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Bill Nelson is the Democratic U.S. Senator from Florida, elected to his second term in 2006. He previously served 12 years in the U.S. House (1979-1991), during which he flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986 -- the flight before the Challenger accident. Nelson, a moderate Democrat and ardent NASA supporter, lost his 1990 bid for Florida governor but rebounded in 1994 to become the state insurance commissioner. Nelson was born in Miami on Sept. 29, 1942 and is married with two grown children.
Bill Nelson is the Democratic U.S. Senator from Florida, elected to his second term in 2006. He previously served 12 years in the U.S. House (1979-1991), during which he flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986 -- the flight before the Challenger accident. Nelson, a moderate Democrat and ardent NASA supporter, lost his 1990 bid for Florida governor but rebounded in 1994 to become the state insurance commissioner. Nelson was born in Miami on Sept. 29, 1942 and is married with two grown children.
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Senate rejects rival GOP, Democratic budgets
Associated PressThe Democratic-led Senate on Wednesday emphatically rejected a budget-slashing House spending bill as too draconian. It then immediately killed a rival Democratic plan that was derided by moderate Democrats as too timid in its drive to cut day-to-day...Tags: Maine, Charles Schumer, Democratic Party, White House, Rand Paul
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Arizona Rep. Giffords shot, at least five killed
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with voters, killing a federal judge and five others in a rampage that rattled the country and left Americans questioning...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Pima County, Judges, Law Enforcement, Justice System
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Congresswoman still sedated after gunman's attack
The Associated PressRep. Gabrielle Giffords remained heavily sedated and in critical condition Sunday as investigators sought to understand what motivated a gunman to carry out an assassination attempt on the Democratic lawmaker in a rampage that killed six people....Tags: Pima County, Church and State Relations, Judges, Justice System, YouTube
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President Obama to speak at Latino leadership conference at Disney in June
President Barack Obama will be among of the speakers at a Latino leadership conference scheduled for next month at Walt Disney World. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials announced this week that the president will address...
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Romney, Obama, Rubio, Nelson, (Jeb) Bush all will address Hispanics in Orlando
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelMitt Romney and Barack Obama will address the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) convention on back-to-back days in June at the group's convention in Orlando. Also on the roster: U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson,... -
Mack is endorsed by Puerto Rico’s governor
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelThe U.S. Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV got another nudge Tuesday with the endorsement of Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuņo. The first Republican to be elected governor of his homeland since 1969, Fortuņo was also a delegate to Congress,... -
Tampa Trib: LeMieux strongarmed Senate seat; Mack team: “Investigation!”
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelAn article in the Tampa Tribune reports that George LeMieux pressured then-Gov. Charlie Crist into appointing him to fill out the vacant U.S. Senate term in 2009 rather than appoint then-Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, leading the campaign of LeMieux's current U.... -
Campaigns, issue groups spend millions on Orlando TV
It's no secret to anyone who watches TV in Central Florida: More than five months before Election Day, the region is awash in an unprecedented – and expensive -- flood of political commercials.
Campaigns, political action committees and...Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, Daytona Beach, Crossroads, Republican Party
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Ex-Congressman Weldon joins crowded U.S. Senate race
TALLAHASSEE — Former U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon, known for his social conservatism, announced his candidacy Friday for the Republican nomination to oppose Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November.
Others running in the Aug. 14 GOP primary are U.S....Tags: Politics, Internal Medicine, Melbourne, Republican Party, Health and Medical Professionals
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Chart: Political campaign ad totals
May political flood More than $4.5 million has been spent on political TV commercials in the month of May and the first few days of June in Orlando. Here are the campaign totals for the broadcast stations -- WESH-2, WKMG-6, WFTV- 9, WOFL- 35 and WRBW-...Tags: Politics, Crossroads, Barack Obama, Elections, Satellite and Cable Service
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Our take on: U.S. Chamber of Commerce TV ads
Trouble with truth Pinocchio would be proud. The U.S. Chamber of Commercehas bombarded TV viewers in Florida with an ad attacking the state's senior U.S. senator, Democrat Bill Nelson, for supporting President Obama's health care reform law —...Tags: Politics, Congressional Budget Office, Medicare, Lobbying, Elections
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LeMieux on MSNBC: no regrets for character attacks on Mack
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelSaying that a Connie Mack versus Bill Nelson U.S. Senate contest would be a character race that Mack cannot win, Mack's GOP rival George LeMieux said this morning he has no regrets about attacking Mack's character in the primary contest. Speaking to MSNBC...
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