David Rivera

In politics, history seldom repeats itself; particularly not in the same decade. That is what makes Marco Rubio's rocket-propelled rise to the top of the Republican Party such a unique story. Rubio's story comes four years after Barack Obama was elected...

 Will 2012 be the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end? In Florida, in November, "the people" rose up and began to take back the state for representative government. But will the momentum to wallop big money and the tea party/GOP continue?...

TALLAHASSEE – It's the season for fattening up, and Florida politics is fueling the expansion of some well-placed operatives' wallets. Although the Florida Legislature may tackle campaign-finance reform in the 2013 session, these dollars aren't...

It has become one of the nastiest, costliest and most crucial Congressional battles in the country, and it features two candidates who moved up the South Florida coast from Broward to the redrawn 18th U.S. House district in northern Palm Beach, Martin and...

Americans for Prosperity/Florida has released its 2012 rankings of the Florida congressional delegation. Not a lot of surprises — Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross of Lakeland each get an A+, while locally former U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams, R-...

TALLAHASSEE – Good morning and happy Tuesday. Here are the top stories we're reading this morning. * The Orlando Sentinel reports on new details on the central Florida brothel that named state Rep. Mike Horner as a client. * The Sun-Sentinel...

TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Thursday. Here are the stories we're reading today. * The Sun-Sentinel reports that prescription drug overdoses are down. * The Palm Beach Post writes that a repeat of a 2000 election debacle in Palm Beach County...

Seminole County elections officials on Monday finally confirmed Democrat Mike Clelland’s razor-thin victory over state Rep. Chris Dorworth. So now it’s time to declare a few winners and losers – plus someone who was a little of both &#...

In a new mailer, U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, attacks his Republican primary rival Rep. Sandy Adams, R-Orlando, for supporting President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package. “Barack Obama Counted on Sandy Adams,” the headline...

Wondering which members of Congress spend the most of your money running their offices?  Well, USA Today recently crunched all the data  and found that, locally, Democrat Corrine Brown and Republican Cliff Stearns were the big spenders, while...

The folks at the Sunlight Foundation — best known for its work on campaign finance and lobbying issues in Congress — have done a fascinating new study of the language used by members of Congress. Their conclusion: those of you who think that...

WASHINGTON — When the Republican leaders in the U.S. House passed an extension of the Violence Against Women Act on Wednesday, they did so without support from three GOP lawmakers from South Florida: U.S. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, David Rivera and...