U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., was elected speaker of the House on Thursday even as four congressional representatives from Florida broke from their parties to support dark horse candidates.
The Democratic establishment continues to rally behind U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., as he looks to flip the seat currently held by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016.
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On Thursday, Support and Defend PAC, a group of conservative veterans, endorsed U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., for the U.S. Senate in 2016.
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Former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton is out front with Florida Democrats while businessman Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are ahead on the Republican side, a new poll shows.
St. Leo University released a poll on Wednesday showing Clinton with a commanding lead in the Sunshine State. A majority of Florida Democrats--51 percent--support Clinton. The poll was started before Vice President Joe Biden closed the door on running for the Democratic nomination and he places a distant second with 15 percent. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., garners 13 percent.
With 2016 around the corner, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) will be hosting the Sunshine Summit in Orlando from Nov. 12-Nov. 14 and the stakes will be high. The presidential hopefuls will take most of the spotlight but there’s another important race already taking shape as Rubio has said he will not run for a second Senate term. Florida Republicans Ron DeSantis, David Jolly, Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Todd Wilcox are already off and running and they will be at the Sunshine Summit trying to win support for their Senate bids.
On Wednesday, Florida Republicans divided as the U.S. House voted to approve the budget deal crafted by the White House and outgoing U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, which raises the debt ceiling through March 2017.
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus tore into CNBC’s handing of the third round of the Republican presidential debates on Wednesday night.
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U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), dismissed the Republican presidential debates held on Wednesday night and insisted the candidates were not offering solutions for America’s economy.
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Unsavory enough that an incumbent congressman with a safe seat would send a letter dripping in nasty to a Senate candidate struggling for cash and polling in last place.
The Republican presidential debates focused on the economy in two debates set in Boulder, Colorado on Wednesday night. The top 10 candidates clashed in the main event on CNBC while four dark horses tried to make a splash on the undercard.
