Sun Sentinel With a re-election bid by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio looking increasingly likely, a new poll Friday shows he won’t have an easy path if he decides to seek a second term. For more than a year, Rubio insisted he wouldn’t run for re-election. But many signs are pointing toward Rubio reversing himself with…
Washington (CNN) Sen. Marco Rubio seemed to open the door to running for re-election Monday, when asked whether the Orlando nightclub shootings had changed his decision not to seek another term. Asked by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt if the shootings had led him to reconsider his decision not to run for re-election, Rubio pushed…
George Bennett – Palm Beach Post – June 10,2016 State Sen. Joseph Abruzzo, D-Boynton Beach, and state Rep. Kevin Rader, D-Delray Beach, are switching races less than three weeks before Florida’s candidate qualifying deadline. The maneuver comes 16 days before Florida’s June 24 deadline for candidates to submit paperwork and pay filing fees to secure their places…
Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau As Marco Rubio faces pressure to change course and run for a second term in the U.S. Senate, it’s time to look at the seat’s unique history and ask whether Florida is cursed somehow. “Nothing’s changed,” Rubio said Friday, saying he has no plans to run, even though that would…
Sunshine State News If Marco Rubio decides to run for a second term in the Senate, he would start with some major support, a new poll shows. Mason Dixon released a poll on Monday showing 49 percent of Florida voters favor Rubio running for a second term while 39 percent are against the idea. Rubio…
Politico Florida By Kevin Robillard The effort to get Marco Rubio to run for Senate again is freezing donors at an inopportune time for the candidates already running. GOP leaders’ surprise move to draft Marco Rubio into the race for his Florida Senate seat has frozen the campaign in the state, throwing into jeopardy a…
Tallahassee Democrat Paula Dockery, Syndicated columnist At every election, voters have the chance to make their voices heard but during 2016 balloting they have the opportunity to cause a massive shift in the direction we’re going—especially in Florida. The national election—driven by the presidential race—has illustrated the intensity of voter dissatisfaction toward the two-party system,…
Zac Anderson, Herald Tribune SARASOTA COUNTY – The race includes a 21-year-old who just graduated from college last month and two 71-year-old candidates who first won elected office in Sarasota County in the 1990s. There’s a former sheriff’s deputy, a lawyer, a college professor, a financial advisor, a real estate professional and a former teacher.…
By Steve Bousquet Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Politics and the regulation of your insurance coverage is a dangerous mix in Florida. This maxim takes on new relevance as the state braces for another hurricane season in just a few weeks (the first named storm is “Alex”). Winds of change are swirling in Tallahassee. Florida needs an…
Sunshine State News By Allison Nielsen April 20, 2016 U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., says she will run for reelection after all, despite her congressional district being redrawn last year. Just this week, a group of federal judges rejected Brown’s lawsuit alleging the newly-redrawn congressional districts violate the Federal Voting Rights Act and unfairly disadvantage…