Politics & Elections Archives - Page 51 of 61

2020 Campaign

Click to vote for Palm Bay City Council Seat 2

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August 16, 2020

2020 Campaign

Candidate Spotlight – Kim Adkinson for Republican State Committeewoman

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August 16, 2020

2020 Campaign

Fine drops $141,143 fighting ‘irrelevant’ Marcie Adkins; $87,593 spent by all other state reps combined

Reginald Dwight -

August 15, 2020

2020 Campaign

Local Republicans in Florida Go After One of Their Own in State Rep. Randy Fine

The Space Coast Rocket -

August 14, 2020

2020 Campaign

Anointed and Appointed

Robert W. Burns III -

August 14, 2020

2020 Campaign

Where’s Marcie? – Letter to the editor

The Space Coast Rocket -

August 13, 2020

Covid-19

Super Secret Listening Session Scheduled for Friday – State Official will tiptoe in then run out.

Reginald Dwight -

August 13, 2020

2020 Campaign

Public workers frustrated as they are forced to pick up hundreds of Randy Fine’s illegally placed signs costing thousands

Robert W. Burns III -

August 12, 2020

2020 Campaign

Palm Bay council candidate Janice Crisp being evicted for over $20k in unpaid rent

Robert W. Burns III -

August 12, 2020

2020 Campaign

Possible Hurricane Josephine may hit Florida on election day – what it means to you

Reginald Dwight -

August 12, 2020

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The Space Coast Rocket

2 hours ago

FLOODING UPDATE As of 10:00 a.m. on November 4, 2026, we have seen significant progress in roadway conditions. We are happy to report that all major roadways in West Melbourne are now open with one exception: FDOT Central Florida is still working on a stretch of John Rodes Blvd from 192 to Ellis Rd. That remains closed while stalled and abandoned vehicles continue to be removed. In relation to local neighborhood streets, there are still some communities that remain flooded. PLEASE avoid these neighborhoods if you don’t have a legitimate need to be there. Residents have reported vehicles creating a wake that is pushing water into garages and homes causing further damage. Please continue to use caution when traveling as some roadways have accumulated sand. Motorists are encouraged to increase following distances. We appreciate everyone's patience and cooperation as we continue working to ensure the safety of our residents and motorists.Post shared from West Melbourne Police ...

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The Space Coast Rocket

2 hours ago

How did Florida stay red when so much of the country went blue? It started with the biggest head start in the nation.Going into Tuesday, Florida Republicans had 1.54 million more registered voters than Democrats: 41.5% to 30.3%, an 11-point edge. No other state that registers voters by party has a Republican lead that big in raw numbers.How other big states started:Arizona: R +6.5 pointsNorth Carolina: R +0.3Nevada: about evenPennsylvania: D +1.9California: D +20New York: D +25Even with an 11-point cushion, Republicans won every statewide race by less than 3 points:Governor: Byron Donalds (R) 4,123,135, David Jolly (D) 4,010,202. Margin: about 113,000 votes, or 1.4 points.U.S. Senate: Ashley Moody (R) 50.8%, Angie Nixon (D) 48.1%. Margin: about 2.7 points.Attorney General: James Uthmeier (R) 4,168,761, Jose Javier Rodriguez (D) 4,010,263. Margin: about 158,000 votes, or 1.9 points.Chief Financial Officer: Blaise Ingoglia (R) 4,141,271, Annette Taddeo (D) 3,982,037. Margin: about 159,000 votes, or 2.0 points.Agriculture Commissioner: Wilton Simpson (R) 4,150,475, Joey Mendoza Atkins (D) 3,968,752. Margin: about 182,000 votes, or 2.2 points.Republicans came in with a 1.54 million-voter registration lead. Their biggest statewide win was about 182,000 votes.The same thing happened here at home in Brevard.Brevard Republicans have 95,565 more active voters than Democrats: 46.5% to 25.2%, a lead of more than 21 points.Mike Haridopolos won Brevard by only 33,927 votes, or 12.7 points (151,057 to 117,130 over Jennifer Jenkins). That’s barely half of his party’s registration lead in his home county.Across all of CD8, he won by about 6.5 points, 53.3% to 46.7%. In 2024 he won CD8 by 24.5 points, or more than 110,000 votes. The district lines changed this year, but a drop from about 24 points to about 6 is a huge swing for a seat that’s supposed to be safe.And Brevard may be about to elect a Democrat for the first time in over a decade.No Democrat has won a partisan race in Brevard since at least 2012. Since then, Republicans won every one.This year, Democrat Dan McDow leads Rep. Monique Miller by 274 votes in House District 33, 50.19% to 49.81%, with all precincts reporting. If his lead holds through the recount, he’ll be Brevard’s first Democrat elected to the Florida House since the 1990s. This happened after a hostile takeover in Brevard of the local Republican Executive Committee orchestrated by Randy Fine, State Committee Woman Marie Rogerson (Fine's Deputy Chief of Staff), and State Committeeman Josiah Gattle (who has lost every election he ever ran to a democrat in bright red Brevard). They partnered with School Board Members Matt Susin and Gene Trent for strategy yet were unable to even make a quorum for almost a year. Under their leadership after ousting former Chair Rick Lacey, Brevard had it's worst Republican performance in over a decade with Trent losing his seat as an incumbent Republican running in an overwhelmingly red district.Congress is closer than the 20-8 delegation makes it look. As of late Tuesday, five Florida congressional races were within 1 point:District 9: Darren Soto (D) +0.5District 27: Maria Elvira Salazar (R) +0.5District 7: Ryan Elijah (R) +0.6District 13: Anna Paulina Luna (R) +0.8District 26: Mario Diaz-Balart (R) +0.8The shift was clear in Tallahassee too:State House: Republicans are on track to lose about 15 seats and their two-thirds supermajority. Democrats are no longer a “super-minority.”State Senate: Democrats were leading in at least one Republican-held seat. The GOP supermajority there appears to have survived, but barely.Republicans held every statewide office, but by only a fraction of their registration lead, and they lost ground from Tallahassee to Brevard.So Florida wasn’t immune to the national shift. It just had a bigger lead to lose.All results are unofficial and don’t include provisional ballots or mail ballots that can still be cured. Several races, including House District 33, may go to recounts. Read my full analysis is the link in the comments. ...

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The Space Coast Rocket

3 hours ago

BREAKING: Speaker Mike Johnson will not seek to lead House Republicans in the next Congress after Democrats won control of the House in Tuesday's midterm elections.Johnson informed his staff of the decision during an all-staff call Wednesday morning, according to Fox News Digital, which cited two sources. The Fox News Decision Desk has projected Democrats will control the House, with Hakeem Jeffries in line to become the next speaker.The race to lead House Republicans in the minority is now shaping up between House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana. Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota has told colleagues he will run for whip in the minority.The Space Coast Rocket has learned that Rep. Mike Haridopolos, who represents Florida's 8th Congressional District, has privately said he wants to run for the position as well.Johnson conceded the loss of the House at his election night party in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. He rose from relative obscurity to win the speaker's gavel in October 2023 following the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson of North Carolina is also expected to lose his re#HouseGOPb#haridopolosO#spacecoastlos #SpaceCoast ...

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