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Marco Rubio

DeSantis is expected to pick Florida’s U.S. Senate replacement for Rubio by January

Without providing names, Ron DeSantis said he’s “already received strong interest from several possible candidates.”
Matt Gaetz

Donald Trump selects Matt Gaetz for Attorney General and Marco Rubio for Secretary of State

Gaetz has identified himself as a “libertarian populist” and has been at the center of several controversies in Florida and on Capitol Hill.
Marco Rubio

Ron DeSantis has decisions to make after Trump picks Rubio and Walz

Rubio’s Senate term is scheduled to expire in 2028, but DeSantis’ appointee would serve until an election is held in 2026.
Donald Trump

Florida was front and center at the RNC – a weekly recap and analysis of the week in state government and politics

The nightly roster of speakers at the Republican National Convention was filled with Florida officials and residents.
Marco Rubio

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is passed over by Trump, who selects JD Vance as running mate

Trump announced U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his 2024 running mate at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
U.S. Senate race in Florida 2022 elections

Marco Rubio and Val Demings clash in their only debate

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and his Democratic challenger, Congress member Val Demings debate in Florida's 2022 elections.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio on Election 2020

Florida’s U.S. Senators contribute to false claims election results shouldn’t be trusted

On Tuesday, both of Florida’s Republican U.S. Senators released statements seeming to sow seeds of doubt on the recent general election. Independent observers confirmed that the elections were free and fair and that Joe Biden...
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28 students “die-in” outside Marco Rubio’s Tampa office to protest inaction on gun violence

At noon today 28 people – most of them high school students – laid silent and motionless on the sidewalk in front of the Federal Building in downtown Tampa. The demonstration in front of the...

Tampa Bay students will “die-in” to protest gun violence

This coming Tuesday is the second anniversary of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando; it’s also the date of coordinated “die-ins” across the country led by students enraged with the epidemic of...

Shootings + politicians + the NRA’s money

Seventeen people were murdered at the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida yesterday. It was the 18th school shooting in the US in 2018. It was the first in Florida of the year....
Occupy Tampa at Curtis Hixon.

House passes tax overhaul; protest in Tampa before Senate vote

On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades; the vote was mostly along party lines, 227 to 203. The House now sends the...
Health Care, not tax cuts. Medicaid, not millionaires. Trumpcare. AHCA. Senate healthcare bill

Tampa groups urge a “no” vote on Trumpcare

Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have delayed a vote on their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a “Trumpcare” bill that cuts Medicaid and reduces taxes; in a press conference...
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