Florida Democrats are reeling from decisive 2024 election losses — defeats that solidified the state’s red status and sent many state Republicans off to Washington with big plans to spread conservative policy nationally.
If Florida Democrats have any hope of digging out of the hole they’re in, they’ll need a serious reboot, and quick. The party should start by taking a lesson from the GOP: When the Republicans lost to Barack Obama in 2012,
In the same elections where Democratic candidates lose, progressive policies win. Floridians have voted for marijuana legalization, a $15-an-hour minimum wage, environmental protections, restoration of voting rights for ex-felons, tax exemptions for public service workers and abortion rights—all in the past few cycles.
Democrats, torn nationally between progressive and moderate wings of the party, will have a similar choice in the Jan. 28 special primary election for U.S. House in Florida's 6th District.
Florida Democrats torched outgoing President Joe Biden after he decided to remove Cuba's state-sponsor-of-terrorism designation.
Cassel, who ran unopposed for her second term last November, in a post on X, bashed the Democratic Party over what she called a lack of support for Israel and said she believes Republicans offer a better vision for Florida. Gottlieb, who is also the head ...
When first running for office as a Democrat in 2022, state Rep. Hillary Cassel said she disagreed with Gov. Ron DeSantis on “almost all issues.” Just last year, Democratic state Rep. Susan Valdes said she couldn’t understand why Latinos would vote for a “dictator” like Donald Trump.
Nikki Fried, the head of Florida's Democratic Party, says Florida has been the test case for Project 2025 — a sweeping, ultra-conservative sort-of policy playbook authored by allies of President Donald Trump.
The Florida Democratic Party slammed President Biden for his decision to lift Cuba’s State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) designation in exchange for freeing jailed political prisoners who protested
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried doesn’t want her party attacking President Trump’s policies without a valid reason. “I am somebody who also sees if there are good things coming ...
The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement on the presidential inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: “Today is not the day we hoped for,” said FDP Chair Nikki Fried.
Two appointed senators, with the significant failure rate of those appointees, might be the helping hand that Senate Democrats need to climb back into power.