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‘They don’t have a leg to stand on’: Angie Nixon shrugs off the Florida GOP attacks that are just beginning
“Ashley Moody needs to stick to the facts.”
Mitch Perry
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Bernie Sanders endorses Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate in Florida
Sees a candidate who will ‘take on the greed of the billionaire class.’
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Byron Donalds won, but he also lost 16 counties in North Florida to Jay Collins. Why?
‘We can’t know why he underperformed there. But if a lack of enthusiasm translates into voters staying home, whatever the reason, this thing could come down to the wire.’
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‘The next generation is fed up’: The James Fishback campaign has ended. What about the movement behind it?
“I think we’ve seen what the establishment Republicans have done for us, which is not very much. And James is very against that…”
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Outspent and outnumbered: At Ybor City rally, David Jolly makes his case for winning Florida
“Byron Donalds has spent more than $50 million dollars and his number are getting worse.”
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Corporations and Trump love Byron Donalds, but do Florida Republican voters feel the same way?
When it comes to fundraising support, Donalds is in a league of his own.
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As voters cast ballots, Florida election advocates push to open state’s closed primary system
The Sunshine State is one of only 10 with completely closed primary systems, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis takes aim at AOC, says it’s not time to let Dems off the hook for ‘Woke 1’
The governor derided Democratic Socialists of America candidates on police and prisons.
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Florida prepares to execute the 32nd person in the past 20 months next Tuesday
‘I’m not like taking any pride in that, because it’s a weighty thing,’ DeSantis recently said about the pace of executions in the state.
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The race between Tampa Bay’s Fentrice Driskell and Michele Rayner might be the Legislature’s most competitive
For many Democratic voters, it’s not an easy call.
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Hillsborough Republicans vie to try to defeat Kathy Castor after 20 years in Congress
Eight Republicans filed to run for the dramatically reconfigured seat in the Aug. 18 primary.
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Pasco state Rep. Kevin Steele faces questions over his race to represent Hillsborough County in congress
UPDATE: He has resigned from his seat.
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In endorsement, progressive caucus says Dayna Marie Foster ‘speaks to voters disappointed with the institutions of the Florida Democratic Party’
Foster, a public-school teacher, is running against former Republican David Jolly.
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Race between Angie Nixon and Alex Vindman could test how progressive Florida Democrats really are
There are clear distinctions between the two on domestic and foreign policy.
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Florida Sheriffs Association is ‘significantly concerned’ about property tax cut amendment
Representatives of local governments argue such significant reduction in revenues could make it challenging to pay for essential services.
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‘Floridians deserve answers’: Dems calls on Ashley Moody to release grand jury report on Hope Florida
Uthmeier has refused to say whether he has asked a judge to keep that grand jury report secret.
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Florida Democrats urge Trump administration to rethink Endangered Species Act rollback
“The rule change directly threatens the unique habitats that support the plants and animals for which our state is renowned,” the Democrats wrote.
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Florida police and fire unions oppose property tax amendment
According to state economists, the proposed amendment would reduce local government property tax revenues by an estimated $5 billion in its first year and $11.8 billion per year after five years.
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Florida Democrats Annette Taddeo and Earle Ford compete to face CFO Blaise Ingoglia in November
In interviews during the Florida Democratic Party’s Leadership Blue conference last weekend, the two candidates discussed why they’re running.
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Here’s who the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida is endorsing for the Aug. 18 primaries
There’s not an incumbent among them.
