Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking the high road amid “incoming fire” from former President Donald Trump, while suggesting that Florida offers a “blueprint” for how Republicans can win in the modern [...]
Sex toys were sold by drag queens at the event.Republican officials in Sarasota are expressing outrage that sex toys were publicly sold at Venice Pride. Jack Brill, acting Chair of [...]
Veteran lobbyist Cynthia Henderson has joined Converge Public Strategies as a partner and co-chair of the firm’s Tallahassee-based Florida state government relations practice. Henderson brings over 20 years of advocacy [...]
The group approved agreements to move forward with two mystery projects designed to bring 150 jobs to Florida.The board of Space Florida, the state’s agency dedicated to boosting the aerospace [...]
Anthony Sabatini doesn’t want House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy ascending to House Speaker. And while the Howey-in-the-Hills Republican has no say whatsoever after losing his own race for Congress, he’s [...]
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is donating the remaining cash in his campaign coffers to 20 progressive organizations across the Sunshine State that back causes such as gun reform, [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used across various organizations in the Sunshine State. In Gainesville, AI helps predict the next COVID-19 variant. In Ft. Myers, it provided evidence to prove a man’s [...]
Good Monday morning. Dan McFaul has been named the managing partner of Ballard Partners’ Washington, D.C. office. “Dan’s extraordinary reputation in D.C. makes him the ideal choice to lead our [...]
McFaul has been a partner in the firm’s Washington office since 2017.Dan McFaul has been named the managing partner in Ballard Partners’ Washington, D.C. office. “Dan’s extraordinary reputation in D.C. [...]
The brick-and-mortar will open in December 2022 or early 2023.A Tallahassee-based Veteran-owned business, GroundOps Roastery + Bakehouse, hasn’t even opened its brick-and-mortar doors yet, and is already making mouths water [...]
The Big Bend’s new State Senator, Corey Simon, says Republicans in other states should follow the Florida GOP’s playbook to replicate their success. Simon is part of a new class [...]
Democrats kept control of the Senate on Saturday, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber and making it harder for them to thwart President Joe Biden’s agenda. The fate of [...]
Heading into this year’s midterms, voting rights groups were concerned that restrictions in Republican-leaning states triggered by false claims surrounding the 2020 election might jeopardize access to the ballot box [...]
Before we dive into the post-election edition of Winners and Losers, I have some personal news to share. This is my final regular commentary for Florida Politics. After 6 ½ [...]
When the Broadway national tour of “On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan” comes to West Palm Beach, the cast will include three South Floridians.The jukebox musical [...]
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce CEO Daniel Davis expanded his fundraising advantage last month in the 2023 mayoral race. The bulk of Davis’ October fundraising went to his campaign account. He raised [...]
Anti-abortion activists plan to rally at the Florida Capitol when the Legislature gathers there on Nov. 22 to reorganize following the Midterm Elections and demand that lawmakers take up new [...]
Are you ready for a disaster? When I was growing up, I read books like Alas Babylon (story in Florida), Warday and Out of the Ashes — all with a theme [...]
While Deerfield Beach voters on Election Day rejected a ballot question that would have loosened City Commission term limits, Wilton Manors voters agreed to add term limits to their city [...]
Supermajority It’s now official. Republicans control a supermajority of both the Florida House and Senate for the first time in a decade. With 28 Senators and 84 House members, Republicans [...]
A new political group is looking to promote minority leaders within the conservative movement. Organizers announced the launch Friday of the Perspective PAC, based out of Tallahassee. “The conservative movement [...]
A second Florida Senator seems willing to consider life in the GOP caucus after Mitch McConnell’s leadership. Fresh off a decisive win Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted Friday that the [...]
Miami-Dade Commissioners on Tuesday will decide whether to OK a massive development and lease agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruises that is projected to net the county $2.8 billion over half [...]
What now? The elections are over, but the maneuvering for power in a new Congress has only just begun. While Election Day did not produce the size of Republican majority [...]
Neither Democratic nor Republican politicians on the scene at the vote-counting for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2018 victory are buying the former President’s claims that the feds got DeSantis over the [...]
Former President Donald Trump formally invited press to a “special announcement” at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 15. Political observers widely expect the Republican to announce a third bid for the White [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis has no shortage of supporters in and outside the Sunshine State, and on Thursday, his office announced the launch of a new webpage where those who want [...]
Sylvia Poitier, who made history as Broward County’s first Black Commissioner but left public life under a cloud, died at her Deerfield Beach home on Monday, the Sun-Sentinel is reporting. [...]
Former President Donald Trump has removed all ambiguity about his feelings about Ron DeSantis. In a searing statement from Trump’s Save America PAC, Trump unleashed on DeSantis as just an “average Republican [...]
In the coming weeks, Miami is planning to debut a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) ahead of the holiday season. The offering follows a marked period of turmoil in the [...]
The holiday season is coming, but U.S. Sen. Rick Scott worries that the high cost of living will mar the general merriment. In his latest denunciation of inflation under the Joe [...]
Florida voters made a lot of decisions Tuesday night in races up and down the Primary ballot. But more appears on each ballot than mere votes. Reputations are built or [...]
Good Thursday morning. As if Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t have enough things go his way Tuesday in Florida, voters in many other parts of the country reared up and said [...]
Florida Democrats lost ground at all government levels following Tuesday’s Midterm Election. For the party to have any hope of clawing back power next time, there needs to be a [...]
What’s harder than losing an election? How about putting up $100,000 of your own money and burning through it in two weeks just to come up short? A Bonita Springs [...]
Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse won final approval Wednesday to become the 13th president of the University of Florida, capping a swift and sometimes contentious process. Sasse, a Republican, was [...]
With the 2022 election in the rearview mirror, Jacksonville’s 2023 mayoral race is beginning to heat up, as a new spot from LeAnna Gutierrez Cumber shows. In a minute-long radio spot [...]
Tuesday’s election results didn’t go Democrats’ way in Florida. But in deep blue Broward and Palm Beach counties, three Democratic incumbents nevertheless secure fairly comfortable wins to hold onto their [...]
Good Wednesday morning. Florida Republicans delivered an epic butt-kicking to Democrats in Tuesday’s Midterm Election, which is what everyone pretty much expected. The blowout win by Gov. Ron DeSantis likely [...]
After the most tumultuous year of any elected Board in the state, the Broward County School Board has three new members and one race that appears too close to call [...]
Le Tub, the kitschy national hamburger treasure straddling Hollywood’s Intracoastal Waterway, may soon have new owners who plan to upgrade the roadside shack without wrecking its divey ambience.Veteran Fort Lauderdale [...]
Former President Donald Trump continues to talk up U.S. Sen. Rick Scott as a potential challenger to Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell. But in one of his last interviews before votes are [...]
If voter turnout so far in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties are any indication, which they may well be, Democrats are in for a drubbing after polls close and ballots are [...]
There will be at least six newcomers to the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s vote from Florida as Republicans try to take advantage of an aggressively redrawn congressional map spearheaded [...]
Patience has never been more important the week of an election. Until several years ago, the vast majority of ballots in Pennsylvania were cast in person at polling places; the [...]
The 2024 Republican Presidential Primary beckons for Donald Trump, even with Midterms still to be decided. The former President, widely rumored to announce his intentions in Ohio, did not do so. [...]
It shouldn’t take long on Election Night to declare that Floridians re-elected Gov. Ron DeSantis. I give it 30 minutes max after the polls close. Barring the greatest upset maybe [...]
The closing day of campaigning is just another day for Gov. Ron DeSantis when it comes to attacking Vice President Kamala Harris and what he called the “dumb decision” to put [...]
Time was, a television reporter assigned to “democracy issues” would have a quiet time on election night sets, occasionally popping up to talk about broken voting machines at a polling [...]
Florida’s 27th Congressional District is home to the costliest and most competitive U.S. House race in South Florida, pitting a Republican with two years of federal lawmaking experience against a [...]