Republican attorney general candidate Pam Bondi, a former assistant state attorney, played up her crime-fighting credentials on Monday.
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By Kevin Derby
The campaign team of state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, took aim at Republican rival Rick Scott, launching a new two-minute attack ad that will run on Tampa Bay television starting on Wednesday.
By Kevin Derby
With President Barack Obama headed to South Florida on Monday and cutting a new radio ad for U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate race, the campaign team of Republican candidate Marco Rubio --the front-runner in the race --also looked to tie Meek to the increasingly unpopular president.
By Kevin Derby
A poll released Monday from Rasmussen Reports shows the gubernatorial race remains close. The poll has Republican nominee Rick Scott at 50 percent and state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate, at 47 percent.
This is the first poll that has the Republican reaching the 50 percent mark.A poll released last week showed Scott leading by 5 points.
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Blasting Amendments 5 and 6, Hispanic leaders have formed a steering committee to beat back the so-called FairDistricts initiatives.
Instead of preserving and expanding minority representation in Florida, Amendments 5 and 6 will take aim at Floridas communities of interest and put their representation at risk," said Protect Your Vote National Chairman, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Miami.
By Kevin Derby
Looking for more proof that U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate race, is not pulling out of the contest to back Gov. Charlie Crist who is running without party affiliation? Look no further than the radio spot that the Meek campaign launched on Monday featuring the endorsement of President Barack Obama.
By Kevin Derby
Late last week, the campaign team of U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate race, launched a new website focusing on Republican front-runner Marco Rubio. His campaign doubled down on their attacks on Rubio on Sunday.
By Kevin Derby
Republican U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis was honored late last week by U.S. English, a group looking to make English the official language of the nation, for his efforts on their issues. The group gave Bilirakis an An in English for supporting them on the national language issue.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Charlie Crist threw the opening pitch for game two of the ALDS game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers. Probably not his finest athletic moment.
By Kevin Derby
Rep. David Rivera of Miami, who is the Republican nominee for the congressional seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, chimed in on Friday afternoon on a report from the U.S. Department of Labor showing almost 100,000 jobs were lost in September.
When congressional Democrats passed the nearly $1 trillion stimulus 19 months ago, they told us that it would create millions of jobs, said Rivera. Instead, nearly 3 million jobs have been lost since the stimulus passed, and unemployment has hovered near 10 percent nationwide.
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