Tag: Florida

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a rally for Omaha Democratic mayoral candidate Heath Mello, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Omaha, Neb.

Bernie Sanders: ‘White folks’ may have felt too ‘uncomfortable’ to vote for black candidates

Naomi Lim · November 8, 2018 7:03 pm

In this June 27, 2018, file photo, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump blamed Republicans who lost for failing to embrace him, but some of them would have lost by more

Erin Dunne · November 8, 2018 6:12 pm

Republican Florida Governor-elect Ron DeSantis speaks as his wife Casey, left, Lt. Governor-elect Jeanette Nunez and her husband Adrian Nunez look on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. DeSantis defeated Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum.

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Minorities helped boost Ron DeSantis to the governor’s office, and the numbers show it

Ryan Girdusky · November 8, 2018 6:04 pm

Republican Florida Governor-elect Ron DeSantis, center, waves to the supporters with his wife, Casey, left, and Republican Lt. Governor-elect Jeanette Nunez, third right, after thanking the crowd Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Orlando, Fla. DeSantis defeated Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum.

Beltway Confidential

How the blue wave died in Daytona Beach

Daniel Allott · November 8, 2018 1:40 pm

Democratic candidate for Arizona governor David Garcia (pictured right) pauses as he gives his concession speech while his wife, Lori (pictured left), applauds at an election night gathering for Democrats on Tuesday in Phoenix.

Beltway Confidential

Progressive candidates blew it in the competitive midterm races

Becket Adams · November 8, 2018 12:20 am

The media’s Democrat darlings of the midterm elections all failed

Eddie Scarry · November 8, 2018 12:00 am

Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott smiles as he speaks to supporters at an election watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Naples, Fla.

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Recount madness returns to Florida, but Bill Nelson is unlikely to overtake Rick Scott

Philip Wegmann · November 7, 2018 5:58 pm

Former President Barack Obama delivers his speech at the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, July 17, 2018.

Obama praises Americans for electing leaders who 'look like America'

Caitlin Yilek · November 7, 2018 5:00 pm

Gen. Robert Abrams, right, shakes hands with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. James Inhofe, R-Ok., left, as ranking member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., stands center, after a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.

National Security

Senate Armed Services sheds Democrats, while incumbents hold on in House

Travis J. Tritten · November 7, 2018 4:42 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. If confirmed, Kavanaugh would fortify the high court's conservative majority, and spotlight the rightward march of the federal judiciary under Trump and the GOP-controlled Senate.

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Michael Barone: The Kavanaugh Effect was Senate Democrats’ undoing

Michael Barone · November 7, 2018 3:31 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Bill Nelson

Florida heading to a recount in close Senate contest between Rick Scott and Bill Nelson

Daniel Chaitin · November 7, 2018 3:20 pm

President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, Obama met with top advisers at the White House to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Obama loses again

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 7, 2018 5:54 am