes in the vote totals for Florida’s three contested statewide race show Republican Ron DeSantis‘ lead in the governor’s election slipping to 36,000 votes, Republican Rick Scott’s lead in the U.S. Senate election down to 15,000, and Democrat Nikki Fried moving out to an almost 3,000 vote lead for Agriculture Commissioner. That calls for […]

Scott PowersAugust 29, 2018

The New Republican PAC, set up last year by Republican Gov. Rick Scott, is going after Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson with a new television commercial depicting him as a puppet for the Democratic Party, and always supporting tax increases. Starting Wednesday, the ad appears statewide on both television and the internet, according to a news release […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, a 2018 candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, will visit St. Augustine Saturday. Gillum will participate in a discussion on the power of the vote of black women in the morning, and will follow that up with a walking tour of civil rights monuments and sites early in the afternoon. The […]

Scott PowersDecember 19, 2017

Let there be no doubt that the tax reform bill approved Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives will be a touchstone in 2018 congressional campaigns. It already has started. Moments after the House approved the Republican-created tax reform bill Tuesday, Democrats took aim at Republicans in vulnerable districts, including Florida U.S. Reps. Ron DeSantis of Ponte […]

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Bill Nelson accuses Rick Scott of abusing power to stop votes from being counted

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