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Gabrielle Russon is an award-winning journalist based in Orlando. She covered the business of theme parks for the Orlando Sentinel. Her previous newspaper stops include the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Toledo Blade, Kalamazoo Gazette and Elkhart Truth as well as an internship covering the nation’s capital for the Chicago T
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Ron DeSantis endorsed a state Senate candidate on 9/11. It could have waited.
7+ hour, 45+ min ago (478+ words) Warning: This is a column about pearl clutching. I’m the one doing it. Like so many others, I hold Sept. 11 as a sacred day. My family is from the City. I lived in New York. I remember Sept. 12, when this…...
Winner and Loser of the Week in Florida politics — Week of 9.6.26
8+ hour, 16+ min ago (1741+ words) With just over 50 days until a pivotal election, a new political battlefront is emerging in Florida’s most populous county. Is it a new affordability issue or a controversial immigration plan? Is it a war of choice we’re being gaslit by…...
'Connecting the dots': Christopher Chestnut roots family backing Byron Donalds in persecution of Andrew Gillum, FDP's treatment of Black Democrats
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (724+ words) Christopher Chestnut says his mother Cynthia Chestnut’s endorsement of Republican Byron Donalds isn’t about “kickbacks,” and that he’s endorsing the Republican over Democrat David Jolly in the Governor’s race also. “We’re not the sellouts. We’re being sold out,” he said…...
After questions about Black support, Black leaders surge to boost David Jolly
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (226+ words) After Democratic Gainesville Commissioner Cynthia Chestnut decided to rebuke her party and back Republican Byron Donalds in the Governor’s race, Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly is rolling out a coalition of Black former and current elected officials to vouch for…...
José Javier Rodríguez, Annette Taddeo to spend weekend courting South Florida labor, faith base
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (622+ words) Two Democratic Cabinet hopefuls are spending the weekend working South Florida’s union halls and church pews, trying to build momentum in a pair of uphill statewide contests. Annette Taddeo, the Democratic nominee for CFO, will meet with labor leaders in…...
Jim Boyd, Jay Trumbull endorse 'leader' Alex Rizo in pending Special Election for SD 39
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (490+ words) Hialeah Republican Rep. Alex Rizo’s bid for the Senate now carries the blessing of the man poised to lead it and the chamber’s top designator of health and human services dollars. Senate President-designate Jim Boyd and Sen. Jay Trumbull are…...
Last Call for 9.9.26 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (944+ words) — First Shot — Ed. note — Peter and Drew are locked in on an AI project that we believe will change the way Florida political news is covered. They’re going heads-down Thursday to bring it across the finish line, so there will…...
Byron Donalds turns lean-years story, hurricane warning into affordability pitch
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (553+ words) The honeymoon was in Fort Lauderdale because plane tickets cost too much. Dinner was drive-through chili, with rice added to stretch it. Byron Donalds is running on it. “When we got married, we worked two jobs each, and we were…...
James Uthmeier suggests leaked Hope Florida Foundation grand jury report was an election season ploy
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (283+ words) Attorney General James Uthmeier says Democratic State Attorney Jack Campbell “weaponized the judicial system to bring a politically motivated case against the (Ron) DeSantis administration” and “abused his office” by letting the Hope Florida grand jury report find its way…...
Byron Donalds accuses David Jolly of ducking media, voters in 'basement campaign"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (322+ words) Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds is deriding Democrat David Jolly for being unable or unwilling to face the press and the people of Florida. “We’re doing two, three events a day all across Florida. You really can’t find David Jolly....