Plan targets contractor markups and year-end spending sprees, so savings protect Social Security, Medicare and veterans’ care Americans earned. FLORIDA’S 16TH DISTRICT — Kelly Kirschner, Democratic candidate for Florida’s 16th Congressional District, today announced his support for the “Scalpel Plan.” The plan comes...

Gruters decried politicians “getting rich off our backs,” while her husband’s net worth grew 17-fold since he took office. Congressional candidate Kelly Kirschner today condemned President Donald Trump’s illegal use of taxpayer money for political propaganda promoting himself and called on his opponent, Sydney...

In a dramatic break with their own party, a coalition of Republican officeholders and community leaders — led by former Congressman Dan Miller and Commissioner George Kruse — publicly endorsed Democrat Kelly Kirschner for Congress on Tuesday in one of the most closely watched House races in the country, where...

Kirschner leads 40–39 in a district where the Republican brand starts up six ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Democrat Kelly Kirschner leads Republican Sydney Gruters 40% to 39% in a new survey of Florida’s 16th Congressional District. Download Poll Results (PDF) The live interviewer/text to web poll was conducted by SEA...

July 13, 2026 548 donors in seven weeks, 173 more than the Republican frontrunner has gathered in nearly twice the time SARASOTA, FL | The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has named Florida’s 16th Congressional District one of its 46 “Districts in Play” for 2026: the national battlefield Democrats are...

They shut down a 50 year old local university. The community begged them not to. They did it anyway. New College of Florida — ranked last in the state for cost efficiency — was just handed USF Sarasota–Manatee’s property, buildings, and debt. The nursing, teaching, and veterans programs this community built over...

Voters and Local Leaders Across the Gulf Coast Rally Behind Former Sarasota Mayor, Kelly Kirschner’s Bid for Florida’s 16th Congressional District Kelly Kirschner’s bid to represent families, seniors, and communities of the sprawling, newly drawn 16th Congressional District marks a major early milestone: more than...