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U.S. Sen. Nelson squares off with member of Congress Connie Mack IV in only debate listen
10/18/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Nelson, Connie Mack IV, U.S. Senate, 2012 elections
In their only debate, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and his Republican opponent, Congress member Connie Mack IV didn’t hold back the finger pointing. The one hour sparring match at Nova Southeastern University was packed with accusations about voting records, cuts to Medicare and cows.
Republicans looking to oust President Barack Obama have a second priority: winning a majority in the Senate. The GOP needs a net of four victories to do that and uns...
Be the first to commentIncumbent U.S. Senator not worried about poor name recognition in poll listen
07/17/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Nelson, Connie Mack IV, U.S. Senate, 2012 elections
A recent poll conducted by the Tampa Bay Times has incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson maintaining a slight lead over his likely Republican opponent Connie Mack IV. But in that same poll, 12% of respondents said they didn’t know who Nelson was. At a press event yesterday, Nelson disputed that claim.
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U.S. Senate candidate Mike McCalister lists his priorities at Suncoast Tiger Bay listen
09/02/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Mike McCalister, U.S. Senate, Tiger Bay Club, Suncoast Tiger Bay Club, Bill Nelson
U.S. Senate candidate Mike McCalister named off a laundry list of policies he thinks should be implemented in Washington during a speech at a Suncoast Tiger Bay Club today. The self proclaimed tea partier told members of the non-partisan political club his opinions on policies ranging from education to environmental issues. McCalister focused on those issues instead of his recent bout of negative media attention.
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Be the first to commentOn Senate floor, Marco Rubio calls for assassination of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi listen
06/28/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Moammar Gadhafi
The U.S. Senate is taking up the question about whether President Barack Obama is acting within the law by ordering U.S. involvement in the NATO attack on Libya. On the Senate floor, Florida’s junior U.S. Senator Marco Rubio blamed Obama for how NATO’s war on Libya is going.
3 comments"Only when the Gadhafi mercenaries were on the outskirts of Bengazi threatening to massacre thousands of innocent civilians did the President finally agree to participate. But even that was botched. First we ceded mos...
Kendrick Meek submits signatures to get on ballot listen
03/29/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kendrick Meek, Maurice Ferre, Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate, Linda Saul-Sena, Tom Scott, Janet Cruz
While Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio bask in the national spotlight, whichever one survives the Republican primary will still face opponents in November’s general election. The leading Democratic candidate, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, appears to have submitted enough petitions to get on the ballot.
Be the first to comment*I'm very, very excited, and thankful to the people of the state of Florida for helping me to place my nam...
U.S. Senate hopeful Maurice Ferre on Afghanistan listen
02/18/10 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Maurice Ferre, Kendrick Meek, Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate
A recent poll showed Democrat Kendrick Meek in third place behind both Republican Marco Rubio and Republican Charlie Crist in a three-way matchup for the U.S. Senate, if Crist were running as an independent.
That same poll showed that if one of Meek's little-known Democratic opponents, former Miami mayor Maurice Ferre, we...
Be the first to commentKendrick Meek campaigns for Senate with Jim Davis in Tampa listen
02/09/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kendrick Meek, Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, George LeMieux, Jim Davis, U.S. Senate
The race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by George LeMieux won’t be settled until November, but it is already heating up. That’s especially true on the Republican side where Governor Charlie Crist has lost a commanding lead over former Speaker of the Florida House Marco Rubio. But the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, U.S. Representative [Kendrick Meek](http://www.kendrickme...
Be the first to commentDan Gelber drops out of Senate race listen
06/01/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, Dan Gelber, Kendrick Meek, Dave Aronberg, Corrine Brown
There’s been some movement in the race for the Democratic nomination for Senate next year.
Over the weekend, Miami Beach Sen. Dan Gelber confirmed that he is dropping out of race for Senate, in which he was running against South Florida Congressman Kendrick Meek.
Gelber made his comments to a netroots appearance in Miami on Saturday, where he said when the Democrats get into a contested primary, the winner generally loses in the general election to the Republican on the ballot.
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Be the first to commentCrist confirms he will run for Senate listen
05/12/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, Mel Martinez, U.S. Senate
Gov. Charlie Crist confirmed today that he will be running for the U.S. Senate seat next year being vacated by Mel Martinez. Speaking at a news conference in Tallahassee, Crist was asked about those Floridians who may be disappointed that not only will he not be the governor after next year, but that he may be ineffective in his job as he becomes distracted by the Senate race for the next year and a half.
In Washington, the National Republican Senatorial Committee said it will support Cr...
Be the first to commentMarco Rubio officially running for Senate seat listen
05/05/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist, Mel Martinez
Former House Speaker Marco Rubio became the first major Republican candidate to declare announce his intention to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated next year by Mel Martinez.
Rubio made his announcement via video on his website. Rubio said his campaign would not be negative, but for promoting ideas like tax reform, and not just tax cuts. And he alluded to the expectant entrance in the race of the most popular politician in the state, Gov. Charlie Crist.
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