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At the Sunshine Summit, this Saturday, Republican congressional candidates in District 13 squared off in a debate in hopes to secure their chances of becoming the Republican nomination to replace Rep. Charlie Crist’s (D-FL) . With Rep. Crist throwing his hat into Florida's gubernatorial race, both political parties must nominate someone to square off with […]
Hollywood, FL - The Sunshine Summit this weekend hosted several key congressional debates, but none made the audience's attention perk more than the congressional District 4 debate between State Sen. Aaron Bean (R) and Dr. Erick Aguilar (R) when Bean called Aguilar a crook that stole from seniors. Dr. Erick Aguilar has fallen under heavy scrutiny […]
Hollywood, FL - The Sunshine Summit in South Florida today featured a round of Congressional debates, one of the most notable being the contentious District 7 race. However, State Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-32) appeared to have more of a debate with debate moderator, Mark Levin, than the other candidates. When asked about Ukraine and his views on […]
Hollywood, FL - At the Sunshine Summit, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was by far the most anticipated guest to take the stage. Gov. DeSantis kicked off his speech by bashing Democrats and highlighting Republican gains in the state of Florida, asking, "Do you want to be in Brandon's party?" After a warm welcome, DeSantis cut right […]
On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) prompted Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity and Enterprise to warn Floridians about the scheme that the Cuban government is running to lure investment to their “non-state sector.” The Governor’s Press Office claims that the racketeers “will welcome American investment in the island’s supposed private sector, but foreign investment is […]
TALLAHASSEE --- Despite increased concerns about layoffs and a looming recession, Florida’s unemployment rate dipped in June. The state Department of Economic Opportunity on Friday released a report that said the June rate was 2.8 percent, down from a revised 2.9 percent in May. The June number represented 303,000 Floridians unemployed in a workforce of […]
The LGBTQ movement has acted as the most consequential factor in the policy debate on education in Florida. Now, a local school board candidate has made the controversial remarks that doctors who treat transgender children should be lynched. Lancaster, the conservative school board candidate in Santa Rosa County, Florida, stated, "These doctors that are going […]
Ted Cruz Makes Splash in Florida Did Texas Senator Ted Cruz just make the first move in the 2024 Republican presidential primary? Sen. Cruz has just made to significant endorsements in the 2022 midterm elections. Republicans Scotty Moore and Cory Mills have just landed the coveted Cruz endorsement in their respective primary races. This […]
The Rubio campaign is calling her AFT appearance as an example that she’s part of “the school lockdown camp.”
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) has introduced 5 new pieces of legislation that addresses the supply chain crisis and its affect that it has on Americans. The House Resolutions cover a multitude of areas ranging from permissible semitrailer lengths and weights, diesel fuel costs, permissible truck driver hours, and the repeal of the 12 percent federal […]
Combat veteran Cory Mills has just landed arguably the biggest congressional endorsement of them all—Senator Ted Cruz. The Floridian confirmed the Mills endorsement with Sen. Cruz on the same day he endorsed Scotty Moore in Florida's 10th District. Earlier in the week, Mills teased the endorsement, tweeting, "HUGE endorsement news coming!" According to Mills' campaign, […]
TALLAHASSEE --- With both claiming to be Florida Democrats’ best bet to defeat Gov. Ron DeSantis in November, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist and Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried traded barbs Thursday in their only debate before next month’s primary election. The verbal sparring came amid an increasingly acrimonious contest between Crist, who won three statewide races […]
Jason Holloway has taken a page out of the Charlie Crist playbook and has changed his Democratic voter registration to Republican, and now he is running for State House District 58. Holloway, who has been endorsed by Republican Party of Florida Chairman Joe Gruters, State Sen. Jeff Brandes (R), and State Rep. Nick DiCeglie (R), […]
TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court Wednesday refused to reconsider a decision that struck down measures passed in Palm Beach County and Boca Raton to ban the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy.” The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request by the county and city for a rehearing after a three-judge panel […]
Politics are Getting Ugly in Florida State Rep. Webster Barnaby (R) is being accused of threatening a campaign worker of his primary opponent, State Rep. Elizabeth Fetterhoff (R). Florida Politics is getting ugly. In a video posted on Facebook, Debbie Kehrley, who used to be friendly and go to church with Rep. Barnaby, said […]
Former Orlando Chief of Police and current Congresswoman, Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) – running as “Chief Demings” in the upcoming election cycle against incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) – has sent out a press release regarding her support for a vote to “pass a renewed assault weapons ban through the House Judiciary Committee.” The ban […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) continues to criticize President Joe Biden (D), saying that “Biden is blundering our country towards the abyss.”
Deutch affirmed that combatting climate change should not be “a partisan issue.”
