Jeff Miller on Trump, Rubio, National Guard bonuses and Federal Courthouse repairs [podcast]

Congressman Jeff Miller spend 20 minutes yesterday giving an update on local and national politics on “Pensacola Speaks.” On efforts to recollect bonuses from National…

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Wilcox thanks media

Orlando businessman Todd Wilcox yesterday dropped out of the U.S. Senate race and endorsed Marco Rubio. After his announcement, Wilcox sent this note to those…

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Backroom briefing: The best and worst of 2014 Election

Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The 2014 campaign had no shortage of drama,…

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GOP grabs supermajority in Florida House

By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The already-conservative Florida House will lean even more to the right the next two years. Republicans, as…

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A few more election observations

Gen-X takes over Escambia County Commission With the election of Doug Underhill, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners will be one of the youngest in…

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Election Night coverage on WCOA

I will join Don Parker tonight from 6-8:30 p.m. on WCOA 1370AM for their Election Night coverage. The results of the city races will be…

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10,895 more votes cast in Escambia County since 2:10 p.m.

The 4:30 p.m. unofficial Election Day turnout update: 40,109. Overall turnout (including AB and EV) 42.36%. 2 1/2 hours ’til polls close. It doesn’t look…

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Three million voted in Florida before election day

Continuing a trend, about 3 million voters cast ballots in Florida before Election Day, with 1.7 million people voting by absentee ballot and another 1.3…

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Latest Escambia vote totals – 29,214 votes cast as of 2:10 p.m.

According to the Escambia Supervisor of Elections’ office, 29,214 votes have been cast today as of 2:10 p.m. The early voting had 18,420 votes, and…

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Scott campaign uses O word one more time

Just got this email – old habits die hard After months of waiting, President Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail for Charlie Crist….

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Vote. Polls are open until 7 p.m. – update

City precincts appear to be slow, but I’m hearing those in Escambia County District 2 were doing a brisk business during the lunch hour. Remember…

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Crist, Scott pull out big guns in final push

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist marched down the street in Fort Lauderdale, visited black churches in two…

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