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Mail voting tops 1.2 million in Florida with more than two weeks to midterm elections

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — More than 1.2 million Florida voters have already cast their midterm election ballots, before the candidates for governor face off in their only debate. It reflects a continuing desire by many to vote from the comfort of their homes, rather than lining up at an early…

Tribune News Service · Oct 24, 2022

A swing state no more? GOP confidence grows in Florida

Democrats are increasingly concerned that Florida may be slipping away this fall — and perhaps beyond — as emboldened Republicans seize on divisive cultural issues and demographic shifts in crucial contests for governor and the U.S. Senate

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

Senate debates zero in on abortion

Candidates from each political party are focused on painting one another as extremists on abortion.

Axios · Oct 21, 2022

Midterms – live: Biden promises to protect abortion in law if Democrats keep control of Congress

Follow for updates on the 2022 midterms

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Val Demings goes on attack against Marco Rubio in Florida Senate debate

Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Florida went on the attack Tuesday in her first debate against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.

WEKU · Oct 19, 2022

Marco Rubio panned for saying voting drop boxes are dangerous because people may blow them up

Republican lawmaker accuses Democrats of wanting a ‘federal takeover’ of election system

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Rubio and Demings trade barbs on abortion and guns in Florida debate

The candidates took shots at one another on their records in office and personal beliefs.

Axios · Oct 19, 2022

Val Demings and Marco Rubio clash in a strikingly aggressive Senate debate

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — They engaged in the obligatory, predebate handshake. But when the TV cameras went on Tuesday night, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Val Demings, his challenger, engaged in a heated and aggressive debate, repeatedly shredding each other with descriptions like “lie” and “crazy.”

Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022

Marco Rubio and Val Demings in furious clashes on abortion and gun safety in Florida debate

The three-term congresswoman seeks to knock off the GOP incumbent in an increasingly Republican state

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Takeaways from a contentious US Senate debate between Val Demings and Marco Rubio

MIAMI — Democratic Rep. Val Demings and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio argued over abortion rights, recovery efforts from Hurricane Ian and immigration policy on Tuesday night, in the lone debate of a contentious U.S. Senate race that’s set to conclude in three weeks.

Miami Herald · Oct 19, 2022