Democrats, torn nationally between progressive and moderate wings of the party, will have a similar choice in the Jan. 28 special primary election for U.S. House in Florida's 6th District.
Florida Democrats are reeling from decisive 2024 election losses — defeats that solidified the state’s red status and sent many state Republicans off to Washington with big plans to spread conservative policy nationally.
If Florida Democrats have any hope of digging out of the hole they’re in, they’ll need a serious reboot, and quick. The party should start by taking a lesson from the GOP: When the Republicans lost to Barack Obama in 2012,
In the same elections where Democratic candidates lose, progressive policies win. Floridians have voted for marijuana legalization, a $15-an-hour minimum wage, environmental protections, restoration of voting rights for ex-felons, tax exemptions for public service workers and abortion rights—all in the past few cycles.
Florida Democrats torched outgoing President Joe Biden after he decided to remove Cuba's state-sponsor-of-terrorism designation.
It's a rare moment indeed when a state party publicly criticizes a president from their own side of the partisan aisle, but that's exactly what happened Tuesday when the Florida Democratic Party (FDP) sent out a press release stating that they "condemn in the strongest terms" President Joe Biden's decision to remove Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.
Cassel, who ran unopposed for her second term last November, in a post on X, bashed the Democratic Party over what she called a lack of support for Israel and said she believes Republicans offer a better vision for Florida. Gottlieb, who is also the head ...
When first running for office as a Democrat in 2022, state Rep. Hillary Cassel said she disagreed with Gov. Ron DeSantis on “almost all issues.” Just last year, Democratic state Rep. Susan Valdes said she couldn’t understand why Latinos would vote for a “dictator” like Donald Trump.
Nikki Fried, the head of Florida's Democratic Party, says Florida has been the test case for Project 2025 — a sweeping, ultra-conservative sort-of policy playbook authored by allies of President Donald Trump.
Some defendants were completely pardoned while others were commuted, meaning their convictions still stand, but their prison time is done.
The Florida Democratic Party slammed President Biden for his decision to lift Cuba’s State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) designation in exchange for freeing jailed political prisoners who protested
Doral Vice Mayor Maureen Porras is a Democrat no more. Porras has jumped ship and joined the Republican Party. She’s the third Florida Democrat to do so since the 2024 General Election — after state Reps. Susan Valdés and Hillary Cassel — and the first from Miami-Dade.