Congressman John Mica

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is backing Democrat Heather Beaven in her race against U.S. Rep. John Mica. In an e-mail released today, Daschle picks up on the narrative that has thus far dominated Beaven’s campaign. “While Heather has made clean energy production a key plan in her platform, Congressman Mica has advocated for drilling in environmentally sensitive lands including ANWAR, the Keys and the Everglades,” the e-mail reads. While still seen as a long shot, Beaven has...Read Full Story

Democrat Heather Beaven officially got the nod from Big Labor today, picking up the endorsement of the AFL-CIO. Beaven is running against U.S. Rep. John Mica, a Republican who has represented the 7th Congressional District since 1993.  In an e-mail announcing the endorsement, Beaven continued to hammer Mica on oil drilling. In this latest installment, Beaven calls out specific oil drilling-related votes Mica has made in the past, and asked him to use his oil industry political...Read Full Story

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Over the recent past years, the City of Daytona Beach has suffered a systemic breakdown of the public trust as a result of rampant abuses by public officials to the service of a handful of wealthy political patrons. This unprecedented corruption has driven the city into a moral and economic breakdown. Help is needed, and immediate attention from State and Federal authorities is required to break up the good 'ol boy network grip on corrupt public officials.Capone would have...Read Full Story

As political candidates tallied up their second quarter campaign donations, Democrat Heather Beaven recognized the power of the Internet. Beaven, a Navy vet and nonprofit executive who’s running against 18-year incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica, said she’s raised just over $60,000 for her campaign so far online alone. Going into this fundraising period, she was leading all other congressional challengers in the region. Online donations helped drive her fundraising total up to about...Read Full Story

Democrat Heather Beaven has challenged her opponent, nine-term incumbent John Mica, to a televised debate. “The 7th District shouldn’t have to go searching high and low to get answers or face time from their Congressman. Let’s debate in the district. You pick the time and place and I’ll be there. Period,” read an e-mail sent out by the Beaven campaign. That potion of e-mail was under the sub-head “Anytime. Anywhere. Any way.” The e-mail also blasts Mica for not spending time in his own...Read Full Story

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - History is replete with cases of criminals that get caught and receive their just punishment. Other malfeasors, whose conscience tortures them, end up turning themselves in for their punishment. There is a third group: those without conscience, the true sociopaths that actually believe they are above the law and above the rights of other citizens.One of the most well known examples of the second kind is the story of Raskolnikov, the fictional protagonist of Crime and...Read Full Story

In an e-mail sent out today, Democrat Heather Beaven ratcheted up the pressure on her opponent, Congressman John Mica, to hold a televised debate. Earlier this week, Beaven sent out an e-mail tossing out the initial challenge and asking “Where in the district is John Mica?” That message has expanded in her newest e-mail (there are pictures), which shows Mica dressed as the notoriously hard to find Waldo from the Where’s Waldo series of books. The e-mail lays out Mica’s path in recent weeks...Read Full Story

Democratic congressional candidate Heather Beaven has a piece in The Hill’s Congress blog this morning taking another shot at her opponent, Republican John Mica, over oil drilling. The Hill is a Washington D.C.-based newspaper. “John Mica’s affair with big oil has led him to push for drilling in the Everglades and in the Florida Keys while oil still spews from the ocean’s floor. Still today, his website reads, “I voted to drill in the Everglades in the 1970’s and I’d do it again today...Read Full Story

U.S. Rep. John Mica is employing a popular strategy to fend off a feisty opponent: Invoke national Democrats. “My first vote [after re-election] will not be to continue Nancy Pelosi taxing and spending. That is the biggest difference,” Mica said. The Republican incumbent in the 7th Congressional District is running against Heather Beaven, a Palm Coast Democrat. Though a long shot, Beaven gained early momentum – and cash – by hammering Mica on his oil industry ties after the spill in the Gulf...Read Full Story

Despite mounting corruption complaints against the Daytona Beach City Commission, including a failing grade in a state audit that revealed multiple ethics violations and widespread misuse of taxpayers funds, Commissioner Dwayne Taylor is running for election to the Florida House of Representatives.Taylor's record at the City Commission is abysmal, he has approved every measure that raised the tax burden of Daytona Beach citizens while awarding millions of dollars to multi-millionaire campaign...Read Full Story