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Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo congratulated Vice President Joe Biden on becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States and thanked Sen. Bernie Sanders for his tireless advocacy for working people: “The …

One month after Donald Trump spent the weekend fundraising, partying, and golfing at Mar-a-Lago while downplaying the impending threat of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of cases in Florida tragically continues to rise, with over 14,500 …

Florida Democratic Chair Terrie Rizzo today praised a directive from Secretary of State Laurel Lee that will allow local Supervisors of Elections to place early voting sites on college campuses throughout Florida for the 2020 election. …

Today, Secretary of State Laurel Lee enacted a rule to relieve some of the ballot qualification requirements for candidates who use the petition qualifying process to get on the ballot in Florida. The rule will allow …

Today, during a virtual press conference, State Legislators José Javier Rodríguez, Amy Mercado, Javier Fernández, and Cindy Polo discussed how Hispanic communities are being disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus and Trump and DeSantis’ poor response to …

“It’s a shame when we have to depend upon local efforts to try to fight off something that should have been headed off with both federal and state responses.”– Dr. Kayser Enneking Are you a health …

In response to today’s report of 227,000 new unemployment claims in Florida, Terrie Rizzo, chair of the Florida Democratic Party, called on Governor Ron DeSantis to take swift action to fix the state’s broken unemployment system: …

Terrie Rizzo, chair of the Florida Democratic Party, released the following statement in response to Governor Ron DeSantis issuing a statewide stay-at-home order: “It is distressing that Governor Ron DeSantis waited until the coronavirus had spread …

As the COVID-19 crisis threatens the health and job security of hundreds of thousands of Floridians, Donald Trump refuses to reopen the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange. Additionally, Trump is still supporting the Republican lawsuit to …