In the 2022 midterms, the 100 largest donors collectively spent 60 percent more than every small donor in the United States combined, according to a Brennan Center analysis of publicly available data. (Small donors are those who give $200 or less.) The wealthy have always wielded disproportionate power over American government. In 1895, GOP strategist
By MITCH PERRY, Florida Phoenix, Oct 26, 2022. Karla Hernández, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, made a quick campaign stop advocating for voters to get to the polls on Wednesday in Hillsborough County — a high-performing Democratic county. “If you care about women’s rights, if you care about making sure that women are treated
The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on Oct 22, 2022. OUR POSITION: Republican Sen. Ben Albritton seeks a return to the Florida Senate in District 27 against Democrat Christopher Proia, a first-time candidate. Christopher Proia fully realizes the challenge he faces. The 40-year-old, first-time political candidate is challenging powerful Republican Sen. Ben Albritton
Please join us on ZOOM for our monthly EDC membership meeting on Wednesday Oct. 26 at 5:30. We are very honored to have ANDREA DORIA KALE as our speaker. Andrea is our Democratic candidate running against Rep. Steube -US Congressional District 17 which includes all of Sarasota, Charlotte and part of Lee County. Andrea will speak at
By DIANE RADO, Florida Phoenix, July 26, 2022. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Tuesday asked Gov. Ron DeSantis to condemn the weekend’s hateful demonstrations in Tampa, saying in a letter that “given the level of criticism you have directed at me over policy differences, it is deeply concerning that you cannot muster even a tweet
By Frank DiFiore, The Daily Sun Staff Writer, July 24, 2022. PUNTA GORDA — Charlotte County Commission incumbents continue to hold a commanding fundraising advantage over challengers. Stephen R. Deutsch, representing District 4, has raised just over $86,000 as of July 15, according to campaign finance disclosure forms. His District 2 colleague, Christopher George Constance,
By John Kennedy, Capital Bureau | USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA, July 22, 2022. TALLAHASSEE — Democrats Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried tangled Thursday night over affordable housing, the economy, climate change and abortion, but agreed that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has to be stopped from winning a second term during a tough-edged, hour-long televised debate. Crist and Fried also turned
By Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent, The Washington Post, July 5, 2022. The shooting at a July Fourth parade in Illinois seemed somehow different — it wasn’t just one more massacre. This was obvious to everyone, especially liberals who criticize American gun culture and the difficulty of passing legislation at the national level. Nowhere seems safe, and politicians
Donate to her campaign by clicking HERE. By Sue Erwin, Daily Sun Staff Writer, July 5, 2022. NORTH PORT — Andrea Doria Kale, of North Port, is running against U.S. Rep. Greg Steube for his U.S. House of Representatives seat. Steube, a Republican, has been Florida’s 17th District congressman since 2019. Kale, a Democrat, has
By Zac Anderson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Feb 1, 2022. Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings again had a better fundraising quarter than her GOP opponent as she seeks to unseat U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. Demings raised $7.2 million in the last three months of 2021, compared to $5.2 million for Rubio, a Republican. It was the third quarter
By John Kennedy, Capital Bureau, USA TODAY NETWORK—FLORIDA, October 8, 2021. TALLAHASSEE – When Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered Florida’s secretary of state to investigate Facebook, alleging it may have manipulated 2020 elections in the state, he made sure his donors didn’t miss the news. Forty-eight hours after the Republican governor dispatched Laurel Lee last month on a search for
Editor’s Note: Since Terrie Rizzo announced she will not run for re-election, six candidates have announced their candidacy for Chair of the Florida Democratic Party (FDP). Below are the announcements by Dr. Cynthia Moore Chestnut and former Miami-Dade Mayor Mannie Diaz, followed by articles on candidates Dr. Janelle Christensen, President of the Democratic Environmental Caucus
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”23931″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]On June 18 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm the Charlotte County Democratic Party will host a virtual roundtable discussion with three candidates: Allen Ellison—Candidate U.S. Congressional District 17 David Jones —Candidate State House District 75 Katherine Norman—Candidate State Senate District 23 The roundtable discussion allows voters to get to know their Democratic candidates who
Official-looking forms mimic Census Questionnaire The Republican Party is mailing campaign literature that looks like US census forms to voters across the country including here in Charlotte County. The mailings are titled “2020 Congressional District Census” and instruct the recipients to “answer all questions to the best of your ability.” The mailing asks respondents
by Jane Merriam, CCDEC Secretary Imagine more than doubling the number of Democratic elected officials in your area. That is what a grassroots organization did in St. Johns County in the 2018 elections. (St. Johns County is located on the Atlantic coast and St. Augustine is the county seat.) The grassroots organization, St. Johns County
A campaign manager for Amy McGrath, running for U.S. Senate against Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), was in town visiting family. Taking some time from their visit, Scott Johnson and his father, Steve, stopped by the Charlotte Dems office to chat about Scott’s experiences with McGrath’s 2018 Congressional campaign. Like many of us, Scott had no
This fall another tool will be added to the kit carried by Democratic volunteers as we seek to turn out every last vote in Charlotte County for the 2020 election.
Charlotte County Democrats have begun the work of getting out the vote by signing up registered Democrats to Vote By Mail. This is our primary mission as regards increasing voter turnout in 2020.
Democrats are looking to make inroads with Florida Latinos as President Trump prepares to launch an aggressive effort to court the state’s fastest-growing voter bloc. Eager to avoid a repeat of 2018, when two Trump allies edged out Democrats in the state’s Senate and gubernatorial contests, Democrats are wading into Florida’s Hispanic communities earlier this time around,
A Q&A on Candidate Recruitment: Perspectives from Teresa Jenkins, Vice Chair of the Charlotte County Democrats and lead recruiter for candidates to run on the Democratic ticket in our local elections Question: What’s being done now to prepare for the 2020 election? Jenkins: We are gearing up and are excited and enthused. Early this year,
Democrats lining up to challenge President Donald Trump have barely begun to tap fundraisers or woo voters in Florida, leaving money and campaign talent up for grabs in the nation’s largest swing state. Only two — California Sen. Kamala Harris and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar — have active finance operations in Florida, and some veteran operatives in the state
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