DeSantis Cruises to Win in GOP Primary for Governor

DeSantis Cruises to Win in GOP Primary for Governor

By Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida ORLANDO — With the enthusiastic backing of President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis won the Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, handily defeating Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. With more than 93 percent of the precincts reporting statewide, DeSantis, a three-term congressman from Northeast Florida, totaled 56 […]

Progressives Seek Path to Governor’s Mansion

Progressives Seek Path to Governor’s Mansion

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Jane Fonda. Alec Baldwin. Tom Steyer. George Soros. Norman Lear. The star-studded endorsements Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum has snagged in his quest to become Florida’s first black governor go on and on, capped by progressive patriarch U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. But while the celebrity support […]

DeSantis, Putnam Use Final Debate to Lob Charges

DeSantis, Putnam Use Final Debate to Lob Charges

By Lloyd Dunkelberger,  The News Service of Florida JACKSONVILLE — In their second and final debate for the Republican nomination for governor, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis clashed Wednesday over President Donald Trump, Florida’s water crisis and campaign contributions. Putnam, a two-term Cabinet member and former member of Congress, accused DeSantis, a […]

Gwen Graham’s American Dream Mall Investment Becomes Campaign Issue

Gwen Graham’s American Dream Mall Investment Becomes Campaign Issue

Gubernatorial candidate Jeff Greene followed the most recent Democratic primary debate with a campaign advertisement attacking Gwen Graham’s role in the $4 billion American Dream mall slated to be built in west Miami-Dade County. The advertisement, shown below, began running Thursday night. Also, during the debate, candidate Chris King questioned Graham’s environmental positions by highlighting her […]

Democratic Debate Ramps Up Before Primary

Democratic Debate Ramps Up Before Primary

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With one candidate equating this year’s election to the Normandy battle and another proclaiming it “the most important election in Florida’s history,” five Democrats seeking to succeed Gov. Rick Scott briefly took off the gloves Thursday night in their last onstage matchup prior to the […]

Gwen Graham Ignores Tampa Bay Times Questions About Leon Schools “Notebook”

Gwen Graham Ignores Tampa Bay Times Questions About Leon Schools “Notebook”

Days after FDLE released a memo stating that the federal investigation of Jackie Pons and the Leon School Board was closed, the Tampa Bay Times (TBT) reports that gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham refused to answer questions related to the “notebook” which put the four-year investigation into motion. Writing about her resigning her job at the […]

Mayor Andrew Gillum Paid by PR Firm with No Website, Will Not Identify Clients

Mayor Andrew Gillum Paid by PR Firm with No Website, Will Not Identify Clients

How many public relation companies do not have websites? Or a Facebook account? Or a Twitter account? TR found at least one, and that PR company happens to be located in Tallahassee with a well known employee named Andrew Gillum. Candidates running for governor of Florida were recently required to file financial disclosure forms with […]

Poll Gives Edge to Graham, DeSantis in Governor’s Race

Poll Gives Edge to Graham, DeSantis in Governor’s Race

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With the primary elections almost exactly a month away, a poll released Friday shows Democrat Gwen Graham and Republican Ron DeSantis as the front-runners in the race to replace Gov. Rick Scott. The Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy poll came after Florida Atlantic University also released […]

Putnam, DeSantis Debate Trump Ties, Immigration

Putnam, DeSantis Debate Trump Ties, Immigration

By Lloyd Dunkelberger, Jim Turner  The News Service of Florida KISSIMMEE — In an exchange focused more on national topics than challenges facing the next Florida governor, the two top Republican candidates to replace Gov. Rick Scott clashed in a televised debate Thursday over their support for President Donald Trump and immigration issues. Early in […]