With a week to go until Wisconsin Republicans hold their winner-take-all primary, Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc., endorsed U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, over businessman Donald Trump for the GOP’s presidential nomination.
With less than a year to go until he leaves the White House, President Barack Obama and his administration are getting increasingly active in the largest swing state on the electoral map.
Gov. Rick Scott announced on Monday that Bill Johnson is leaving as CEO of Enterprise Florida, the public-private partnership focused on expanding economic development.
Between the battle for the Republican presidential nomination turning to Wisconsin next week and his own actions, Paul Ryan is starting to loom over the presidential race.
With rates under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) scheduled to increase on Friday, two Florida Republicans are looking to delay them a year.
Already one of the leading Republican critics of businessman Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., did not rule out voting for former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton over the GOP frontrunner in November.
CBS Miami reported that Curbelo ruled out voting for Trump and has told some Democrats he might vote for Clinton.
Lois Frankel is continuing her third act on the political stage as a member of Congress with a bigger profile than most second term members in the minority party.
Now 67, Frankel has been a player in Florida politics for almost three decades now. First elected to the Florida House in 1986, Frankel served 14 years in there which was interrupted by an unsuccessful congressional bid in 1992 when she lost to Alcee Hastings in the primary. Frankel ended up in the leadership twice, as majority whip and, in her second stint, as minority leader.
Even as his political future remains uncertain, Marco Rubio is showing no signs of heading to the sidelines.
Rubio’s in a bit of an odd spot politically following Donald Trump driving him out of the Republican presidential race. While he carried Miami Dade County, Rubio was blown out across the state by Trump in the primary earlier this month as the GOP frontrunner won in every other county.
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) threw its support behind a proposal from a Florida congresswoman ending the embargo on Cuba, drawing fire from another member of the Sunshine State’s delegation.
With President Barack Obama having visited Cuba earlier this week, NAM threw its support to a measure from U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., ending the embargo.
Linda Dempsey, NAM’s vice president of international economic affairs, sent a letter to Castor and Emmer on Wednesday, backing their proposal.
President Barack Obama’s efforts to normalize relations with Cuba are taking center stage in South Florida as what promises to be one of the most competitive congressional races in the nation is starting to heat up.
