Category: nikki fried

Hoping to Divorce DeSantis in the Fall, Florida Democrats Choose Between Something Old, Something New

With the heat index at 94 degrees and climbing, few voters in rural North Central Florida ventured out of their air-conditioned homes and offices to visit polling locations on the morning of Aug. 23. At many voting sites on the outskirts of deep-blue Alachua County, people barely trickled in on Aug. 23 to cast ballots…


Florida Democrats Challenging DeSantis Opt for Contrasting Campaign Strategies

Just days before the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Florida, candidate Charlie Crist popped in at a Souls to the Polls event in North Central Florida, thrilling many Democrats in the post-church, Sunday-afternoon crowd. Though he’ll face three other challengers on Aug. 23, the congressman ignored them all in his pre-Primary Day appearance. Instead, under the…


Dueling Ads in Florida’s Hot Gubernatorial Race Offer Varying Takes on ‘Freedom’

Viewers with a penchant for skipping past TV or internet ads may miss juicy material coming across the airwaves in Florida between now and election day in the fall. Political communications experts viewed the first crop of gubernatorial campaign ads running in the Sunshine State. Then they spoke to The Epoch Times about what they…


Ads by DeSantis and Opponents Offer Clashing Definitions of Freedom

Viewers with a penchant for skipping past TV or internet ads may miss juicy material coming across the airwaves in Florida between now and election day in the fall. Political communications experts viewed the first crop of gubernatorial campaign ads running in the Sunshine State. Then they spoke to The Epoch Times about what they…


Ads by DeSantis, Opponents Offer Clashing Definitions of Freedom

Viewers in Florida with a penchant for skipping past TV or internet ads may miss juicy material coming across the airwaves between now and Election Day in November. Political communications experts viewed the first crop of campaign ads from Gov. Ron DeSantis and his two top Democratic opponents in the Sunshine State. Here are some quick…


Florida’s Ag Commissioner Challenges DOJ Reply in Cannabis Patients’ Gun Rights Suit

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner took issue with a recent Department of Justice memo attached to a move to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges disqualifying the state’s medical cannabis patients from legally owning firearms. The memo characterized marijuana users as “dangerous.” “The DOJ’s argument is as offensive as it is inaccurate,” Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki…


Top Democratic Challengers Vying to Take on DeSantis Battle on Debate Stage

The top two Democrats hoping to unseat Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall faced off in a contentious televised debate in Miami on June 21. But the opponents paused their verbal sparring to agree on a handful of issues facing the Sunshine State. U.S. House Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) and Nikki Fried, the state’s agriculture…


Analysts, Polls Indicate DeSantis on Track for Strong Reelection as Florida Governor

New polling about the governor’s race in Florida backs up what political analysts have been saying for months—Florida Gov. Ron Desantis seems on track for a strong reelection in November. And that could bode well for the popular governor if he decides to later make a run for president, they said. A poll released Feb. 24…


Group Calls on Florida Democrat to Resign Over Comparison of DeSantis to Hitler

A Florida Democrat challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis should resign after comparing the governor to Adolf Hitler, the head of a pro-Israel group says. “This is insane, absurd, demented, sick,” Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, which describes itself as the oldest pro-Israel group in the United States, having been founded in 1897, told…


DeSantis on Wife’s Health: ‘We’re Not Out of the Woods’

LAKE BUTLER, Fla.—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave a rare update on his wife’s health Jan. 7, saying, “We’re not out of the woods.” For the first time, he alluded to a prognosis. “We’re not through with it. We’re getting closer to the end. But … our view is that 2022 will be the year where…