Notable Figures Celebrate President Jimmy Carter's Legacy Tributes pour in for former President Jimmy Carter, remembered for kindness, devotion, and legacy as a public servant and humanitarian worker. Top News · Dec 29, 2024
Ex-lawmakers seek to curb political talk that could spark violence - Roll Call A group of nearly 150 former members of Congress who have urged current political leaders to hear a “wake-up call” on political rhetoric. Roll Call · Aug 21, 2024
The 2022 Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida Senate campaigns raised over $500 million. Where did that money come from? Most of the money raised in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida came from outside the state. Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock raised more money than any other federal candidate in the 2022 midterm elections. USAFacts · Dec 21, 2022
Closing the books on 2022 midterm campaign finances WASHINGTON — It’s no secret that money isn’t everything when it comes to political campaigns. In this year’s midterms, at least a couple dozen candidates in competitive races were outspent but still beat their better-funded opponents. Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022
1st Gen Z congressman-elect denied apartment over bad credit Rep_-elect Maxwell Frost of Florida, the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress, says he is struggling to get an apartment in Washington and lost an application fee because his credit is “really bad.” The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022
Closing the books on the 2022 midterm campaign - Roll Call Final campaign finance reports for 2022 races show, once again, that money isn't everything, with some big spenders coming up short. Roll Call · Dec 9, 2022
Médicos y defensores denuncian un aumento de la desinformación sobre el aborto La información falsa dirigida a la comunidad latina está creciendo. Gran parte de ella está diseñada para impulsar a los votantes o desalentar a las mujeres embarazadas a buscar atención medica. WEKU · Nov 29, 2022
Democrats hold on in midterm elections Maura Healey and John Fetterman secured wins for Democrats, even as Stacey Abrams and Val Demings faltered in closely watched races. Fortune · Nov 9, 2022
They gave up House seats to run for other office. Most lost - Roll Call Many of the 16 House members who gave up their seats to run for another office didn't make it over the finish line. Roll Call · Nov 9, 2022
Rubio beats Demings, makes Florida GOP history with third term in the US Senate MIAMI — Sen. Marco Rubio won reelection Tuesday, comfortably defeating Democratic opponent Val Demings in a race defined by pervasive economic pessimism and the national Democratic Party’s reluctance to compete in a state increasingly seen as a conservative stronghold. Miami Herald · Nov 9, 2022
Marco Rubio wins reelection despite being drastically outspent as Florida slips away as swing state Florida’s conservative Latino population and inward migration from other states has turned the once-purple state into firm Republican territory. The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio wins reelection, keeping the seat for the GOP Rubio defeated Democratic Rep. Val Demings. WEKU · Nov 9, 2022
‘We’re going to take back America’: Trump again hints at 2024 presidential run at Miami rally MIAMI — Former President Donald Trump ended his nearly two-hour-long speech at a preelection rally Sunday with a monologue set to dramatic, sentimental music playing in the background as rain poured down on the crowd in Miami. Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022
As voters worry about inflation, Democrats still hope abortion rights drives voter turnout in Florida — against Republicans FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Abortion rights is such an important issue to Rebecca Thompson, of Pembroke Pines, that she brought her 2-year-old daughter with her to early vote. Tribune News Service · Nov 5, 2022
Orlando Sentinel · Nov 4, 2022 Florida GOP surges toward Election Day as Democrats struggle ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s been a remarkable midterm election in Florida, with months of campaigning and millions of dollars of ad spending soon coming to an end as voters go to the polls Tuesday to determine the future of the state.
WEKU · Nov 3, 2022 Doctors and advocates tackle a spike of abortion misinformation – in Spanish False information targeting the Latino community is surging. Much of it is designed to galvanize voters or discourage pregnant women from seeking care.
Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2022 Biden in Illinois Friday to rally Democrats ahead of Tuesday vote; Harris in city Sunday The president and vice president are hitting Illinois to boost the Democratic turnout.
Miami Herald · Nov 2, 2022 Biden campaigns for Democrats in South Florida. Is he too late for it to matter? MIAMI — President Joe Biden made a last-minute pitch Tuesday to Florida voters to reject the state’s top GOP leaders in the Nov. 8 election and emphasized to donors the state’s ongoing importance in national politics during a jam-packed day trip to South Florida to boost Democrats on the ballot.
Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022 News briefs Marco Rubio at Tampa rally: Democrats ‘will destroy this country’
Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022 Biden arrives in South Florida. He’s going after Republicans as threat to Medicare and Social Security President Joe Biden met with supporters at a Hallandale Beach community center on Tuesday afternoon, touting Democratic support for Social Security and Medicare.
Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022 Biden calls DeSantis ‘Donald Trump incarnate’ as he campaigns in South Florida for Crist and Demings FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President Joe Biden delivered a searing indictment of Republican policies on Tuesday, charging they’re a threat to Social Security and Medicare, then delivering a closing argument aimed at mobilizing Florida voters to turn out for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist and Senate candidate Val Demings.
Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022 Marco Rubio at Tampa rally: Democrats ‘will destroy this country’ TAMPA, Fla. — Sen. Marco Rubio came to Tampa on Tuesday with a closing message for his U.S. Senate reelection campaign: Democrats have ruined the country. Republicans will fix it.
Orlando Sentinel · Oct 30, 2022 Florida's closely watched Senate race between Rubio, Demings grows heated ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s race for U.S. Senate is a high-stakes political slugfest with terms like “socialist” and “lying and cheating” being hurled on television and more than $100 million being spent in the pivotal contest.
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022 Pelosi attack shocks country on edge about democracy threats At times these days, it can feel like the United States is on edge about threats to American democracy
Tribune News Service · Oct 29, 2022 Democrats pushing Black voters in South Florida to turn out for midterm elections FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In the final stretch of the midterm election campaign, Florida Democrats are pushing, cajoling and pleading with Black voters to turn out and cast their ballots.