Archives: Press

October 7, 2026

Kirschner Backs “Scalpel Plan”: Former Federal CFOs’ Ideas to Cut Waste Special Interests Protect

How Washington can bring down $40 trillion national debt while protecting benefits Americans have earned. Plan targets contractor markups and year-end spending sprees, so savings protect Social Security, Medicare and veterans’ care Americans earned.

September 28, 2026

Even Republican Senators Reject Trump’s Taxpayer Funded Ads. Does Congressional Candidate Sydney Gruters?

Kelly Kirschner condemned President Donald Trump’s illegal use of taxpayer money for political propaganda promoting himself and called on his opponent, Sydney Gruters, to reject the corrupt misuse of public power for private gain, including her husband’s – Joe Gruters, RNC Chair.

September 16, 2026

Prominent Republicans Cross Party Lines to Endorse Democrat Kelly Kirschner for Congress: “He Cares About 850,000 Residents of District 16, Not Just One Resident of the White House.”

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.

September 3, 2026

Poll: Kirschner & Gruters in Dead Heat in FL-16

Democrat Kelly Kirschner leads Republican Sydney Gruters 40% to 39% in a new survey of Florida’s 16th Congressional District. The live interviewer/text to web poll was conducted by SEA Research & Political Design from August 25 to 29 and surveyed 400 respondents across the newly drawn 16th Congressional District which spans from St. Petersburg to Arcadia.

July 12, 2026

Kirschner Adds Grassroots Donors Nearly 3x Faster Than Gruters as National Democrats Put FL-16 on the Map to Retake the House

Kirschner has added 548 grassroots donors in seven weeks — 173 more than the Republican frontrunner gathered in nearly twice the time. The DCCC has named FL-16 one of 46 national ‘Districts in Play’ for 2026, the battlefield seats Democrats need to retake the House.

June 8, 2026

GRUTERS CRONYISM MACHINE

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 five decades are gone. The bill comes to you and all of us, Florida taxpayers.

May 14, 2026

16th Congressional District Candidate, Kelly Kirschner, Raises Over $100,000 in the First Week — Without a Single Dollar from Corporate PACs

Voters and local leaders rally behind former Sarasota mayor Kelly Kirschner. Bipartisan endorsements announced, including former St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman.