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  • Suspected Rivera-ringer drops at least $24k in cash on campaign mailers, might've broken law

    A Democratic congressional candidate may have violated federal campaign-finance laws after spending at least $24,000 in cash on mailers without disclosing the source of the funds.

    Justin Lamar Sternad, one of several candidates who lost Tuesday’s District 26 Democratic primary election to Joe Garcia, paid for the mailers in cash. The [...]

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  • First Lady Michelle Obama is Broward bound Aug. 22

    The First Lady will be visiting Broward County next Wednesday, August 22, 2012, for a campaign event, a campaign official said. More details later. Meantime, Republican vice-presidential pick Paul Ryan is heading to Orlando.

     

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  • Florida Purple Poll: Obama-Romney tied 47-48% -- and tied 45-44% over protecting Medicare(!)

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's selection of Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate looks like a safe choice right now in Florida and other swing states, according to a new survey from Purple Poll.

    Most intriguing in Florida: Romney's ticket is deadlocked with President Obama's over Medicare, 44-45%, even though [...]

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  • Ann Romney to raise coin for Connie Mack at RNC baseball-themed event

    Now that the primary's over and he's the official Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Rep. Connie Mack is ready to cash in on all the goodwill with Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign.

    Romney's wife, Ann Romney, is a special gues of Mack's "Evening at the Ballpark" fundraiser at the Hyatt [...]

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  • Broward, where voting is never a primary concern


    When it comes to voting in primary elections, most people in Broward County couldn't care less.

    Broward posted by far the lowest county-wide turnout on Tuesday: 10.69 percent. That's pathetic even for Broward, which has a long history of civic indifference in primary elections. In 2010, the primary turnout there [...]

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  • Oliva ally Manny Diaz Jr. wins as field narrows for speaker in 2018

    Consider this a major mea culpa. We reported late Tuesday that Miami Rep. Jose Oliva R-Miami Lakes, succeeded in electing more allies in his bid to become House speaker in 2018.

    This is true, but we erred when we said one of those allies was Alex Diaz de la Portilla. He's [...]

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  • Romney's new Spanish-language ad: Yes we can? Oh no, he didn't

    From Univision:

    The Romney campaign argues in a new Spanish-language ad that President Obama is “fooling” Latinos into supporting him, even though they have felt the brunt of the recession.

    The 30-second spot released Wednesday opens with Obama’s famous 2008 campaign refrain “Yes we can!” (Sí se puede!) and then an on-screen [...]

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  • Rep. David Rivera-Joe Garcia rematch has the making of bloodsport

    The Democratic race to face one of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress ended Tuesday when Joe Garcia fended off three challengers to capture his party’s nomination.

    Now the tough work begins for Garcia: Taking on Rep. David Rivera, a popular Republican who narrowly escaped a multi-count state indictment for campaign [...]

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  • Second recount of the night? Watson v. Julien

    Miami Rep. Barbara Watson and Democratic rival state Rep. John Patrick Julien appeared headed for a recount late Tuesday as Watson led by only 26 votes when county officials stopped counting. Watson had 5,281 votes out of 10,536 votes cast to Julien's 5,255 votes. That's only .24 percent, within the half a percentage point threshold required [...]

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