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Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried speaks during an interview on April 21, 2022, at the Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami. Florida Democrats selected former state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried as their new party chair on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Fried outdistanced former state Sen. Annette Taddeo at a special meeting of party members in suburban Orlando, and will replace Manny Diaz. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

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Florida Dems pick Fried to lead party after tough midterms
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Fri,02/24/23-11:27PM , 158 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — Florida Democrats selected former state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried as their new party chair on Saturday, hoping to move past a disastrous midterm performance in the onetime presidential battleground state where high-profile Gov. Ron DeSantis has helped cement Republican control.
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While speaking at Florida International University (FIU), Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Miami, former Vice President Mike Pence said he takes "full responsibility" after classified documents were found at his Indiana home. Pence was talking at FIU about the economy and promoting his new book, "So Help Me God." (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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Pence: 'Mistakes were made' in classified records handling
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Fri,01/27/23-2:29PM , 173 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he takes “full responsibility” after classified documents were found at his Indiana home.
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Massachusetts Gov.-elect Maura Healey speaks during a Democratic election night party Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Midterms full of firsts for female, Black, LGBTQ candidates
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Wed,11/09/22-12:24PM , 153 Reads
A Massachusetts Democrat is the country’s first openly lesbian candidate to be elected to the office of governor.
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U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., participates in a televised debate with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., at Duncan Theater on the campus of Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach County, Fla., on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (Thomas Cordy/The Palm Beach Post via AP, Pool)

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Demings goes on attack against Rubio in Fla. Senate debate
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press
Tue,10/18/22-7:13PM , 287 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Florida went on the attack Tuesday in her first debate against Republican Sen.
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