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Grayson Will Make Another Bid for Congress

April 18, 2018 at 9:38 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) told the Orlando Weekly that he’s running for Congress again, but hasn’t decided from which district.

“Grayson, who has stirred up his fair share of controversy over the years, served one term representing the state’s 10th Congressional District and two representing the 9th Congressional District in Central Florida. Though Grayson has officially filed to run in Florida’s 11th Congressional District, he has doubled down on the fact that it’s just a holding spot for his paperwork as he continues to raise money for his latest campaign.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson

Grayson Says He’s Running But Won’t Say Where

February 13, 2018 at 7:59 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Firebrand Alan Grayson (D) “says he wants to return to Congress in 2018, but is not yet saying which seat he’s running for,” Politico reports.

Said Grayson: “Yes, this cycle is what I’m looking at. But Florida law says I can run anywhere.”

“The Orlando Democrat has never stopped accepting online contributions since leaving Congress in 2016 to run for the U.S. Senate… Grayson in recent months has again started actively soliciting online contributions from the same small-dollar base that in the past helped make him a dangerous fundraiser.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson

Grayson’s Ex-wife Claims Domestic Abuse

July 26, 2016 at 6:02 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Rep. Alan Grayson’s (D-FL)  ex-wife repeatedly went to police with accusations of domestic abuse over a two-decade period, according to documents she has provided to Politico, revelations that come as the Florida congressman enters the final weeks of his Democratic primary campaign for Senate.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson, FL-Sen

Grayson Marries Woman Trying to Replace Him

June 1, 2016 at 6:09 am EST By Taegan Goddard 12 Comments

U.S. Senate candidate and Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) got married over the Memorial Day weekend to his fiancee Dena Minning (D), the candidate who’s seeking to replace him in the race for Florida’s 9th Congressional District, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson, Dena Minning, FL-9

Quote of the Day

May 12, 2016 at 6:02 am EST By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

“I want you to lose.”

— Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), quoted by The Hill, when confronted by Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) who is facing ethics charges as he runs for U.S. Senate.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson, FL-Sen, Harry Reid

Report Says Grayson Likely Broke the Law

April 5, 2016 at 5:23 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 40 Comments

A report compiled by the House Office of Congressional Ethics alleged that there is “a substantial reason to believe” that Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL)  broke federal law and House ethics rules in connection with his offshore hedge fund, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

The House Committee on Ethics also announced that the resulting investigation requires “further review.”

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Alan Grayson

Grayson’s Double Life Under Investigation

February 11, 2016 at 2:16 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 22 Comments

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) ran a hedge fund at the same time he was a U.S. congressman, the New York Times reports.

“This highly unusual dual role — a sitting House lawmaker running a hedge fund, which until recently had operations in the Cayman Islands — has led to an investigation of Mr. Grayson by the House Committee on Ethics. The inquiry has become public, but emails and marketing documents obtained by The New York Times show the extent to which Mr. Grayson’s roles as a hedge fund manager and a member of Congress were intertwined, and how he promoted his international travels, some with congressional delegations, to solicit business.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign, Financial Markets Tagged With: Alan Grayson, FL-Sen

Grayson Loses Top Campaign Staff

December 2, 2015 at 6:03 am EST By Taegan Goddard 5 Comments

Rep. Alan Grayson’s (D-FL) “campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, and senior adviser are leaving their jobs in the Democratic congressman’s troubled Florida Senate campaign,” Politico reports.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson, FL-Sen

Bonus Quote of the Day

October 15, 2015 at 12:54 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 4 Comments

“No, interesting is the word you’re looking for. I say interesting things. I don’t like to bore people with usual drivel.”

— Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), quoted by the AP, cutting off a reporter who said his “inelegant” comments make some Democrats nervous.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson, FL-Sen

Court Annuls Alan Grayson’s Marriage

July 15, 2015 at 12:12 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments

A judge has granted Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) the annulment that he sought to his marriage, the Miami Herald reports.

“The messy separation from his wife, Lolita Grayson, had been headline fodder in the weeks leading up to Grayson’s U.S. Senate campaign launch last week. And we’ve likely not seen the end of it: There’s plenty of campaign ads to come.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson, FL-Sen

Grayson Will Run for Senate in Florida

July 9, 2015 at 7:08 am EST By Taegan Goddard 24 Comments

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) “will enter Florida’s 2016 U.S. Senate race this morning, casting himself as sick child from the tenaments in the Bronx who made it, first at Harvard then as a lawyer fighting war profiteers and now a champion of everyday people in Congress,” the Tampa Bay Times reports.

“The move sets up a fierce battle among the Democratic Party’s liberal activists, which Grayson will rely on, and the establishment that has coalesed behind Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL).”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson, FL-Sen

Grayson’s Wife Seeks to Freeze His Assets

June 19, 2015 at 6:38 am EST By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments

As Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) prepares for a likely U.S. Senate bid, his estranged wife wants a judge to freeze his assets, the Palm Beach Post reports.

Grayson has spent $5 million of his own money for his past political races.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson, FL-Sen

Conservative Group Backs Grayson in New Ad

May 26, 2015 at 4:44 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments

“In a rare encroachment into a Democratic primary, the conservative Club for Growth is airing a television ad that attacks Florida Senate candidate Patrick Murphy for supporting the Export-Import Bank and praises potential rival Alan Grayson for opposing the credit agency for American businesses,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The ad is part of a $1 million advertising campaign by the Club for Growth, a free-market group that casts Ex-Im spending as corporate welfare and is best known for attacking centrist Republicans.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson, Club for Growth, FL-Sen

Grayson Tried to Have His Wife Arrested

May 20, 2015 at 9:06 am EST By Taegan Goddard 37 Comments

A review of Rep. Alan Grayson’s (D-FL) “soap-opera divorce case shows he unsuccessfully tried to have her criminally charged for far less: ringing up grocery, gasoline and car-repair expenses on his credit card,” Politico reports.

“Grayson’s previously unreported effort to have Lolita Grayson arrested on credit-card fraud charges was revealed in one of her court filings that complained about the wealthy Democrat’s tactics to withhold money from her.”

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Alan Grayson

Quote of the Day

May 19, 2015 at 7:31 am EST By Taegan Goddard 14 Comments

“I’ll sum it up for you. Gold diggers gotta dig. That’s all I gotta say.”

— Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), quoted by the Tampa Bay Times, on his divorce battle with his wife.

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Alan Grayson

Grayson Flips Out Over Disclosure of Offshore Investments

May 13, 2015 at 4:45 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 35 Comments

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), “the outspoken, populist Democrat who thunders against Wall Street fat cats,and used to to joke about Mitt Romney’s low tax bill, incorporated a couple hedge funds in the Cayman Islands so investors could avoid taxes,” the Tampa Bay Times reports.

But he wasn’t happy when asked about it by a reporter.

Said Grayson: “Are you fucking kidding? I set up a fund that might solicit foreign investors….I have no present intention of soliciting foreign investors. Your perception issue is bullshit. This is even worse than Grayson’s girlfriend might run for congress 18 months from now. This is a whole nother level of bullshit. Are are you some kind of shitting robot? You go around shitting on on people?”

He added that every time “some bullshit artist calls you up and tries to stick a knife in my gut” makes him more inclined to run for U.S. Senate.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alan Grayson, FL-Sen

Bonus Quote of the Day

May 13, 2015 at 7:57 am EST By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments

“I would be very surprised if I ever lost a primary in my life. Our voters will crawl over hot coals to vote for me.”

— Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), in an interview with CNN, on a possible U.S. Senate bid.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson, FL-Sen

Grayson’s Girlfriend Wants His House Seat

May 5, 2015 at 7:07 am EST By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments

As Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) “mulls a Senate campaign to the consternation of national Democrats, his girlfriend is quietly preparing her own bid to succeed Grayson in the House,” Politico reports.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Alan Grayson

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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