Miami-Dade and Florida Dems lose focus and key seats in epic fail election

Miami-Dade and Florida Dems lose focus and key seats in epic fail election

Stupid Democrats. They were so busy pushing unprecedented resources to get a blue, progressive, Miami-Dade mayor — dipping into other nonpartisan races, like county commission and school board contests — that they lost sight of the ball and gave up two key congressional seats, possibly a key state senate incumbent and at least two Florida […]

Don’t believe GOP hype in House 120 campaign for Miami-Dade & the Keys

Don’t believe GOP hype in House 120 campaign for Miami-Dade & the Keys

By Brandon Rosado for Political Cortadito Florida House District 120 — which encompasses the southern part of Miami-Dade, all of the Florida Keys and the Everglades — is a major flashpoint of the global climate emergency. The southernmost district is plagued by poor water quality and threatened existentially by sea-level rise while emitting carbon dioxide […]

Could Dems take House Seat 110? Annette Collazo is working on it

Could Dems take House Seat 110? Annette Collazo is working on it

Among the important state races this year, at least for Democrats, is the contest for House District 110, vacated by termed-out Republican State Rep. and Speaker Jose Oliva, who will come back as a lobbyist in a couple years. Teacher and community organizer Annette Collazo, a Democrat, got a big boost in her campaign this […]

Dems look to run someone vs Vance Aloupis in HD115

Dems look to run someone vs Vance Aloupis in HD115

While there isn’t one yet, we can expect a challenge to State Rep. Vance Aloupis in 2020. Someone is polling voters in House District 115, a very flippable seat that state and local Democrats want badly. Voters in the district — which stretches from Doral through Westchester, Kendall, Pinecrest and into Palmetto Bay — were polled via […]

Caught playing politics, Jose Oliva pivots on firefighter cancer bill

Caught playing politics, Jose Oliva pivots on firefighter cancer bill

State Rep. Jose Oliva, the Speaker of the House holding the firefighter cancer bill back all session, reversed his earlier decision and said Tuesday that he would bring HB857 — or something very similar to it — to the floor in the near future. The legislation, four years in the making, aims to address healthcare […]