Florida Republican Party Chairman John Thrasher has to help GOP legislative candidates get elected, including himself, as he battles a well-known Democrat following an unexpected primary fight.
FreedomWorks, the Washington, D.C.-based tea group headed by former U.S. Rep. Dick Armey, will endorse Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott on Tuesday.
Issuing just its second gubernatorial endorsement (after Nikki Haley in South Carolina), FreedomWorks PAC called Scott "the clear choice" in his race against Democrat Alex Sink.
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Rick Scott addressed questions about how to solve the state's looming insurance crisis to a group of business and community leaders in Coral Gables Monday.
Reportedly raising more money than any other state Senate candidate in the latest filing period, Democrat Deborah Gianoulis collected $65,914 in her bid to oust Republican John Thrasher from his Jacksonville seat.
Gianoulis' cash haul for the Aug. 20-Sept. 10 period easily surpassed Thrasher's $10,375.
Even more impressively, Gianoulis reported amassing $147,482 cash on hand. In addition, she received $27,813 in in-kind support from the Florida Democratic Party during the latest filing period.
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Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate race, unveiled a new television commercial in which he takes subtle shots at Gov. Charlie Crist, who is in the race without party affiliation and looking to tap into voter discontent at Washington.
Washington isnt just broke, its broken, says Rubio in the commercial, before taking Crist to task. Rubio has torn into Crist for standing on both sides of certain issues. But it wont get better if we keep electing politicians who will say or do anything just to hold office.
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Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott unveiled his plan on taxes and insurance Monday, calling for a 19 percent cut in the states property taxes. In so doing, he continued in a duel of heated exchanges with his Democratic rival, state CFO Alex Sink.
Vice-presidential candidates have traditionally filled the role of attack dogs, ripping into their opponents. The same thing can be said of candidates for lieutenant governor -- a role that Rep. Jennifer Carroll, R-Jacksonville, assumed on Monday.
Carroll, Republican candidate Rick Scotts running mate for lieutenant governor, attacked the Democratic nominee state CFO Alex Sinks record in guarding state employees pensions.
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The fight over Amendments 5 and 6, already litigious, is about to heat up.
With four recent polls, including one from Sunshine State News, showing that Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running for the U.S. Senate without party affiliation, is trailing Republican former House Speaker Marco Rubio by double digits, the governor is taking to the airwaves to attack.
While the battle to become Floridas next attorney general isn't getting the attention of the contests for U.S. Senate and governor, Republican candidate Pam Bondi and Democratic nominee Sen. Dan Gelber continue to attack each other, attempting to define their opponent before the November election.
