Category Archives: DEC News

WANTED: Candidates & Candidate Supporters

Don’t agree with elected officials? It is hard to complain when there are no likeminded candidates running. It’s not too late to take a stand and run for an office. It’s ...

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Retire Rick Scott

Rick Scott is refusing to answer for his support for Florida’s extreme six-week abortion ban with virtually no exceptions. That’s because Scott knows his endorsement of Florida’s ban, support for a national abortion ban, and attacks on safe ...

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Florida Is Winnable

The Biden-Harris Campaign is contesting Florida, because our state is winnable and worth fighting for. Last week, the Biden-Harris campaign published a memo outlining their strategy. To bolster their efforts, the campaign ...

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Amendment Updates

Last week, the Florida Supreme Court put Amendments 3 and 4 on the ballot, paving the way for citizens to legalize recreational cannabis and enshrine reproductive rights in the Florida Constitution this November. At ...

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Statement on FL Supreme Court Abortion Law Ruling

William C. Evans, Chairman of Democratic Executive Committee of Indian River County, released the following statement after the April 1 Florida Supreme Court Abortion Law Ruling: Today, the Florida Supreme ...

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Earth Day Tabling Event

Democrats of Indian River will host a tented table where volunteers will interact with the community and share voter registration and vote by mail information as well as ways to ...

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Affordable Care Act Update

Last Saturday marked the 14th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. For over a decade, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provided life-saving health care to millions ...

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Florida’s Missed Opportunity

This year’s legislative session was a missed opportunity for the people of Florida whose top priorities were not addressed by Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies in the legislature including ...

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Gerrymander Update

A panel of federal judges has upheld Florida’s congressional map, turning away a challenge that alleged it was discriminatory against Black voters after the district held by former Rep. Al ...

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SCOTUS Abortion Case

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a politically motivated case challenging the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, ...

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