Miami Commissioner Ken Russell may finally have a serious challenge: Jim Fried, a radio show host for 10 years and the uncle of Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikky Fried, filed paperwork last week to run in District 2. Another candidate, Javier Gonzalez, has been in the race since December. But he’s been running since 2015, when he […]
If Vice President Joe Biden won Tuesday’s Day 2 of the second Democratic presidential debate, as some argue, then Sen. Elizabeth Warren won on Wednesday. Biden was on defense all night — blocking left, dodging right. He was hit on healthcare, on race, on immigration. He stammered and stopped several times, failed to seize opportunities […]
The first day of the second Democratic debate seemed like a bad Thanksgiving dinner at the home of a dysfunctional family who are going to all love each other again come Christmas. And like a dress rehearsal for Day 2. How unfair is it that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and Julian Castro get to […]
The Miami Beach City Commission on Wednesday will consider putting a referendum question on the November ballot that would extend the mayoral term from two years to four. Ah, power. The resolution would also ask voters to change term limits from three two-year terms to two four-year terms, giving the position — and incumbent Mayor […]
We have three new interesting candidates wanting to get on the Miami-Dade School Board. In the District 3 race, we have Dr. Raquel Bild-Libbin challenging 15-year School Board Member Martin Karp. She filed paperwork last month naming political mailer Keith Donner as her treasurer. She is a Miami Beach-based licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of […]
With all eyes on South Florida this week as 20 Democratic presidential candidates debate for two days in downtown Miami, local politicians want to make sure the issues that impact us most at home are front and center. “These are national issues but they are hurting us locally tremendously,” said Sen. Annette Taddeo, who will […]
With the big four Miami-Dade cities having elections this November and six of the 13 county commissioners termed out in 2020 leaving open seats, a new crop of political action committees are getting in line to take special interest money and turn it into attack ads. There are at least 21 new PACs registered with […]
Former State Rep. David Richardson first wanted to be a state senator, toying with inheriting the seat once held by Sen. Gwen Margolis before it was redistricted in 2016. Then he wanted to be a congressman, but lost the primary last year to former UM president Donna Shalala. who went on to win the seat […]
In her first month of campaign fundraising after announcing her run for 2020 Miami-Dade mayor, Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava shows she will be a force to be reckoned with — if not the outright front runner from Day 1. Levine Cava raised almost $230,000, according to her first report from April 2 to April 30. […]
With the qualifying deadline upon us and the Coral Gables Election only 46 days away, candidates continue to raise funds for their campaigns — and spend it, at an alarming rate in some cases. Sometimes what’s more important isn’t how much a candidate has raised but how quickly it gets spent and how much is […]