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Nikki Fried Talks Party Unity During the Florida Democratic Party’s Leadership Blue Gala

December 6, 2021
Written by: Mellissa Thomas
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN) – Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried shares her perspective with Florida National News on the Florida Democratic Party’s goals heading into the 2022 midterm elections at the FDP’s Leadership Blue Gala at the Orange County Convention Center Saturday, December 4, 2021. __________________________________________________ Mellissa Thomas is Editor for…

June 1, 2021
Written by: Mellissa Thomas
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Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried launched her run for Florida governor Tuesday. Photo: Nikki Fried for Governor campaign.

MIAMI, Fla. (FNN) – It’s official, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried officially filed to run for Florida governor Tuesday. The conversation of Fried’s potential gubernatorial run first began in May, after she had already voiced her frustration at the end of the Legislative Session in Tallahassee, slamming Governor Ron DeSantis and the majority-Republican legislature. “This Session…

April 5, 2021
Written by: Lynn DeJarnette
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Governor Ron DeSantis speaks on the Piney Point Reservoir at a press conference in Manatee County Sunday, April 4, 2021. Photo: The Governor's Office.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (FNN) – Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 21-82 declaring a state of emergency in Hillsborough, Manatee, and Pinellas counties due to their proximity to the Eastport Terminal Facility – Piney Point Phosphate Processing Plant reservoir. The reservoir holds 480 million gallons of a mix of seawater, remnant process water from the…

November 24, 2020
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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. Photo courtesy of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – Today, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced several new senior-level promotions and appointments positions at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS). Eric Brown will serve as Chief Information Officer, Shahra Lambert will serve as Director of Strategic Initiatives, and Erin Moffet will serve as Director of Federal Affairs. Lambert moves into the Director of Strategic Initiatives…

September 16, 2020
Written by: Mellissa Thomas
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Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried (pictured, left) endorsed Orange Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor Daisy Morales (right) for State Representative, House District 48. Photos used with permission.

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – The Daisy Morales campaign scored a major endorsement, announcing today that Florida’s top Democrat and Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, Nikki Fried, backs Morales’s bid to become the next State Representative of House District 48. The uniquely-drawn House District 48, which includes the airport but stops shy of Lake Nona, is…