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Interview: Will Fonseca and Katrina Scarborough, candidates for Osceola property appraiser, were interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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The Hispanic Heritage Month event, the details of which were not officially released as of Monday afternoon, comes after a series of polls and news reports show Biden’s potential weakness with Florida Hispanic voters.
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Readers also weigh in on the Amendment 4 ruling, open primaries and lawsuits against restaurants.
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Across the state in Miami, though, it’s Biden’s apparent slippage with Hispanics that’s garnering the most attention and has Democrats wringing their hands. Republican officials, and Trump himself, have repeatedly made overtures not just to Cuban Americans who have been an enduring part of their coalition but to non-Cuban Hispanics, a growing and potentially pivotal voting group.
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The Orlando Sentinel endorses labor and employment lawyer Patricia Sigman in the important Florida Senate District 9 race, citing her priorities and the dismal voting record of her opponent, former state Rep. Jason Brodeur.
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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, once Joe Biden’s competitor in the race for the Democratic nomination, is now committing $100 million to help the former vice president defeat President Donald Trump in Florida.
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The House of Representatives races in Central Florida show how incumbency has advantages. We're endorsing Val Demings and Darren Soto because their track records and experience over their opponents. That's using incumbency to a good advantage. We're not endorsing Bill Posey or Daniel Webster because they're just not trying very hard.
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The runoff election for the Orange County School Board's district 4 seat pits incumbent Pam Gould against challenger Prince Brown. The district includes Horizon West, Windermere and other west Orange communities.
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In a 6-4 decision, an appeal court ruled that the fines and fees placed on felons are not a “tax” as described by federal Judge Robert Hinkle in his May 26 decision.
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Black Men Vote initiative launches in Parramore
Fraternity's Black Men Vote campaign launches in Parramore
The Orlando alumni chapter of historically Black Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is hosting a voter registration drive Saturday in Parramore – part of a national campaign to register more than 1 million black men to vote in a dozen key states, including Florida.
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One of the last-held GOP strongholds in Osceola County is up for grabs, pitting Republican Fred Hawkins Jr. against Democrat Barbara Cady for an open seat in the Florida House of Representatives.
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Interview: Jason Brodeur and Patricia Sigman, candidates for Florida Senate in District 9, were interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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Interview: Dana Marie Cottrell, candidate for U.S. Congress in District 11, was interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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The relationship between the Orlando Magic and Desmond Meade of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition took another step Thursday as Magic coach Steve Clifford helped celebrate the inaugural “Desmond Meade Day.”
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Interview: Jim Kennedy, candidate for U.S. Congress in District 8, was interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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It’s possible, maybe even likely, that famed journalist Bob Woodward’s utterly damning tapes of Trump discussing the coronavirus will fall into this same nothing-matters cycle. But decent people with public platforms should try to make sure that doesn’t happen.
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Amendment 3 would create one big “top two" or “jungle” primary for state races. All candidates for statewide offices and the Legislature, whether Democratic, Republican and independent, would face off in one primary in August. And the top two finishers, no matter which party, would face each other in the fall election.
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Donald Trump talked oil-drilling. Visit Florida launched a new campaign. Shaq reduced the price of his Isleworth mansion. Mask ordinances challenged. Get quizzed on Florida news.
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The relationship between the Orlando Magic and Desmond Meade of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition took another step Thursday as Magic coach Steve Clifford helped celebrate the inaugural “Desmond Meade Day.”
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Interview: Jim Kennedy, candidate for U.S. Congress in District 8, was interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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Amendment 3 would create one big “top two" or “jungle” primary for state races. All candidates for statewide offices and the Legislature, whether Democratic, Republican and independent, would face off in one primary in August. And the top two finishers, no matter which party, would face each other in the fall election.
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Interview: Marco López and Luis "Tony" Fernández, candidates for Osceola sheriff, were interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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Voting could be a mess this fall, but with a little planning and thought, Floridians can make it work. Here's how.
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The presence of the candidates who are unaffiliated with either major political party in the high-stakes races — three in Seminole County and one in Osceola — has prompted Republicans and Democrats to accuse each other of planting stooges to siphon votes away from their opponents.
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Interview: Bill Olson and Darren Soto, candidates for District 9 U.S. Congress, were interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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A secretive nonprofit financing a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it far harder to amend the state constitution in the future has raised money from a group linked to a lobbying organization for Florida Power & Light, U.S. Sugar Corp. and other big businesses.
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America needs more poll workers for the November election, guest columnists write, and it's time for the next generation to step up.
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Interview: Stephanie Murphy and Leo Valentin, candidates for District 7 U.S. Congress, were interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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In a guest column, the retired executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida warns that political polarization is leading to threats of violence and violence itself, and we must protect democracy in the upcoming election.
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Seminole residents who live in the county's rural boundary are fiercely protective of development restrictions. That's why they're taking a special interest in the race for state Senate District 9 seat between candidates Republican Jason Brodeur and Democrat Patricia Sigman and whether they will protect their area from large developments such as River Cross.
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Bruce Antone, a long-time state lawmaker, dropped out of the race for Orange County School Board on Friday. His candidacy had been challenged by one of his election opponents, who argued Antone didn't live in the district he wanted to represent.
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Interview: Val Demings, candidate for District 10 U.S. Congress, was interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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Endorsement: The Orlando Sentinel endorses Republican Michael Waltz and Democrat Stephanie Murphy for another term in Congress, citing their willingness to bridge party lines and work together.
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Interview: Michael Waltz and Clint Curtis, candidates for District 6 U.S. Congress, were interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board.
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Republican state Senate candidate Jason Brodeur and a mysterious political group have launched dual attacks against Brodeur’s Democratic opponent Patricia Sigman, falsely accusing her of receiving federal coronavirus money meant for struggling businesses.
