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Hillary Clinton focuses on African American millennials in new radio spot

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Hillary Clinton has some “real talk” for voters thinking about staying home on Election Day. The Clinton campaign released a new, 60-second radio spot Tuesday aimed at African-American millennial voters. The advertisement attempts to lay out the importance of voting, and encourages listeners to register to vote. “It’s almost election time again. Thinking about staying home? Here’s some real talk. The difference between staying home and showing up is the difference between justice and injustice, healing and division, hope and…

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New Hillary Clinton ad focuses on her work with children, families

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Hillary Clinton is focusing on families in a new campaign ad. The 30-second spot — called “Families Together” and released Monday morning — is meant to highlight what is at stake for Latino families across the county, according to the Clinton campaign. The ad, according to the campaign, is meant to contrast Clinton’s record with Donald Trump’s immigration proposal. “Donald Trump’s plan: Tear families apart,” a narrator says in the advertisement. “Hillary Clinton, she’s made protecting children and families her life’s…

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Donald Trump to campaign in Miami, Fort Myers

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Donald Trump is making his way back to Florida. The GOP nominee is expected to hold a rally in Miami on Friday. The rally is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the James L. Knight Center, 400 S.E. 2nd St. in downtown Miami. Trump last visited South Florida in August, holding a rally in Sunrise before speaking to the National Association of Home Builders in Miami Beach. According to his campaign schedule, Trump will return to Florida Monday for a rally…

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Rick Scott: ‘This election is about the very survival of the American Dream’

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Calling the election critical to the future of the country, Gov. Rick Scott urged Americans to vote for Donald Trump come November. “I know some people have reservations about my friend Donald Trump. Perhaps he’s not sometimes polite. He can be a little rough. And for some people he may be too direct,” said Scott in his seven-minute speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. “But this election is not about Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. In fact, it’s…

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Pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC targets Donald Trump in new advertisements

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Here comes the barrage of political ads. Priorities USA, a super PAC backing Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton, released two campaign advertisements Monday targeting Republican Donald Trump. Both spots aim to cast Trump in an anti-woman light. In the first ad, Trump is shown speaking at a rally and saying “nobody respects women more than Donald Trump, that I can tell you.” The 30-second spot, called “Respect,” then goes on to show clips of Trump speaking about abortion restrictions and describing Megyn…

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Reuters poll: Donald Trump maintains lead over GOP field

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A new Reuters poll shows Donald Trump is maintaining a hefty lead among registered Republicans. Among registered Republicans, 42.2 percent said they supported the New York businessman, compared with 15 percent for Sen. Ted Cruz and 11.2 percent for Ben Carson. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush rounded out the Top 5 candidates, with 8.5 percent of the respondents said they supported Rubio and 7.7 percent supported Bush. The Reuters/Ipsos poll collects data entirely using online surveys. The…

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Darrell Issa campaigning for Marco Rubio in New Hampshire

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California Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa will stump on behalf of Sen. Marco Rubio in New Hampshire, the campaign said Monday. Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is scheduled to make six campaign stops in New Hampshire on Tuesday and Wednesday. He is scheduled to attend two meet-and-greets — in Wolfeboro and Dover — before visiting a Rochester gun shop Tuesday afternoon. He’ll then end the day at Rubio’s New Hampshire headquarters in Manchester. On…

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