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Republican Scott Franklin wins US House District 15 race
Read full article: Republican Scott Franklin wins US House District 15 raceRepublican Scott Franklin has won Florida Rep. Ross Spano’s seat in the U.S. House. Franklin defeated Democrat Alan Cohn in Tuesday’s election, ensuring that Spano’s seat stays in Republican hands. The Lakeland commissioner has operated a small business in the city for 20 years. He said he never voted for a tax increase while serving as a Lakeland commissioner. Alan Cohn (D)Cohn is a Peabody Award-winning television investigative journalist and is making another run for the District 15 seat.
UPDATES: President Trump, Joe Biden fight for Florida
Read full article: UPDATES: President Trump, Joe Biden fight for FloridaThe Latest: Gimenez wins House seat over Mucarsel-PowellRepublican Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez has won a Florida seat in the U.S. House, defeating a single-term Democrat. The 41-year-old Democrat easily defeated Republican H. Wayne Clark in the heavily Democratic county. _____8:17 p.m.Republican Kat Cammack has won Florida’s U.S. House seat held by her former boss, retiring Florida Republican Rep. Ted Yoho. _____7:22 p.m.Republican state Rep. Byron Donalds has been elected to the U.S. House seat now held by Florida Republican Francis Rooney. “I feel he’s just more level-headed.”______7 a.m.Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden have campaigned heavily in Florida, each hoping to win the prized battleground state’s 29 electoral votes.
Trump wins Florida; voters raise minimum wage to $15
Read full article: Trump wins Florida; voters raise minimum wage to $15— District 3: Republican Kat Cammack has won Florida’s U.S. House seat held by her former boss, retiring Florida Republican Rep. Ted Yoho. He defeated Democrat Donna Deegan, a former television news anchor who has worked to raise money for breast cancer research and to help patients. — District 15: Republican Scott Franklin has won Florida Rep. Ross Spano’s seat in the U.S. House. Deutch was first elected in 2010 and represents a firmly Democratic district that includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties. A supermajority of Florida voters approved the amendment to the Florida Constitution that will raise Florida’s minimum wage from the current $8.56 an hour to $15 an hour by 2026.
Meet the candidates: Here’s who’s running for US House District 15
Read full article: Meet the candidates: Here’s who’s running for US House District 15The Lakeland commissioner has operated a small business in the city for 20 years. He said he never voted for a tax increase while serving as a Lakeland commissioner. The Lakeland commissioner said he will fight for the Second Amendment. Alan Cohn (D)Cohn is a Peabody Award-winning television investigative journalist and is making another run for the District 15 seat. As part of his platform, Cohn describes health care as a human right hoping to bring more affordable care to Americans and hopes to create effective policies to curb the climate crisis.
Meet the candidates: Here are the Democrats running for US House District 15
Read full article: Meet the candidates: Here are the Democrats running for US House District 15Three Democratic candidates will face off in Floridas primary for the Congressional District 15 seat hoping for a coveted spot on the ballot in the November race. [READ MORE: Here are the Republican candidates running for U.S. House District 15]Spano is running for re-election with Scott Franklin looking to nab the Republican partys nomination. Here are the Democrats vying for the District 15 seat:Alan CohnAlan Cohn. (WKMG)Cohn is a Peabody Award-winning television investigative journalist and is making another run for the District 15 seat. (WKMG)Philippe has been described as the underdog of the District 15 race and is the youngest candidate campaigning for the Democratic nomination.