The Federated Women’s Republican Club of Miami will host the first debate between the candidates in the highly anticipated Republican primary who are vying this August for a chance to run in the 26th Congressional district against Democrat incumbent Congressman Joe Garcia. So far, four of the five candidates have confirmed they will be at […]
The 305 political world is abuzz with the news that former U.S. Rep. David “King Nine Lives” Rivera jumped into the congressional race in his old district, which he lost in the 2012 presidential elections to Congressman Joe Garcia. Jaws everywhere dropped. People gasped and shook heads. The other Republican candidates in the primary reacted […]
We knew it was going to get good. But did we know it would be this fast? Less than 24 hours after former Congressman David Rivera announced he wanted his office back, and less than three hours after he qualified in Tallahassee for the race in District 26, two ex-staffers of his have endorsed Miami-Dade […]
Some say it’s a special election hundreds of miles away and can’t be compared to any race here. Others say it’s definitely a wake up call to Democrats statewide. But the victory Tuesday in Pinellas County where newly-elected Congressman David Jolly beat the much better funded former State CFO and gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink has strengthened […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Lieutenant Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera joined the bevy of local electeds to blast the Venezuelan government’s crackdown on protesters Friday — more than two weeks after the first two of at least 16 anti-government protesters killed and about a month after the clashes started. They joined Sen. Marco Rubio, who gave […]
As everyone expected, former Gov. Jeb Bush formally endorsed Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo in his bid for Congress. Bush sent out the “news” on twitter Monday morning. “Proud to endorse @carloslcurbelo for Congress. He’s shown a strong commitment to #edreform &limited gov #FL26,” he chirped. Moments later, Curbelo and his supporters were retweeting […]
It took 12 years but thousands of Cuban Americans celebrated the inauguration of the permanent Cuban Memorial on Coral Way that honors the thousands of men and women who have died fighting or escaping the repressive regime in Cuba since 1959. And no other Cuban American celebrated it more than former Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Joe […]
A fundraiser later this month for Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo‘s bid for Congress reads like a Who’s Who of South Florida GOP politics. And, adding weight to arguments that the Republican Party has picked its primary candidate, it looks like practically the whole Miami-Dade Tallahassee red team is behind him. But, more interestingly, […]
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush isn’t on the ballot for anything this year, and keeps saying aw shucks to suggestions that he run for president. But folks are beginning to wonder if he isn’t already campaigning for a job at the White House from the flurry of public appearances and exposure he’s gotten lately. The […]
Ten months out, the heated contest for the Congressional seat in District 26 has already gone into attack mode. And Cutler Bay Mayor Ed MacDougall — seen as the least likely of three hopefuls in the Republican primary, mostly because he doesn’t have a z or a vowel at the end of his last name […]