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Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump 42% to 38% in new poll

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Hillary Clinton continues to lead in the Sunshine State, with a new poll showing her ahead of Donald Trump by four percentage points. A newly released Reuters/Ipsos poll of likely Florida voters shows Clinton leads Trump, 42 percent to 38 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson received 6 percent support, followed by Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 2 percent. Four percent of respondents said they either would vote for someone else or refused to say who they were voting for. The online poll…

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In which Ryan Tyson deep-dives into the vote-by-mail numbers

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The race to Election Day has entered its final sprint. More than 1.2 million vote-by-mail ballots have already been returned to elections officials across Florida. Early voting kicked off Monday in dozens of Florida counties. It’s too early to know what those ballots hold, but that doesn’t mean the ballots can’t offer some insight into the 2016 election. In a briefing memo over the weekend, Ryan Tyson, the vice president of political operations at Associated Industries of Florida, outlined some…

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Hillary Clinton scheduled to campaign in Broward on Tuesday

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Hillary Clinton is returning to Florida. The Clinton campaign announced Saturday the Democratic nominee will hold a rally in Broward County on Tuesday. The rally, according to the campaign, is meant to highlight the start of in-person early voting, which begins in most Florida counties on Monday. Clinton is expected to take the stage around 2:15 p.m. at the Omni Auditorium at the Broward College North Campus, Building 60, 1000 Coconut Creek Blvd. in Coconut Creek. The event is free…

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Patrick Murphy campaign releases new digital ad featuring Barack Obama

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Rep. Patrick Murphy is getting a bit more help from President Barack Obama. The Murphy campaign released a new digital spot Friday highlighting Obama’s comments about Murphy. The president campaigned in Miami on Thursday, and used a bit of his speech to encourage Floridians to send Murphy to the U.S. Senate. “You don’t need to wait until Nov. 8 to send Patrick Murphy to the United States Senate. And Patrick Murphy, unlike his opponent, he actually shows up to work.…

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Florida Dems launch ‘Marco Rubio for President’ website

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Florida Democrats are taking Marco Rubio’s vow to serve out a full term in the U.S. Senate with a grain of salt. The Florida Democratic Party launched MarcoRubioForPresident.com Thursday. The landing page features a 30-second video of Rubio saying during Monday’s U.S. Senate debate he would “serve in the Senate for the next six years, God willing.” “I’m going to be a senator for the next six years on behalf of the state of Florida,” the Miami Republican says in…

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Patrick Murphy vows to be U.S. Senator ‘who always works for you’ in new ad

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Patrick Murphy continues to yoke Marco Rubio to Donald Trump, releasing a new advertisement that says Rubio “stands by Trump.” The 30-second spot — called “For You” and released Thursday — features a footage from Access Hollywood where Trump makes lewd comments about women, before showing footage of Rubio saying the state has “to make sure that Donald wins this election.” “No, we don’t. Marco Rubio stands by Trump and failed to show up for Florida,” the Treasure Coast Democrat says…

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Buddy Dyer, Phillip Levine, Bob Buckhorn, others on Mayors for Hillary bus tour

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What a party bus this will be. A Democratic Party bus, filled with mayors from Florida including Orlando’s Buddy Dyer, Miami Beach’s Phillip Levine, Tampa’s Bob Buckhorn, and St. Petersburg’s Rick Kriseman, has begun a cross-state tour to campaign for Hillary Clinton. Hillary for America announced Thursday that those four and 19 other mayors and former mayors — some from out-of-state cities like Detroit, Philadelphia and Dallas — are participating in the tour with at least four stops to promote Clinton’s economic plan and…

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