Michael Elgin Travis, who performs as “Erika Rose” in Key West, has filed to challenge Republican incumbent Rep. Jim Mooney in Monroe County’s House District 120.
Legislative
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A Special Election for later this year has been called for voters in a southwest swath of Miami-Dade County to decide who will replace Rep. Juan Fernandez-Barquin, who Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed the new Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts and Comptroller.
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Two men who worked for Miami Beach Republican Rep. Fabián Basabe are suing him for battery and defamation, alleging a pattern of sexual harassment.
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The race to represent a House District that covers Highland Beach and Boca Raton promises to be another barn-burner in money raised, if the opening haul of the Democratic candidate Jay Shooster is any indicator.
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Former Rep. Joe Saunders, who is running to again serve in the Legislature, now has backing from Democratic leaders in both its chambers.
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Dogs will no longer face restrictions based on their breed – only behavior according to legislation Gov. Ron DeSantis signed that goes into effect Oct. 1.
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The Democrats want their House District back: Five high-profile elected Democrats are backing Jay Shooster’s campaign to snatch a south Palm Beach County district from Republican representation.
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With a sweep of the Governor’s veto pen, more than $3 million in funding for water handling in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties circled the drain.
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Megan Weinberger, who runs an animal sanctuary and serves on numerous community nonprofit boards, raised more than $92,300 in her first month of campaigning for the job to succeed term-limited Republican Rep. Rick Roth.
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Freshman Republican Rep. Vicki Lopez doesn’t yet have a challenger to her re-election to represent central Miami-Dade County – but a police union can’t think of anyone better.