Ahead in the polls, a confident Andrew Gillum predicted victory in the Florida governor’s race Saturday night during a soiree at The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. “We’re gonna flip this country blue in 2018 and it’s gonna start right here,” Gillum, the 39-year-old mayor of Tallahassee, said confidently during a gala for the Miami-Dade…
DetailsThe field of potential candidates for Congressional District 17 includes four who applied to the Florida Democratic Party by the Friday noon deadline: Eileen Game of Avon Park, Allen Ellison of Sebring, Christopher Cause of Davenport, and Greg Pilkington of Indian Lake Estates. Surprisingly, April Freeman’s opponent in the Democratic Primary, Bill Pollard, was not…
DetailsA Florida State law written more than a half-century ago is telling Democrats who they can and cannot pick to replace the late April Freeman in the election against right-wing Republican Greg Steube. A Federal judge is now weighing whether that ancient law will deny the Party the choice of highly-qualified candidates. Charlotte County Democratic Party…
DetailsWe have known April Freeman from her campaigns for Congress in 2016 and this year. She made a favorable impression on people she met for her detailed knowledge of grass roots politics at the local level, and her tenacious commitment to give voice to the average person. On a personal level, she made whomever she…
DetailsFlorida Democratic Party officials have been forced to delay selection of a replacement candidate in the election of FL US Representative Dist. 17 until at least Monday. United States District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich ordered the delay at the request of two potential candidates, Pam Keith, and Roy David Walker. The delay was announced during a 10…
DetailsA U.S. District Court judge has ordered the Florida Democratic Party to hold off picking a new candidate for Congress to replace April Freeman, who died last week. Candidate Pam Keith, who is suing to overturn a state law that prohibits her from running, said a temporary restraining order issued late Friday will give her the…
DetailsFloridians need an attorney general who is looking out for them, something they haven’t had for too long. Democrat Sean Shaw is by far the best candidate to return the office to the service of the people — and not to elected officials looking to further a mean and narrow political agenda. This has been…
DetailsIn preparation for Get Out The Vote (GOTV), over 200 field organizers met for training this week put on by the Florida Democratic Party. The two-day intensive training was done in partnership with organizers from DCCC, House and Senate Victory, and Miami-Dade Committee for Progress. “This is truly a team effort, we are training more…
DetailsDemocrats from the nine counties in the 17th Congressional District will hold a telephone conference Saturday morning to pick a successor to the late April Freeman as the Democratic nominee for the seat now held by the retiring Thomas Rooney. That candidate, who would face Republican Greg Steube, will pick up votes already cast for Freeman.…
DetailsHillary 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…
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