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Gingrich announces Florida campaign leaders, many close to Rubio

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich today announced campaign chairs and co-chairs for all of Florida’s 67 counties.

Rep. Connie Mack gears up for U.S. Senate run

By | 10.27.11 | 12:06 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Rep. Connie Mack, R-Naples, will enter the Republican Senate primary, one of his advisers announced Wednesday.

Mack will face fellow GOP candidates Adam Hasner, George LeMieux, Mike McCallister and Craig Miller.

Christian Family Coalition calls Florida’s legislative session a ‘victory’ for social conservatives

By | 05.10.11 | 5:06 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The Miami-based Christian Family Coalition stated in a press release last week that Florida’s legislative session this year was “without a doubt … the very best statewide legislative session in the history of the Coalition.” More…

Florida state rep points out governor’s budget renews funding for crisis pregnancy network

By | 03.15.11 | 2:25 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Since Gov. Rick Scott unveiled his 2011-2012 budget proposal last month, questions have swirled about what his recommendations might mean for particular state programs. According to state Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood, one controversial program — which provides taxpayer dollars to crisis pregnancy centers that have been More…

Florida gov to charge for public records

The office of Gov. Rick Scott will now be charging for public records requests, under a new policy announced today. #


It’s not entirely unheard of. Members of the press corps who have been around for awhile are noting that this practice More…

Schwarzenegger Bashes Texas Rangers, Oil Companies in a Jab Against Prop 23

By | 11.02.10 | 12:06 pm

The California-Texas World Series match-up — decided last night in favor of the San Francisco Giants — is spilling out into the voting booth, reports the Sacramento Bee:

In a single sentence, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found a way Monday both to congratulate the Giants and to throw a

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Why the Oil Spill Hasn’t Been a Major Midterm Election Issue

By | 11.01.10 | 12:03 pm

Fred Grimm at The Miami Herald has a great column today on how the oil spill has not been a driving factor in the midterm elections in Florida and around the country.

He traces the oil spill narrative roughly like this: Outcry about the environmental effects of the spill More…

In Florida, Sink May Be Biggest Loser From Reports The Clinton Pressured Meek to Drop Out

By | 10.29.10 | 11:18 am

Amid reports that Bill Clinton tried to get Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) to drop his bid for the Senate, the real loser may be the Democrats’ other statewide candidate: gubernatorial hopeful Alex Sink.

Sink, who is in a very tight race with Republican Rick Scott — polls show her More…

Rumors of a Meek Dropout Ignore That His Name Cannot Be Removed From the Ballot

By | 10.12.10 | 3:08 pm

A thinly-sourced article by conservative economist and former Club for Growth President Stephen Moore in last week’s Wall Street Journal alleging that Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) might drop out of the U.S. Senate race to allow independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist to have a better chance at defeating More…

Wall Street Journal Story About Crist/Meek Deal Laughable, Meek Says

By | 10.08.10 | 12:40 pm

The Wall Street Journal Political Diary reported that Republicans are worried that Gov. Charlie Crist, independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, is working on a deal with Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek to have Meek drop out of the race and presumably endorse Crist in order to beat Republican More…