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Salon
February 4, 2018
His family was worth close to $27 million as of 2015 and Gaetz acted the part, according to Florida Republicans who spoke to Salon on background. ... dad's state senate seat, as some anticipated, he won a tight Republican primary in the 1st congressional district on the Florida panhandle, a safe GOP seat.
WBUR
February 3, 2018
A federal judge has declared unconstitutional Florida's procedure for restoring voting rights to felons who have served their time. In a strongly worded ruling seen ... Charlie Crist, who switched parties in 2012 and now serves the state's 13th congressional district as a Democrat. "We've known this policy wasÃÂ ...
Orlando Political Observer
February 3, 2018
Republican Wayne Liebnitzky has qualified by petition for Florida's 9th Congressional District. He says he is the first federal candidate to ever get on the ballot through the petition process in Florida. Liebnitzky is a determined Navy veteran and business entrepreneur of St. Cloud. He is going up against theÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
February 2, 2018
Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto raised $116,652 in the fourth quarter of 2017, helping his re-election campaign in Florida's 9th Congressional District finish the year with $289,378 in the bank. The relatively modest totals – compared with other Florida congressional incumbents – are nonethelessÃÂ ...
Patch.com
February 1, 2018
Ted Yoho, who represents North Central Florida's 3rd Congressional district said he too was on the train but was not injured. "The train carrying GOP members to our retreat had a collision, but Carolyn and I are both okay. Security and doctors on board are helping secure the scene and treat injuries," YohoÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
February 1, 2018
In 2016, Republican Bill McClure ran for the Duval-centric seat in Florida's 4th Congressional District vacated by Ander Crenshaw and won eventually by John Rutherford. ... Soderberg, a former U.N. Ambassador during the Bill Clinton Administration, is currently a professor at the University of North Florida.
WhoWhatWhy / RealNewsProject (blog)
January 25, 2018
The first took place in Pennsylvania, where the state's Supreme Court ruled the congressional districts drawn by Republicans in 2011 to be unconstitutional. Just two days later, activists in Florida managed to get an initiative onto the 2018 midterm ballot that would allow the state's 1.5 million disenfranchisedÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
January 23, 2018
Mike Waltz announced his run in Florida's 6th Congressional District Tuesday on turf that is becoming increasingly familiar for campaign announcements to Florida voters: Fox News. ... Florida Politics talked to Waltz Monday, asking if he has changed, Trump has changed, or circumstances have changed.
U.S. News & World Report
January 22, 2018
Monday, Pennsylvania's highest court struck down the state's 2012 congressional district maps. ... When the Florida Supreme Court overturned Florida's congressional districts based on the state constitution, the federal courts did not get involved," except to rule on a challenge to federal voting laws.
Pensacola News Journal
January 8, 2018
Florida has 10 U.S. congressional districts that border the eastern Gulf: 1st, Matt Gaetz (R); 2nd, Neal Dunn (R); 11th Daniel Webster (R); 12th, Gus Bilirakis (R); 13th, Charlie Crist (D); 16th, Vern Buchanan (R); 17th, Tom Rooney (R); 19th, Francis Rooney (R); 25th, Mario Diaz-Balart (R); and 26th, CarlosÃÂ ...
WFTV Orlando
January 6, 2018
DeSantis is entering the race two weeks after Trump tweeted that DeSantis is "a brilliant young leader" who "would make a GREAT governor." The 39-year-old politician is a U.S. Navy veteran and graduate of both Yale and Harvard who has represented a northeast Florida congressional district since 2013.
Florida Politics (blog)
January 6, 2018
Congressional District 13 was one of eight congressional districts that the Florida Supreme Court ruled in 2015 needed to be redrawn by the Legislature to comply with the Fair Districts constitutional amendment, passed in 2010, that prohibited lawmakers from intentionally drawing districts that favoredÃÂ ...
Sun Sentinel
January 5, 2018
Florida is in line to pick up two new congressional districts, increasing its clout. The new total: 29 seats in the 435-member House of Representatives. -- The state will become even more important in presidential elections. Florida would control 31 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency,ÃÂ ...
Sun Sentinel
January 5, 2018
Delegating authority: Florida's population has grown by leaps and bounds since the 2010 census, and we are now the third most-populous state, having surpassed New York in 2014 or 2015 by most estimates. That increase means the state will likely have two more congressional representatives and moreÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
December 21, 2017
It is driven by continued population growth. In 2010, just under 19 million people lived in Florida; nearly 21 million do today. Under today's new population estimates, Texas projected to gain 3 new congressional seats after 2020. https://t.co/kpxQewtCWj #txlege pic.twitter.com/XiWbZ4LtGc. — Michael LiÃÂ ...
Florida Times-Union
December 31, 1999
Al Lawson in this year's Democratic primary for the 5th Congressional District, said in a written statement that he chose to run because the region, state and ... “North Florida deserves a pragmatic, visionary leader who will aggressively champion policies that create good-paying jobs, ensure economic andÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
December 31, 1999
Curbelo represents Florida's 26th Congressional District, which was one of just 23 House seats nationwide — and one of two in Florida — to vote in favor of Hillary Clinton for president while also sending a Republican to Congress. Clinton won the district by 16 points, while Curbelo beat former DemocraticÃÂ ...
First Coast News
December 31, 1999
This week, another poll shined a light on the three-term Republican representative for Florida's 6th congressional district. Kansas City-based Remington Research Group released a poll of likely Republican primary election voters on Tuesday that suggests DeSantis now has an early three-point lead overÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
December 31, 1999
State Rep. Fred Costello is joining what appears to be an increasingly crowded field in Florida's 6th Congressional District. Costello finished a distant second to incumbent Ron DeSantis in the 2016 primary, with 24 percent of the vote; however, with DeSantis essentially running for Governor at this point,ÃÂ ...
WFLA
October 22, 2017
Bell wants to be the U.S. Representative for Florida's 56th Congressional district, which includes southern Polk County as well as Hardee and ...
89.3 KPCC
October 21, 2017
Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera, who is one of three Republicans and eight Democrats running in Florida's 27th congressional district, has said that ...
Sun Sentinel (blog)
October 20, 2017
But in South Florida, Wilson has been a well-known political presence for ... Wilson represents the 24th congressional district, which as of the ...
Orlando Political Observer
October 20, 2017
Florida's 9th congressional district Darren Soto has a big fundraising lead, the 9th district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida.
Politico
October 19, 2017
Amid the heavy presence of police on the University of Florida campus, .... Ted Yoho, a Republican whose congressional district includes UF, ...
Miami Herald
October 14, 2017
This must be a priority because Florida has one of the highest ... than 1000–in my congressional district of Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
First Coast News
September 30, 2017
The former U.S. National Security Council member has accepted the task at hand and is now saddling up for the long haul down the Florida ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
December 31, 1999
Florida's 7th Congressional District is a battleground within a battleground ... It ranks fifth among the 435 congressional districts for proportion of ...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
A Republican congressional candidate in Florida claimed in a 2009 ... who is retiring, in representing Florida's 27th congressional district.
WUSF News
October 2, 2017
North Florida Congressman Al Lawson is launching his Let's Feed ... Lawson says 1 out of 4 people in the fifth congressional district have beenÃÂ ...
ABC News
October 2, 2017
Ruben Kihuen, a Democrat whose congressional district includes a portion of ... Paddock's brother, Eric Paddock, who lives in Florida, told theÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
October 2, 2017
His 9th Congressional District has a large number of Puerto Rican voters. ... also make up a large percentage of the Hispanic voters in Florida,ÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
October 2, 2017
... or Florida; but both Sessions insist it's Winter Park's loss, not gain. ... for his congressional campaign in Florida's 7th Congressional District.
Florida Politics (blog)
October 2, 2017
... official in the Obama administration, is launching a Democratic challenge to Republican Brian Mast in Florida's 18th Congressional District.
First Coast News
September 30, 2017
The former U.S. National Security Council member has accepted the task at hand and is now saddling up for the long haul down the FloridaÃÂ ...
Observer
September 29, 2017
Grayson previously served one term representing Florida's 8th Congressional District and two terms representing Florida's 9th CongressionalÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
September 25, 2017
... Republican who represents the state's 1st Congressional District, ... “I'm proud to live in Northwest Florida, where we respect the flag andÃÂ ...
WEAR
September 22, 2017
Florida's 1st Congressional District Representative Matt Gaetz was ... Jacob Shively is an assistant professor at the University of West Florida.
WEAR
September 22, 2017
(WEAR) — Roundabouts draw mixed reactions from drivers, but more and more are showing up in our area. One high-profile project is plannedÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
September 22, 2017
While he's not sure if he will attempt to resume his political career by running against Charlie Crist in Florida's 13th Congressional District,ÃÂ ...
WEAR
September 21, 2017
Florida's 1st Congressional District Representative Matt Gaetz was ... Jacob Shively is an assistant professor at the University of West Florida.
Florida Politics (blog)
September 21, 2017
South Florida's Ron Book, one of the biggest names in Tallahassee ... an unsuccessful bid for Florida's 18th Congressional District in 2016.
WEAR
September 20, 2017
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Transportation says it will start collecting tolls on state roadways and bridges againÃÂ ...
WEAR
September 14, 2017
(WEAR) — A Fort Walton Beach, Florida teacher is charged with four counts of child abuse for how she reportedly treated an autistic child whileÃÂ ...
HuffPost
September 8, 2017
... of volunteers into action in congressional districts all over the country. ... Our grassroots volunteers held events from Washington to FloridaÃÂ ...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
September 8, 2017
Aranda was nominated by Congressman Kevin McCarthy of California's 23rd Congressional District. The United States Merchant MarineÃÂ ...
Liberty Vindicator
September 8, 2017
Brian Babin (TX-36), whose congressional district was devastated by ... With Hurricane Irma now bearing down on Florida, it is absolutelyÃÂ ...
News Chief
September 8, 2017
LAKELAND — It was sobering to cross the built-up Florida coastline on ... Ross, who represents the congressional district that hosts the NOAAÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
September 8, 2017
Al Lawson's Congressional District 5 sprawls from Tallahassee to ... food assistance during Harvey, the state of Florida is in an excellentÃÂ ...
Tallahassee.com
September 8, 2017
Al Lawson represents Florida's new 5th congressional district from Tallahassee to Jacksonville. Originally from Gadsden County, he is a FAMUÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
September 7, 2017
August data has not yet been posted by the Florida Division of Elections for ... In Congressional District 29, Republican incumbent state Rep.
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