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Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016

Republican Jackie Toledo has defeated Democrat David Singer in the House District 60 race, 57 percent to 43 percent. The 40-year-old Toledo ran an intriguing race, choosing to eschew any interviews and (mostly) ignoring the verbal slings and arrows from Singer, who ran a centrist campaign with a strong pitch to independents and moderate Republicans. Toledo barely […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016

Charlie Crist has defeated David Jolly in Florida’s 13th Congressional District by four percentage points, 52 percent to 48 percent. The Associated Press called the race with 239 precincts out of 241 reporting. His victory will be framed as his political comeback, following two rough losses statewide for U.S. Senate in 2010 and governor in 2014. Crist originally […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016

In one of the nastiest state legislative races in Florida this fall, Republican Dana Young has defeated Democrat Bob Buesing, 48 percent to 41 percent. Joe Redner finished third with 9.5 percent. Sheldon Upthegrove, a staff sergeant at U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, finished forth with less than one percent of the vote. “Tampa Bay voters have spoken tonight in favor of […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016

Democrat Ben Diamond has defeated Republican JB Benshimen in the House District 68 race, 56 percent to 44 percent. “I’m so honored to have been chosen to represent our district in Tallahassee,” said Diamond. “I’m looking forward to working hard for the people of Pinellas County. I want to thank my family, friends, supporters, and volunteers for all their help […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016

Michelle Obama went on Tampa hip-hop station 95.7 The Beat Tuesday afternoon, where she encouraged listeners to go to the polls to vote for Hillary Clinton. “We need people to be as enthusiastic as they were for Barack in this election, because the stakes are just as high, probably higher because of who her opponent is, and […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016

Even before the end of this presidential election cycle, lots of Americans are concerned about how hard it might be to heal the divisions exposed in this country following the Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton battle. That includes Marco Rubio, who said Monday it’s not lawmakers in Washington who have to learn to get along better, but the public itself. […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016

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Patrick Murphy frequently bashed Marco Rubio on the campaign trail this fall as a “puppet of the Koch Brothers,” citing the 98 percent grade he received from Americans for Prosperity, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit political advocacy group considered the political arm of Charles and David Koch. In fact, AFP’s Florida chapter announced Monday they knocked on more […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016

Working until the last hour to drive out turnout on Election Day, Donald Trump appeared on Tampa radio station 970 WFLA Tuesday morning. The GOP presidential nominee must win Florida and its 29 electoral votes to take the White House. That strategy compelled him to do rallies in Tampa on Saturday and again in Sarasota on Monday […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016

The last presidential contest I really didn’t pay that much attention to was back in 1980, but I do remember this: I was in high school, and I had the TV on but the sound down when Jimmy Carter came out at around 6:15 PST to announce he was conceding the election. It was pretty early […]

Mitch PerryNovember 7, 2016

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz has kept a relatively low profile since her dramatic departure as Chair of the Democratic National Committee, but she comes out swinging when discussing Bernie Sanders in an interview to be broadcast Monday night. “The Sanders campaign began aggressively trying to find a way to, you know, find a scapegoat and turn […]

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Jackie Toledo easily defeats David Singer in House District 60 race

Charlie Crist defeats David Jolly in CD 13 race

Dana Young beats Bob Buesing in SD 18 race

Ben Diamond defeats JB Benshimen in HD 68 race

Michelle Obama goes on Tampa hip hop station to make last hour pitch for Hillary Clinton

On eve of election, Marco Rubio says it’s up to those in public office to inject more ‘responsible discourse’

Americans for Prosperity spends more than $2.5 million to defeat Patrick Murphy

On Tampa radio interview, Donald Trump says he hopes election results will be fair

Mitch Perry Report for 11.8.16 — Getting the results before the polls close

In Vice interview, Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Bernie Sanders camp “made me the bogeyman”