After the Florida Supreme Court ruled that his current congressional district failed to pass constitutional muster, U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., is running for the U.S. Senate to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination.
Saint Petersblog reported on Monday that Jolly was moving quickly to enter the race with an announcement coming as early as next week.
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While many Republicans are calling out presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remarks about illegal aliens, a new congressional candidate in Florida hails the businessman for “giving voices to the voiceless” on immigration.
Retired Army office John Morning, who says he has “strong libertarian leanings,” filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission last week to challenge U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., in next year's Republican primary. Mica has been in Congress for more than 20 years.
The Republican Party of Florida's new plan for 2015 and beyond is taking a page from the ever-evolving and growing movement of social media, using sites like Twitter and Facebook to reach out to voters to help snag votes come 2016.
The new RPOF has taken a revamped and redefined approach to social media, honing in on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to help paint the state red in 2016.
On Friday, Red Alert Politics released the first part of its “30 Under 30” profiles of rising young conservatives and a Florida Republican activist is on the list.
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U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., said the resignation of Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta was not enough after reports emerged that more than 21 million Americans had their information stolen through a cyber attack aimed at the federal government.
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Even as the Confederate battle flag was removed from the statehouse grounds in Columbia, S.C., last week, two South Florida congressional representatives continued the push to remove it off of all government buildings and grounds.
During last week’s debate in Congress over the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill, U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., proposed an amendment which would have reversed an earlier vote and let Confederate flags be displayed at federal cemeteries.
At the end of last week, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., applauded South Carolina for removing the Confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds.
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Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., kicked off his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday with a phrase that’s familiar to Florida voters.
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U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., one of the leading Republicans in Congress when it comes to foreign affairs, didn’t sound particularly shocked over reports that drug lord Chapo Guzman escaped from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
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