Florida Voters Defund ‘Chief’ Val Demings

Democrat Val Demings, who campaigned heavily on her status as a former police chief but failed to attract law enforcement endorsements, lost to Sen. Marco Rubio (R.) in Florida's Senate race.

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Val Demings Says It’s Harder To Be a Politician Than a Police Officer

Florida Democratic Senate nominee Val Demings, who has centered her campaign on her status as a former cop, said at a weekend campaign event that it's harder to be a politician than a police officer.

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‘I’m Not Like Stacey Abrams’: Rubio Blasts Georgia Democrat, Says She ‘Denied Her Election’

'I’ve never denied an election'

Val Demings Uses ‘One of the Costliest Hurricanes in U.S. History’ to Raise Campaign Funds

Florida Democratic Senate nominee Val Demings is using what she calls "one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history" to solicit campaign contributions in her race against Republican Marco Rubio.

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How Val Demings Helped a Campaign Donor Fund a Major Real Estate Purchase With Taxpayer Dollars

In December 2016, a political operative and loyal Val Demings campaign donor purchased a pair of office suites for $500,000. Within days, Demings began paying that donor taxpayer funds to rent the suites—payments that now total hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Ron DeSantis and Marco Rubio lead Democratic challengers in poll of likely Florida voters



A Spectrum News/Siena College poll of likely Florida voters found that incumbent Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis leads Democratic challenger Charlie Crist 49% to 41%, while incumbent GOP Sen. Marco Rubio leads Democratic Rep. Val Demings 48% to 41%.

The poll was conducted September 18-25, which was before Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc in the state last week.

While 39% indicated that they would prefer that the upcoming congressional contests in the country result in a U.S. Congress controlled by the GOP, 31% indicated that they would prefer for the two congressional chambers to be controlled by the Democrats, and 21% favored a scenario in which the chambers would be split between the two parties.

Given a list of issues, 39% selected economic matters as being the most important when they decide who they will back during the election, while "Threats to our democracy" came in a distant second place at just 16%.

The poll found that 22% strongly approve of President Joe Biden's job performance, while 21% somewhat approve, 46% strongly disapprove, and and 8% somewhat disapprove.

DeSantis entered office in 2019 and is currently running for reelection during the Sunshine State's 2022 gubernatorial contest. Rubio took office in 2011 and is currently running for a third term.

Crist previously served as Florida governor from 2007 to 2011 after getting elected to the post as a Republican. He lost a 2010 U.S. Senate race to Rubio while running as an independent. He lost the 2014 gubernatorial race to then-Gov. Rick Scott while running as a Democrat. Crist won election to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2016, and went on to serve from 2017 until he stepped down from that role at the end of August 2022.

"Those who support the governor should stay with him and vote for him," Crist said in August of DeSantis backers, adding emphatically, "I don't want your vote."

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Vulnerable Democrats Refuse To Denounce Stacey Abrams’s Heartbeat Denialism

When asked whether they agree with Abrams that unborn babies don’t have heartbeats in early gestation, vulnerable Democrats did not respond.

Media Activists Won’t Grill Democrats On Unpopular Abortion Extremism Because They Agree With It

None of the corporate media pressed by Sen. Marco Rubio would prove that they had asked Democrats key questions about abortion extremism.

Rubio Challenger Rep. Val Demings Laments 15-Week Abortion Ban From ‘Extremists’ While Promoting Abortion On Demand

Val Demings continues to promote radical abortion policies while labeling Marco Rubio as an extremist.

Val Demings Says ‘I Am The Police.’ Florida Sheriffs Say That’s Ridiculous.

Florida Democratic Senate nominee Val Demings says she can't be criticized on crime because she is "the police." Sunshine State sheriffs say that's ridiculous.

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