With U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation, attacking Republican front-runner Marco Rubio for being backed by Sarah Palin in a new television ad, Democratic nominee U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is attacking Crist for once having supported Palin.
"This is beyond the pale. Governor Crist has moved from politically convenient flip-flopping to outright deception," said Abe Dyk, Meek's campaign manager. "These are the facts.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who moved to Florida earlier in the year, took aim at U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi late Wednesday afternoon.
No new deficit spending, was the promise that Nancy Pelosi made to the American people when she took office as speaker in 2007, wrote Huckabee to supporters. Huckabee ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and may do so again in 2012. Since then, the national debt has exploded by almost $5 trillion. America cannot afford one more day of Speaker Pelosi and Democrat control of the budget.
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While most of Florida's 25 congressional races tilt toward Republicans this year, Democrats' best chance for a takeaway is in South Florida's sprawling 25th District, a new Sunshine State News Poll shows.
A judge on Wednesday dismissed a complaint looking to knock congressional candidate Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, off the ballot. Rivera responded by taking aim at Democratic rival Joe Garcia.
Joe Garcia failed in his last-ditch effort to become a member of Congress today, said Rivera. His publicity stunt of a lawsuit that was aimed at confusing voters and circumventing the democratic process was dismissed by a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge this afternoon.
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As the midterm elections come to a close, the question asked repeatedly in Florida's U.S. Senate race should be answered before the polls open next Tuesday.
Rep. Sandy Adams of Oviedo, the Republican candidate taking on U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, came out swinging on Wednesday against new federal health-care laws backed by President Barack Obama.
The tax-and-spend liberal policies of Washington, D.C. insiders must stop and be replaced by spending less, not taxing more, wrote Adams in an e-mail to supporters.Real health-care reform should actually lower costs and increase choices, not mandate coverage, increase taxes, and cut Medicare benefits.
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According to a statement released by Sen. Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, simple oversights in filling out the financial disclosure paperwork are to blame for the mistakes cited in a report released Wednesday by the Florida Ethics Commission. Haridopolos says he has corrected the mistakes.
Here is the Senate president-designate's statement:
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With Hugo Chavez continuing his world tour, Republican U.S. Rep. Connie Mack continued to fire away at the Venezuelan leader. On Wednesday, Mack, the ranking Republican on the House Subcomittee on the Western Hemisphere, warned that Chavez had close ties to Iran.
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The Campaign for Working Families PAC (CWF), led by former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer, placed former House Speaker Dan Webster in its Candidate Spotlight on Wednesday. Webster is the Republican candidate challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson.
Daniel Webster is running in Floridas 8th Congressional District, taking on liberal loudmouth Alan Grayson, wrote the CWF staff on their website. You may recall that Grayson made headlines during the health care debate for saying that Republicans wantsick people to die quickly.
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Republican candidate Marco Rubio, the front-runner in the U.S. Senate race, launched his third television ad in Spanish.
Rubio ignores his opponents in the new ad, offering something close to a valedictory address as the election comes to a close.
The translation, provided by the Rubio camp, is as follows:
Id like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support youve offered me and respectfully ask for your vote.
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