Ladra can’t believe she dragged herself out of her deathbed for this: The first congressional primary debate for the five Republican candidates in District 26, one of the closest watched races in the country, was so boring that even the presence of former Congressman David “King Nine Lives” Rivera couldn’t bring it to life. Rivera, who had not […]
As a Congressional candidate, Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo has said repeatedly that it is time for the voters in Distrct 26 to have a representative that is not embroiled in scandal. Everyone knows he is referring to not just Congressman Joe Garcia, whose chief of staff served a 90-day sentence for absentee ballot […]
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 […]
Investigation? What investigation? Ana who? Former congressman David “Nine Lives” Rivera walked through the Cuba Nostalgia exhibit in West Miami-Dade Sunday kind of like the Pope would walk through the plaza or a rock star through his adoring audience. Or maybe like Jesus would walk on water. Since he jumped into the primary for the […]
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 […]
He’s baaaaack! Maybe he didn’t like former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina grabbing all the headlines. Former Congressman David “King Nine Lives” Rivera, who lost his seat to U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia in 2012 amid allegations that he helped financed a Democratic candidate in the primary, announced Thursday that he wants his old seat back. Rivera […]
While three Republican hopefuls — okay, five, but really only three — are vying for the chance to run against U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia in November, the longtime Congressman that Garcia toppled in 2012 to get there is not necessarily completely out of the picture. Ladra don’t call him King David “Nine Lives” Rivera for […]
U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia (D-District 26) is going to name a replacement Tuesday for the former Chief of Staff Jeffrey Garcia, who is kind of busy serving a 90-day sentence for absentee ballot fraud. The new chief of staff in D.C. will be a woman, sources told Ladra. Jeffrey “No Relation” Garcia was Joe Garcia’s […]
One has to wonder why Miami-Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo is running so hard so soon. Curbelo, who is arguably the frontrunning GOP candidate in the Republican Party’s effort to take back the seat won last year by U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, has been on a fast track to the ballot — more than […]