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Who Will Replace Mitch McConnell As GOP Senate Leader? John Cornyn and John Thune are the favorites, but they’re not the only candidates.
early and often
Dec. 5, 2023
Haley’s Plan to Gut the Government Is Even Worse Than Trump’s Her five-year “term limit” proposal for federal employees shows she’s no moderate.
By Ed Kilgore
Rick Scott Is Unfortunately Right About Novak Djokovic The Biden administration’s policy of blocking unvaccinated people from the country continues to make little sense.
By Benjamin Hart
early and often
Feb. 17, 2023
Rick Scott’s Revised ‘Rescue Plan’ Is Still Stuck on Stupid After damaging his party and delighting Democrats, Scott finally relented on sunsetting Social Security and Medicare — but not the other madness.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Feb. 14, 2023
Is Rick Scott Looking to Sunset His Senate Seat? The Floridian’s threat to Social Security and Medicare has damaged Republicans so badly that even Mitch McConnell seems ready to give up on his seat.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Feb. 10, 2023
Mitch McConnell Can’t Stop Rick Scott’s Self-destructive Spree Biden’s mockery and McConnell’s scorn could not keep Rick Scott from defending his attack on Social Security and Medicare in a disastrous interview.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Oct. 3, 2022
By Jonathan Chait
early and often
Sept. 1, 2022
Rick Scott Wants Mitch McConnell to Be ‘Cheerleader’ for Bad Candidates Scott, the Republican Senatorial Committee chairman, is upset at McConnell for merely hinting that weak MAGA candidates are a problem for the party.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
June 10, 2022
Rick Scott Backtracks, But His Plan Is Still Ultra-MAGA Madness Even with revisions, Rick Scott’s efforts to define a post-midterm agenda for his party is a gift to Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Apr. 15, 2022
Rick Scott’s Ultra-MAGA Agenda Gives Democrats a Midterm Lifeline Democrats are eager to campaign against a party that, according to Scott, wants to raise taxes and sunset Medicare and Social Security.
By Ed Kilgore
Pence Unveils Less Unhinged, Equally Dangerous GOP Agenda Rick Scott’s agenda for Republicans is Maximum MAGA, while Mike Pence’s is MAGA Lite. But both contain the same ideological core.
By Ed Kilgore
Rick Scott Doubles Down on His Bonkers Agenda for the GOP Mitch McConnell publicly rejected Scott’s disastrous plan, so now the Florida senator has written an op-ed to whine about his persecution.
By Ed Kilgore
Rick Scott’s Bonkers GOP Agenda Shows Why McConnell Doesn’t Want One If you think Donald Trump is too moderate, the Florida senator has got an 11-point plan just for you.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
Mar. 26, 2020
The Longest Day: Senate Unanimously Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill After a failed Republican effort to cut unemployment benefits, the largest emergency aid package in U.S. history passed unanimously.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 16, 2019
Trump Relies on Maduro-Bashing to Win Florida Next Year Trump’s attacks on Maduro are key to winning Florida’s Latino immigrants and boosting his advantage among Cuban-Americans despite his other policies.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 11, 2019
Trump May Freak Out Florida With Green Light for Offshore Drilling Florida Republican elected officials fear Trump’s relationship with fossil-fuel industries could lead him to a politically disastrous decision.
By Ed Kilgore
Senator Whose Company Defrauded Medicare to Lead GOP’s Health-Care Push Trump’s slapdash effort to own health care reform will be led by Rick Scott, the ex-CEO of a company once fined $1.7 billion for defrauding Medicare.
By Matt Stieb
2018 midterms
Dec. 4, 2018
Democratic Weakness Among Florida Latinos in 2018 a Warning A poor performance among Latinos cost Democrats the governorship and a Senate seat in this key battleground state. They’d better focus on it soon.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 15, 2018
One Florida Recount Ends, and the Last One Begins It appears the machine recount of the Florida midterms is complete, with a hand recount of the Senate — but not the gubernatorial — race up next.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 14, 2018
Overheated Machines, Deadlines, and Other News From the Latest Florida Recount A statewide machine recount is supposed to end on Thursday, followed by a hand recount that could upset apparent Republican victories.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 12, 2018
Florida Recounts Proceed Amid Wild GOP Claims of Election Stealing From Florida to Washington, Republicans are making some pretty lurid accusations about recounts they were probably going to win anyway.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 9, 2018
All the Midterm Races That Remain Unresolved There are ten House races, two Senate races, and two gubernatorial races where there’s still doubt about who won.
By Ed Kilgore
Republicans Need to Stop Baselessly Accusing Democrats of Stealing Elections Republicans have cause for accusing Broward County of incompetence — but none for accusing “liberals” of trying to steal an election.
By Eric Levitz
There’s a New Electoral Map in Town Post-midterms, Democrats are looking over the new contours of the presidential map as they figure out where to take on Trump in 2020.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
2018 midterms
Oct. 17, 2018
Hurricane Michael Is Already Affecting the Midterms Florida Governor Rick Scott could delay state elections due to the storm’s impact, but not his own Senate race. In Georgia, early voting has begun.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 11, 2018
Democrats Have a Latino Voting Problem. It’s Not New, But It’s Urgent. Latino turnout in midterms has been terrible, and Donald Trump alone may not change that.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 8, 2018
Hurricane Michael Threatens to Upend Florida Elections Even if Republicans don’t want to acknowledge that climate change is real, they have to deal with the political reality of more intense autumn storms.
By Ed Kilgore
puerto rico
Sept. 13, 2018
Florida Republicans Scramble to Repudiate Trump Tweets on Maria Death Toll The president has thrown a stink bomb into Florida politics at the worst possible moment.
By Ed Kilgore
medicare for all
Sept. 7, 2018
GOP’s Latest Mediscare Tactic Is Deeply Cynical Attacking Medicare for All as a threat to Medicare is pretty bald-faced.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 primaries
Aug. 28, 2018
Progressive Andrew Gillum Wins Florida Democratic Gubernatorial Primary in Upset Bernie Sanders–endorsed Gillum, who hopes to be Florida’s first black governor, will face Trump pick Ron DeSantis in a high-stakes general election.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
Aug. 23, 2018
6 New Midterm Polls You’ll Want to See Barn-burners in Wisconsin and Texas, a GOP governor in trouble in Illinois, and other numbers from the campaign trail.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 senate elections
Aug. 22, 2018
Democratic Drive to Win Senate Hitting Some Barriers in Florida and New Jersey Most Senate observers are focused on Democrats in deep-red states. But Nelson of Florida is in trouble, and Menendez of New Jersey could be, too.
By Ed Kilgore
latino voters
Aug. 21, 2018
Donald Trump’s GOP Is Surprisingly Good at Minority Outreach The president’s overt bigotry hasn’t prevented down-ballot Republicans from making inroads with black and Latino voters.
By Eric Levitz
Most ‘Trump Ten’ Democratic Senators Doing Better Than Trump in Their States The president isn’t nearly as strong as he was in 2016 in many states where Democratic senators are running for reelection this year.
By Ed Kilgore
Democrats Could Make Big Gains in Governor Seats in the Midterms In what might be the most overlooked category in midterm races, there’s lots of potential for a blue wave.
By Ed Kilgore
Scott Versus Nelson in a Spendy Sunshine State Slugfest for a Senate Seat Scott’s money and Trump’s popularity (or lack thereof) make this a race that’s hard to predict.
By Ed Kilgore
Florida Governor Signs Major Gun-Reform Law The law may be limited, but it’s a big step in an unlikely place.
By Benjamin Hart
Democratic Senate Looking Like a Reach — Again Prospects for a Democratic Senate after the midterms have waxed and waned, but it may be tough for Democrats to hang on in deep red states.
By Ed Kilgore
stoneman shooting
Feb. 18, 2018
Top GOP Donor Cuts Off Opponents of Assault Weapon Ban The Florida school shooting seems to have moved at least some Republicans to action.
By Chas Danner
Rick Scott: The FBI Director Must Resign (for a Mistake He Didn’t Make) The (pro-NRA) governor says Chris Wray must quit because the FBI’s Miami field office failed to pursue a tip about the Parkland shooter.
By Eric Levitz
An Initiative to Give Ex-Felons Voting Rights Could Remake F.L. Politics in 2020 More than a million Floridians can’t vote because of felony criminal records. That could all change this November.
By Ed Kilgore
Zinke Says Florida Got Offshore-Drilling Exemption Because Governor Asked Nicely Now the Interior secretary is being bombarded by not-so-polite requests from state lawmakers of both parties.
By Margaret Hartmann
Trump Just Let Florida Block Offshore Drilling. That’s a Scandal. At best, the decision to spare Florida (and only Florida) from offshore drilling is a political stunt. At worst, it’s a gift to Mar-a-Lago.
By Eric Levitz
2018 Senate Overview: The Pro-GOP Landscape Is Turning Blue Trump’s unpopularity, strong Democratic incumbents, and some luck are benefiting the party that would’ve expected to lose badly in 2018 Senate races.
By Ed Kilgore
Red-State Democratic Senators Don’t Seem Scared to Act Like Democrats A potential Gorsuch filibuster will be a key test. But early indications are that few are breaking party ranks.
By Ed Kilgore
voter suppression
Oct. 6, 2016
Will Hurricane Matthew Have Consequences for November? The storm is hitting the swing state of Florida days before the voter-registration deadline, and Governor Rick Scott has refused to extend it.
By Jonah Shepp
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