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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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By Kevin Derby
The campaign team of U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, the Republican nominee in the race to be Floridas next agriculture and consumer services commissioner, announced on Thursday that their candidate won the endorsement of the Florida Association of Security Companies (FASCO) which represents more than 120,000 security officers in Florida.
By Kevin Derby
On Thursday, Florida TaxWatch released a piece by Republican U.S. Sen. George LeMieux in which he argues that the federal government needs to return to 2007 levels of spending and needs to be run more like a business.
By Kevin Derby
On Thursday, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania announced that he was creating the Iowa Keystone Political Action Committee, a PAC that will help candidates in that state -- the site of the first caucus in the open battle for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
By Kevin Derby
As the election heads into the final weeks, former Rep. Dennis Ross, the Republican candidate running to replace U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, unveiled a new commercial introducing himself to the voters of the district which spans three counties in Central Florida.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Charlie Crist's former campaign chairman, Connie Mack Sr., is speaking out about Gov. Charlie Crist's ad attacking Marco Rubio on Social Security.
He released a statement this morning saying, It is disappointing that Charlie Crist has resorted to false attacks and scare tactics, all simply to try to win an election. Plain and simple, Charlies ad is not true and Florida voters deserve better. What is truly disappointing to me is that I know that Charlie knows that, too.
By Kevin Derby
It's common for candidates, or their campaigns, to declare themselves winners, but when outside analysts or news outlets make the call, the candidates have a little more firm ground to stand on.
The political analyst at Fox News in Miami declared Marco Rubio the winner of last night's debate, especially on issues of health care and the economy. Kendrick Meek was given kudos for standing his ground on popular issues, but overall Rubio won the debate.
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Like a lot of Floridians, Sean Snaith, head of University of Central Florida's Institute for Economic Competitiveness, is having second thoughts about the Obama agenda.
Quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article, "A GOP Plan to Help the Jobless," Snaith said the Republican plan to freeze tax rates and reduce government spending would help achieve a faster reduction in unemployment.
By Kevin Derby
The debate between the U.S. Senate candidates ended with a question on the states ban on gay adoption that was overturned last month by a Miami court. Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation, said he backed the decision and attacked Republicans, including rival Marco Rubio and U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, for discriminating against homosexuals. Crist called himself a fiscal conservative and a social moderate who was consistent against government intervention.
By Kevin Derby
The candidates in the U.S. Senate race tackled reforming Washington and tax cuts in their freewheeling debate. Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek noted that he was vacating a safe congressional seat to run for the Senate because he was frustrated with the way Washington worked.
Republican House Speaker Marco Rubio also talked about his frustrations with Washington. I believe both parties are to blame for whats going on in Washington, said Rubio.
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