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Florida Senator Jason Pizzo is resigning as Senate Minority leader and leaving the Democratic Party On the Senate Floor Thursday, Pizzo who represents parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties, announced he has switched over to No Party Affiliation.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz — whose district includes much of northern Broward County — has yet to hold a public town hall event in South Florida this year. Democratic organizers and activists say they feel "very disappointed."

The two Democrats in Florida’s Congressional special elections next month have outraised their Republican opponents by more than five to one. But most of that hasn’t come from Florida donors. The majority come from out of state.

Faced with Republican super majorities in both chambers of the Legislature, House Democrats highlighted a series of priorities Monday—though they acknowledged the bills are unlikely to pass during the annual session that starts Tuesday.

March For Our Lives co-founder and Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg on Saturday was chosen for vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.

The Florida Democratic Party is having elections for who will lead their party Saturday in Orlando. It comes at a time of tremendous turbulence for the party.

COMMENTARY Democrats who are in denial about the liberal condescension that helped elect Donald Trump remind me of Venezuelans who are still in denial about the elitist corruption that helped bring Hugo Chávez to power.

Democrats are pumping $25 million into expanded voter outreach across 10 states, including Florida, as part of their effort to protect their narrow Senate majority.

Florida has leaned Republican in recent election cycles, but Democrats see some opportunities in the former swing state, especially with abortion rights on the ballot in November.

They are veering from cautious optimism to complete pessimism about their long odds this year, with two liberal-leaning state ballot measures having the potential to lift turnout.

Rulings allowing a strict abortion ban, along with a ballot question on expanding abortion access, may inject new life into Democratic campaigns in the state.

A Miami-Dade doctor and central Florida woman testified before a committee of top Democratic members of Congress in Fort Lauderdale during a hearing about “the escalating threat to reproductive freedom.”