At least one prominent independent politician wont be backing Charlie Crist. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will not endorse the now independent governors bid for the U.S. Senate. Bloomberg will not back Crist due to the governors veto of Senate Bill 6, the teacher performance pay reform measure Rudy Moise, running in a crowded field of Democrats looking to take Kendrick Meeks spot in Congress, will be unveiling a short film highlighting his work in Haiti after the recent earthquake there. Haitian-Americans will be a crucial factor in the race The campaign trail took Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum to Miami on Thursday to commemorate Cuban Independence Day
As the ranking Republican on the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Congressman Connie Mack used Mexican President Felipe Calder Hinojosas visit to Washington earlier in the week to highlight his continued support for the Mida Initiative to combat drugs going across the border. Mack also praised the Mexican president for his work against drug cartels The Florida Conference of Black State Legislators will be leading efforts across Florida on Sunday to encourage their communities to take part in the 2010 Census and are calling upon pastors to talk about the importance of the census during services
With Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naples, stepping down after one term in the House, Laird Lile, an attorney based in Naples, is off and running to replace Grady. There are whispers that Grady is being considered by McCollums camp for lieutenant governor... Former Leon County Democratic Party Chairman Rick Minor has picked up the support of Floridas National Organization of Women in his primary challenge to Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda Looks like Ken Keechl is getting more competition. He is already defending his seat on the Broward County Commission from fellow Democrat Beverly Kennedy. Now Keechl is being challenged by former Broward County GOP chairman Chip LaMarca
With congressional incumbents running into trouble in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Utah and Arkansas, former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox is saying this trend will help him against Republican Congressman Adam Putnam in the campaign for commissioner of agriculture and consumer services Department of Children and Families Secretary George Sheldon was in Barlow earlier this week talking about his department's services. No word one way or the other from Sheldon on if he intends to run for governor as an independent, as had been rumored during the legislative session Attorney Scott Fortune will be playing up his support for the Fair Districts amendments in his primary challenge to veteran Democratic Congresswoman Corrine Brown. Fortune even plans to create a documentary on the perils of gerrymandering
With complaints that some vendors in the area are charging almost $2 a gallon more than the rest of the city, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is coming out strongly in support of a measure mandating gas stations near Orlando International Airport to have signs displaying their prices per gallonCount former U.S. Senator and Republican National Committee chairman Mel Martinez as a firm opponent of the new Arizona law on immigration. Martinez said the measure will lead to more racial profiling.
