The Miami-Dade Commission election is sneaking up on us — it’s in August, not November, like the state and congressional races — and it’s going to be a pretty important one, with five of the six seats open, thanks to term limits. Say goodbye to commissioners Jean Monestime, Sally Heyman, Rebeca Sosa, Javier Souto, and […]
Redistricting and the upcoming legislative sessions are the topics listed for discussion when the Women’s Republican Club of Miami Federated has Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen speak at Monday’s meeting. But how much you wanna bet the Iran deal, which both are against, will be the main focus of the night? The meeting […]
Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, a former state rep and one-time Miami-Dade property appraiser who wants to replace Sen. Marco Rubio in D.C., is trying to cast himself as a near carbon copy of his would-be predecessor, a 2012 VP contender with the real potential to be the first Hispanic U.S. president. It ain’t gonna fly. Read related […]
Lo prometido es deuda and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera will keep his promise from a month ago to make an announcement for his Senate run Wednesday — and he will do it at 1 p.m. at the Northwest Miami-Dade offices of a politically-connected businesswoman who was charged with tax evasion in the 90s. Well, at least […]
Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera got the green light from his wife. C-Lo told a group of close to 750 Republicans at the Miami-Dade Lincoln Day Dinner that he was “considering” a run for the U.S. Senate seat that will be vacated by presidential hopeful Marco Rubio in 2016. He won’t make an official announcement until July 15 […]
Now that they are competing for the same job, Sen. Marco Rubio will not let Sen. Ted Cruz take his place this year at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, the biggest fundraiser thrown every year by the Miami-Dade Republican Party. But it’s not an endorsement or a slight on former Gov. Jeb Bush. Rubio was […]
Florida legislators jump at the chance to become Florida’s next U.S. Senator Wow. Just look at the legislators lunging for the coveted open Senate seat left by Marco Rubio‘s White House ambition. The list 15 months out already makes for two delicious 2016 primaries in what is already a year full of races to watch. No matter […]
Tuesday’s election isn’t even over and many political observes, pundits, junkies, consultants and potential candidates are already sorta looking further into the future — as in November 2016. Everybody’s talking about who might run against Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez, who thinks he’s got it in the bag and really needs to be taught a lesson. And […]
What do you call it when you put all the local Republican club members, political candidates, party loyalsists, activists, campaign workers and volunteers together in one room with a DJ, a slideshow, a stage, a guy dressed as Abraham Lincoln serving beverages and lots of balloons in red, white and blue? The GOP organizers called […]
By MARGIE MENZELTHE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDATHE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, July 16, 2014 — Carlos Lopez-Cantera is the first Hispanic lieutenant governor of Florida. Gov. Rick Scott tapped him for the post in January, 10 months after the resignation of former Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, and Lopez-Cantera was sworn in Feb. 3. Lopez-Cantera represented part of Miami-Dade County in the […]