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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
April 28, 2018
In congressional District 11 north of Tampa, for example, Democrat Alan Grayson has filed to run for the seat against U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster and has $694,967 in cash on hand, but has said he may file to run in a different seat before qualifying ends May 4. Some candidates haven't had a full fundraisingÃâà...
Forward
April 20, 2018
Maverick liberal Alan Grayson is hoping to ride a 2018 anti-Trump wave back into Congress — but he hasn't said which Florida district he's going to run in. The outspoken Orlando-area progressive, who was involved in a messy divorce, has continued to raise stacks of cash since leaving Congress for anÃâà...
WMNF
April 19, 2018
Alan Grayson will soon be announcing his comeback for a seat in the U.S. Congress, though what district in Florida he'll be representing is still unknown. The Orlando-area firebrand, who was defeated in his last race for the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2016, has been steadily raising money forÃâà...
Orlando Weekly (blog)
April 17, 2018
His campaign raised just more than $192,000 in the first quarter of 2018, but former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, a progressive Democrat, has yet to decide on where in the state he'll make another run for Congress. But let's be clear: As Orlando Rising reports Grayson saying on Monday, “I am running for theÃâà...
The Capitolist
April 12, 2018
Now that open seat may be attracting a familiar name: former Congressman Alan Grayson. Two other Florida Republicans, Rep. Thomas Rooney and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, have announced their retirements, despite being viewed as relatively safe bets for re-election. Ross also was not expected toÃâà...
The Capitolist
April 12, 2018
Now that open seat may be attracting a familiar name: former Congressman Alan Grayson. Two other Florida Republicans, Rep. Thomas Rooney and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, have announced their retirements, despite being viewed as relatively safe bets for re-election. Ross also was not expected toÃâà...
Tampabay.com
April 11, 2018
MONICA HERNDON | Times Republican Governor Rick Scott talks with supporters after announcing his run for Senate on April 9, 2018 at ODC Construction in Orlando, Fla. Rick Scott's U.S. Senate kickoff tour continues, with stops scheduled Thursday in Sarasota and West Palm Beach on Thursday and Panama City andÃâà...
Tampabay.com
April 11, 2018
Curbelo represents the most Democratic-leaning House district in the country currently held by a Republican running for reelection. By David Smiley. 11 hours ago. Share via email. Share on Facebook Ãâ÷ Share on Twitter Ãâ÷ Share on Facebook facebook. Share on Twitter twitter. Share via email email.
Tampabay.com
April 11, 2018
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch is asking the Treasury to investigated whether a Florida-based gun maker with Russian ties has violated sanctions. "Kalashnikov USA is a firearms manufacturer and seller located in my congressional district," the Boca Raton Democrat wrote in a letter to a TreasuryÃâà...
Orlando Political Observer
April 5, 2018
Alan Grayson is coming back. We're all just waiting for whom he decides to challenge. Losing an unusually uneventful race for the U.S. Senate to Patrick Murphy, after the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee swooped in to tip the scales in conservative Murphy's favor, Grayson has kept a low-profileÃâà...
News & Observer
April 3, 2018
He added that the FCC has refused to hold the industry accountable "despite repeated warnings and clear evidence that our phone networks are being exploited by foreign governments and hackers." After the 2014 news reports about Stingrays in Washington, Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla, wrote the FCC inÃâà...
Sunshine State News
March 30, 2018
Alan Grayson looks poised to attempt another political comeback. Now the question is what is he running for. Over the past decade, Grayson has had something of a roller coaster career in Florida politics. After losing in a congressional primary in 2006, Grayson bounced back in 2008 to edge RepublicanÃâà...
Sunshine State News
March 17, 2018
Murphy won the Democratic nomination, beating then U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson in the primary, but lost to Rubio in November. In Congress, Jolly and Murphy worked together, including helping launch the Coastal Communities Caucus in early 2015. Both men represented swing districts and tried to claim theÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
March 17, 2018
Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto has received endorsements from all ten of the other Democratic members of Congress from Florida, his re-election campaign announced Friday. The announced endorsements would come as no surprise and seemingly fill no particularly-urgent campaign purpose, sinceÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
March 8, 2018
Alan Grayson, who had been one of the most strident progressive Democrats in Congress during his three terms. Grayson reportedly has been talking to Democratic consultants, trying to assemble a team to possibly challenge Soto in a CD 9 primary. In the 2016 primary, Soto took a more moderate overallÃâà...
The Capitolist
March 1, 2018
... Democrat Gwen Graham, and the ultra-liberal Alan Grayson. Meanwhile, Senator Marco Rubio and former Congressman John Mica both garnered “F” ratings from NORML. Several votes underpin DeSantis' “B” rating, several of which are in direct conflict with the stance taken by the Trump Administration.
Sunshine State News
February 19, 2018
Former Congressman Alan Grayson and his wife Dena could also add to the equation. The former congressman is currently running against Congressman Dan Webster in a rematch of their 2010 contest but he could take on Congressman Darren Soto who bested his wife in the 2016 Democratic primary.
MediaFile
February 18, 2018
David Jolly (R-FL) and Alan Grayson (D-FL) as guest columnists. These two voices were going to write columns for Politifact and provide their analysis on ratings. However, Politifact received strong backlash on Twitter from journalists for its selection of Grayson. Led by Politico Playbook's Jake Sherman,Ãâà...
Forward
February 14, 2018
The progressive Florida politician served one term in Congress from 2009-2011, lost his seat before winning it back, then left it again for a failed 2016 Senate run. He's now giving politics another try. Grayson plans to run for the House again in 2018, and has already began to raise funds for his race. But oneÃâà...
The Capitolist
February 13, 2018
Former Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) is determined to slither back into the political arena, and he has a war chest with over a half a million dollars to help him do it. As Politico reported earlier today, Grayson has fired up his fundraising networks and raised nearly $60,000 during the last quarter ofÃâà...
Politico
February 13, 2018
TALLAHASSEE — Firebrand Democrat Alan Grayson says he wants to return to Congress in 2018, but he is not yet saying which seat he's running for. “Yes, this cycle is what I'm looking at,” Grayson told POLITICO in a telephone interview Monday. “But Florida law says I can run anywhere.” Story ContinuedÃâà...
wfit
February 12, 2018
ran for the Senate in 2016 as the “Senator with Guts”. Amber Phillips of The Washington. Post writes: “Rep. Alan Grayson (D) is a figure in Florida politics - and one who. may represent a younger, more liberal, anti-establishment wing of the Democratic. Party that Florida Democrats can't live without.” In JulyÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
January 19, 2018
“But he's not Alan Grayson progressive.” With a 14-point victory in 2016 and serving a district Cook ranks as having a 5-point advantage for Democrats, Soto “has a pretty smooth path to re-election,” Jewett said. “For the Democratic Party, they probably don't want a competitive primary. It might get negativeÃâà...
Observer
September 29, 2017
Former Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) opted to run for Senate in 2016 rather than running for re-election, but he lost to Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-FL) in the primary, who ultimately came up short against Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in the general election. In December 2016, Grayson fueledÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
September 14, 2017
A bored and angry Alan Grayson can be a can be dangerous for someone, and he's aiming now at President Donald Trump. The former Democratic, hard-boiled congressman from Orlando, who continues to keep a campaign warm for a possible return-to-Congress effort, has started a leadership politicalÃâà...
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