Some local Dems say there needs to be change in Miami-Dade, too Nikki Fried, the former commissioner of agriculture and consumer affairs who lost the gubernatorial primary last year to Charlie Crist, was voted chair of the Florida Democratic Party Saturday over former Sen. Annette Taddeo, who won her primary but lost the congressional race […]
Former Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Commissioner Nikki Fried, who lost the Democratic gubernatorial primary last year, announced Monday that she wants to try “something new” — and is running to be the next chair of the Florida Democratic Party. That pits her against former Sen. Annette Taddeo, who lost her bid for congress last year, […]
Former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, who campaigned hard for the taxpayer drain that is Marlins Park, and political advisor and labor leader Marcus Dixon are supposed to save the Florida Democratic Party from itself. On Monday, the FDP announced that Dixon, a Miramar resident and Florida executive director for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), […]
Stupid Democrats. They were so busy pushing unprecedented resources to get a blue, progressive, Miami-Dade mayor — dipping into other nonpartisan races, like county commission and school board contests — that they lost sight of the ball and gave up two key congressional seats, possibly a key state senate incumbent and at least two Florida […]
Local Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place in tonight’s vote for a new state committeeman, which would be a stepping stone for the Florida chair position the same year that the Democrats lost the traditionally blue state to a rabid Republican in a crazy presidential contest and a no-show Senator that […]
You know how they always say your own words can come back to haunt you? Well, that would be Miami-Dade School Board Member and congressional candidate Carlos “Crybaby” Curbelo today, after he sees the new 30-second video ad the Florida Democratic Party released this morning with his own bad choice of words almost on an […]