Category Florida House Campaigns

Obama and Sink percentages by State House District

We have heard and read a great deal recently about the alleged gerrymandering of State House and State Senate districts during the 2012 Reapportionment process. On this website we have argued consistently that Democrats were given an accessible map in the State House and failed to take advantage of the opportunities presented by this map […]

Redistricting, Gerrymandering, and the November Elections: Big Changes?

Publisher’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Katy Burnett our newest writer to The Florida Squeeze site. Katy who is a Florida native will become a familiar name to our readers over the course of the next several months as she discusses hot-button issues in the state as well as election 2014.  If you are […]

State House Race Ratings – June 1

Today we unveil our initial ratings of House races for 2014. It should be strongly noted that these ratings are based on current circumstances in each district, factoring in the historic performance numbers for Democrats or Republicans as a secondary consideration . In some very winnable seats, Democrats do not have viable candidates or any […]

Looking ahead to the 2014 State House campaigns

On Sunday, The Florida Squeeze will unveil our pre-qualifying ratings of House races throughout the state. Following qualifying we plan to update these ratings each Sunday until the November election. While the reapportionment trial is continuing to expose the lengths to which some Republicans went to circumvent the law and the spirit of the Fair […]