One day after Martin County Sheriff Robert Crowder announced that he’d be running against Congressman Allen West in the newly drawn District 18’s Republican primary, South Florida Tea Party Chairman Everett Wilkinson tweeted that he’s “considering running” as well.”Congressman West doesn’t live in this district. I’ve lived in this district…
South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz operates on a national stage — as chair of the Democratic National Committee, she’s the face of the president’s party and frequently takes on national issues. Late last night, she took to Twitter to attack Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The issue she chose? A…
We’re interviewing candidates in the race for Broward County Sheriff. So far, that means Scott Israel, this guy, and incumbent Sheriff Al Lamberti (who has not accepted an interview request)…
Democratic congressional candidate Patrick Murphy’s campaign just announced that he will be moving from his original plans to run in District 22 up to the newly drawn District 18 to challenge Congressman Allen West for a seat in the House of Representatives.West announced last week that he was giving up…
Former Fort Lauderdale state Sen. Mandy Dawson will plead guilty to two counts of tax evasion and three counts of failure to file a tax return, according to documents filed yesterday in federal court. She faces up to 13 years in prison.Dawson was indicted last year after authorities say she…
Most (male) Mitt Romney supporters have probably stumbled across an ad for AdultFriendFinder.com (NSFW) at one point or another, though they might not admit it. But now there’s another connection, between Friend Finder Networks and the likely Republican contender.Chairman of the Board Daniel Staton has reportedly donated $2,500 to Romney’s…
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) is one of the largest sheriff’s departments in the country. It provides law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services to areas across the county as well as other services like corrections and parole supervision. Sheriff Al Lamberti is facing two declared contenders in the…
The Republican National Committee is not happy. It wanted a drawn-out primary contest, one that would give less-organized or less-funded candidates a shot to prove themselves.Instead, we’re stuck with a brutal runoff between Guy Smiley and “the walrus of American politics,” and yesterday, RNC members explained why: It’s all Florida’s fault.They carefully…
The writers over at the Beast — manic, vulgar folks who once prank-called embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pretending to be a Koch brother — have released their annual “50 Most Loathsome Americans” list, and Gov. Rick Scott is featured prominently at number 18.The list describes him as “the consummate…
— Andy Bernard, The OfficeRepublican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich lost Tuesday’s primary by 14 points, which means he doesn’t get any of the state’s 50 delegates and front-runner Mitt Romney can go skipping to Nevada’s Saturday primary with a 48-delegate lead in the long, agonizing race for 1,144.We didn’t hear…
Say what you will about Allen West as a legislator; as a fundraiser, there’s no doubting that he’s very, very good. Finance documents submitted to the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday complete a picture of 2011 fundraising that reveals he’s raised about $5.8 million so far in the election cycle. That’s…
Six months ago, Bill Koch’s spokesman told us the Palm Beach billionaire’s political allegiances were “hard to pin down.” Unlike Tea Party sugar daddies Charles and David Koch, “Wild Bill” was the Koch brother who supported more traditional Republican candidates and liked to fly under the radar. Sure, he was…
Now that Allen West has announced his intent to ditch the 22nd to run in a more Republican district farther north, there’s no telling who’s going to come out of the woodwork to snag the open seat in the November election.Right now, the only sure candidates are Republican Adam Hasner,…
As you may have already heard 3 million or 4 million times, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Florida Republican primary last night with 46.4 percent of the vote — though more than seven in ten Broward Republicans didn’t even bother showing up to the polls.Only 28.7 percent of…
Ladies and gentlemen of District 22, at this time next year, you will be completely rid of Congressman Allen West.Faced with an unfriendly redistricting proposal and growing opposition from national groups including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, West announced this evening that he is ditching the whole place in favor…
I admit there’s almost no Broward/Palm Beach connection to the super PAC run by Comedy Central satirist Stephen Colbert, but I’m going to be waist-deep in South Florida’s disclosure forms for a while, so hopefully this will tide you over.Though the forms cover July through December 2011 only, the cover…
A cell phone company is jumping into the fight for District 22.Credo Mobile was founded in the ’80s as a long-distance phone service that sent 1 percent of customer charges to “further the causes of human rights, women’s rights, peace, environmentalism and an entire progressive agenda.” The founders eventually got…
In case you were not aware, Florida’s Republican primary is tomorrow, at which time thousands of Florida Republicans will emerge to support somebody and give the media a fresh narrative to invent and take into the upcoming caucuses. But it’s perfectly natural to feel a little anxiety when it comes…
We made a brief post last night announcing the arrest of Boynton Beach Mayor Jose Rodriguez on three criminal charges — including one felony — and now that we’ve had a chance to check out the probable-cause affidavit, we’ll let you know what happened.According to the report from the Palm…
The Republican presidential candidates at last night’s debate were dropping the names of Floridian public figures as quickly as they could come up with them. In response to a question about Hispanic Americans the candidates would consider for their Cabinets, everyone (except Ron Paul) started rattling off names ranging from…
After Rep. Allen West attributed one of Ronald Reagan’s anti-abortion quotes to Abraham Lincoln earlier this week, you’ll have to excuse us for being a bit skeptical when another politico comes to town attempting to channel Honest Abe.That said, we went straight to the experts at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential…
With the way campaign-financing laws are going these days, this may not even be surprising — the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida and a 17-year-old girl from Boca Raton are challenging a state law that prohibits minors from giving as much money to state and local political candidates as…
