Turnout treat: Dade Dems trade drink for your vote!

Turnout treat: Dade Dems trade drink for your vote!

Don’t forget to vote Tuesday! And if you need a little extra persuasion, the Miami-Dade Democratic Party will buy you a drink! People who RSVP and “commit to vote” get a free cocktail at the Dade Dems Blue Party 2014 Monday night in downtown Miami. Well, what if one has already voted? Do I get […]

‘Fat Chance’ Dems in full House challenge doing next to nada

‘Fat Chance’ Dems in full House challenge doing next to nada

This is the story about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — if Snow White was a Democrat princess who empowered her dwarfs and made them feel big… just until the prince came and his kiss awoke her and took her away to state politics, leaving the little guys to mine for votes all by […]

New Dem Party chair Dwight Bullard backs Republican

New Dem Party chair Dwight Bullard backs Republican

The new chairman of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party — replacing Annette addeo, who was tapped to be the running mate for former Gov. Charlie Crist in his bid to take back the mansion — is State Sen. Dwight Bullard (D-Cutler Bay). Read related story: Charlie Crist names Annette Taddeo as running mate Bullard is considered […]

GOP welcomes Dems to House races with glee, phone banks

GOP welcomes Dems to House races with glee, phone banks

Local Republicans said they were all too happy to see Democratic nobodies challenge six state House incumbent Republicans and one apparent successor in the Miami-Dade Democratic Party’s “No More Free Rides” campaign — a move that many have characterized as a publicity stunt that may have backfired. “They gave me a gift,” said Miami-Dade Republican […]

Oooops! Dems add Jeanette Nuñez to incumbent challenge

Oooops! Dems add Jeanette Nuñez to incumbent challenge

The Miami-Dade Democratic Party said Monday that they had found challengers for every single Republican incumbent in the Florida House — but they had actually missed one. Had they simply forgotten about State Rep. Jeanette Nuñez of District 119 in Doral? Or had they given her a pass because she backed the Miami Dade College […]

Miami-Dade Dems wage full House battle with 6 challengers

Miami-Dade Dems wage full House battle with 6 challengers

Thank goodness for the Miami-Dade Democratic Party! Our loyal, local blues turned what could have been a ho-hum year of mid-term elections with very few challenges at the state level into a full House partisan battle. Que fun! Now it’s a party. Dade Dems Chairwoman Annette Taddeo-Goldstein will publicly announce Tuesday, after a press release […]

Dems’ Annette Taddeo not sure about Charlie Crist ticket

Dems’ Annette Taddeo not sure about Charlie Crist ticket

Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chairwoman and Florida Democratic Party Vice Chair Annette Taddeo — whose name has recently been floated as a possible LG on the Democratic ticket — seemed to indicate Monday that she was not sure the top billing would belong to former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, who can’t make up his mind what […]

No cafecito at Versailles for Miami-Dade Dems

No cafecito at Versailles for Miami-Dade Dems

A breakfast chat about minimum wage and labor issues hosted by the Miami-Dade Democratic Party has changed venues after it received notice that two employees at Versailles Restaurant had sued alleging that they were fired after reporting illegal activities there that included wage violations and accusations of sexual harassment. The event this coming Saturday, billed […]

Dade’s newest Dem, Ana Rivas Logan, hails First Lady

Dade’s newest Dem, Ana Rivas Logan, hails First Lady

There was the typical crowd at Gwen Cherry Park where First Lady Michelle Obama visited this afternoon to promote her healthy eating initiatives for children. But one atypical attendee stood out: The recently blue former red State Rep. Ana Rivas Logan, who very ceremoniously changed parties two weeks ago. Old time blue-hards like Miami-Dade Democratic […]