Hillary Clinton is expected to campaign next month alongside Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor, sources told The Hill on Wednesday. The sources say Clinton’s and Gillum’s teams are still ironing out the details, but they expect Clinton will appear at at least one public event with the Tallahassee mayor — and assist…
DetailsI was recently approached by Charlotte County Democrat Judith Fincher to relate her personal story about rape and abortion in 1957. She and I believe that her experience is particularly important as the Senate considers confirming Brett Kavanaugh as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
DetailsAs dead fish washed up on some Florida shores, politicians dished blame about red tide. Now they are debating another type of red scare: socialism. “Bill Nelson and Andrew Gillum — they’re socialists,” Gov. Rick Scott said at a Titusville event for his U.S. Senate campaign. We rate this claim Pants on Fire. (Read more…
Details“Ron DeSantis and his corporate special interest allies are running an ugly, divisive and dishonest campaign,” said FDP spokesperson Kevin Donohoe. “But that shouldn’t be surprising given the individuals he surrounds himself with. It is time for DeSantis to finally disavow these people and lay out a plan for Florida instead of peddling hatred.” 1…
DetailsToday the central figures in Florida’s critical races for governor and U.S. Senator are Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. Already Republicans in Florida face an ominous shift toward the Democrats from women, who make up a majority of the electorate. That’s largely because of disenchantment with President Donald Trump, but the Kavanaugh nomination threatens…
DetailsRon DeSantis’s votes to take away health care protections for pre-existing conditions are so toxic that his campaign is being forced to pretend they never happened. Last year, DeSantis withheld support from the American Health Care Act — because he didn’t think it did enough to take away Floridians’ health care. DeSantis and the far…
DetailsSeptember 25 is National Voter Registration Day, the day for eligible citizens across the country to register to vote. Voting is our chance to stand up for the environment, for families, for safety, for health care, for women’s rights, for education, and for our community by letting those running for office this year know what…
DetailsIt’s like 2010 and 2014, but the exact opposite. Democrats are attacking Republicans on health care with increasing frequency, and in the age of Donald Trump, voters seem to be responding. (Read more at TampaBay.com)
DetailsDemocratic Sen. Bill Nelson has bolted to a 7-point lead over Republican Gov. Rick Scott in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday. Nelson has a 17-point lead with women voters in the poll and a 16-point advantage among independents. Men are closely divided, with 51 percent supporting Scott and…
DetailsDemocrats and environmental advocates are taking aim at Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis’ assertion that he has a “proven track record” in supporting measures to ban oil drilling off Florida’s coast, saying his record doesn’t support the claim. Oil drilling has emerged as a flashpoint this campaign season in Florida after the Trump administration’s early…
DetailsBeginning the conversation by asking, “What matters to you?” instead of telling voters what should matter to them gets a more receptive audience. Next, when we introduce new information by telling voters about something they don’t know rather than telling them that what they think they know is wrong, you can see the light come…
DetailsDid you know that it’s Voter Registration Day! Register to vote! It’s easy! It’s quick! And it matters more now than ever before! Be sure to register in time for the November election. You can download the voter registration form here, print it out, and mail it to the address on the form.
DetailsDemocratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson‘s campaign is launching two very different new television commercials, one attacking his election opponent Republican Gov. Rick Scott and the other drawing inspiration from Nelson’s experience as an astronaut. (Read more in FloridaPolitics.com)
DetailsToday, Andrew Gillum and his gubernatorial campaign hold events in Miami, Tampa/St. Pete and West Palm Beach to attack DeSantis over his repeated votes to block Obamacare and the issue of preexisting conditions. That’s also the subject of Gillum’s first ad against DeSantis called “Everybody.”
DetailsSeventeenth Congressional District candidate April Freeman’s death was reported by local, state, and national media. Here is a sampling of some of it: Charlotte Sun WINK News MySunCoast.com (WWSB) Orlando Sentinel Associated Press (via WFTV) NBC New York CharlotteDems.com Charlotte County Chair Patrick Hurley sent this letter of condolence to local Party members on Monday…
DetailsShe doesn’t wear a cowboy hat or a belt buckle. She was born and raised in suburban South Florida, not rural Polk County. Her family isn’t tied to the agriculture industry. Nicole “Nikki” Fried knows she’s not what people see when they imagine a candidate for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. But that,…
DetailsWe’ve made some changes here at CharlotteDems.com that we think will improve your online experience. Folks have mentioned that they can’t find some of the great original content published here. And it’s true that we post so much on a daily basis that, if you don’t check in often, you can easily miss some of…
DetailsOn Saturday, Sept 23, local volunteers were on the phone asking voters across the state to Vote YES on Amendment 4! In total, there were 150 volunteers across Florida and across the country that made phone calls to over 170,000 voters. Sixty-five percent of those voters we spoke to hadn’t heard of Amendment 4 and now…
DetailsU.S. Senate Candidate Rick Scott and Charlotte County Commissioner Stephen Deutsch are called to answer for their poor environmental records in a campaign message sponsored by the Charlotte County Democratic Party. The ads will be broadcast county-wide over Facebook. LIKE our Facebook Page
DetailsCongressional Republicans are facing a mid-term election wipeout fueled by voter resistance to President Donald Trump, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The survey, six weeks before Americans head to the polls, shows Democrats leading Republicans by 52 percent to 40 percent for control of Congress. If it holds, that 12 percentage point…
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