Rep. Ron Klein rules out Senate bid
U.S. Rep. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, will seek a third term in Congress next year rather than pursue a U.S. Senate bid, he announced today.Klein With about $1.8 million in his campaign account and no...
View ArticleIs Democratic primary for attorney general unavoidable?
State Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, sidestepped a U.S. Senate primary over the weekend but may be headed into a three-Democrat battle for the party’s attorney general nomination. Gelber, state Sen....
View ArticleSenate poll: Crist 54, Rubio 23; Dems little-known
The latest Quinnipiac University poll of Florida voters shows Gov. Charlie Crist with a 54-to-23 percent lead over former state House Speaker Marco Rubio in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate....
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Ron Klein joins Meek-for-Senate bandwagon
U.S. Rep. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, who flirted for a few months with a 2010 U.S. Senate bid, today endorsed fellow Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami for Senate. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman...
View ArticleMeek makes first Palm Beach County campaign appearance Saturday
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, makes his first appearance in Palm Beach County as a Senate candidate at 11:45 a.m. Saturday. West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel is slated to appear with Meek at the...
View ArticleFirst U.S. Senate debate in Palm Beach on Friday?
Former House Speaker and GOP U.S. Senate wannabe Marco Rubio will address reporters and editors in Palm Beach on Friday. Also invited but not yet confirmed is Gov. Charlie Crist, who’s the leading...
View ArticlePoliticians, activists react to Martinez’s resignation
People in Florida and national politics reacted today to reports of U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez’s impending resignation: “Mel Martinez’s life is a testament to the boundless promise that exists in America,...
View ArticleWhat they’re saying about LeMieux and Crist
MartinezU.S. Sen. Mel Martinez:“I congratulate George LeMieux for being appointed by the governor to fill the remainder of my term. George is bright, capable, and an accomplished administrator. My...
View ArticleSome initial reactions to Obama’s health care speech from Florida officials
Rep. Tom Rooney, R-TequestaRep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta: “Tonight I hoped to hear that the President has been listening to the American people over the past month. From the town hall meetings I hosted...
View ArticleOne day, two polls, two views of potential Rubio-Meek Senate matchup
As noted Wednesday morning, Quinnipiac University’s latest Florida poll finds former House Speaker Marco Rubio narrowing the gap from 29 points in August to 15 points now in his Republican U.S. Senate...
View ArticleMeek adds endorsements from Sink, former quasi-rival Brown
Meek U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D- Miami, today picked up Senate endorsements from Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and U.S. Rep. Corinne Brown, D-Jacksonville, who had been exploring her own run for...
View ArticleObama lands in Miami to raise money for Dem Senate, House candidates
MIAMI — Air Force One just landed here as President Obama prepares to attend a fund-raiser in Miami Beach for Democratic Senate and House candidates. Obama stepped off the plane about 5:30 p.m. with...
View ArticleWhat they’re saying about Obama’s Afghanistan speech….
President Obama tonight ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to be deployed in Afghanistan and pledged to begin withdrawing forces in 18 months. The president delivered a prime-time speech from the U.S....
View ArticleNew poll: Crist, Rubio in dead heat
Gov. Charlie Crist and former House Speaker Marco Rubio are in a dead heat in the GOP race for the U.S. Senate, according to a poll released this morning. The Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found...
View ArticleMavericky Meek: Crist not fit to lead
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek held a roundtable with the Capitol press corps this morning and came out swinging at Gov. Charlie Crist. Meek, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, slammed Crist, a Republican...
View ArticleNY Times spotlights Meek in FL U.S. Senate campaign
It’s no secret that the Florida U.S. Senate race has captured the attention of the national media and is a crucial race for both parties. But much of the focus has been on the GOP primary featuring...
View ArticleMeek calls U.S. Senate petition drive ‘victory before the victory’
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek‘s campaign today filed 145,000 signatures gathered in his year-long petition drive for the U.S. Senate race in November. Meek, a Miami Democrat, needs about 112,000 of those...
View ArticleCrist: AFL-CIO endorsement ‘would have been nice’ but…
Gov. Charlie Crist, now an independent U.S. Senate candidate, said he doesn’t think not getting the AFL-CIO’s endorsement will hurt him, but “it would have been nice.” The AFL-CIO, the state’s largest...
View ArticleMeek calls Sachs defection to Crist ‘strange’
Just two weeks after publicly pumping up U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek in the U.S. Senate Democratic primary race against Jeff Greene, state senator-to-be Maria Sachs yesterday pulled a switch and endorsed...
View ArticleCrist: I’m the only candidate who’ll stand up for Social Security
Who’s a flip-flopper now? After weeks of taking heat from GOP opponent Marco Rubio (and Democrat candidate U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek) in his quest for the U.S. Senate, independent Gov. Charlie Crist said...
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