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Mitch PerryNovember 7, 2016

BRANDON — Although Marco Rubio is a clear favorite to win re-election to his U.S. Senate seat tomorrow night, he wasn’t doing a victory lap when he made a visit to the Hillsborough County Republican Party headquarters in Brandon Monday morning. “Two-hundred and seventy-five thousand Republicans who requested a mail ballot have not returned it […]

Mitch PerryNovember 7, 2016

In this space on Friday, we reminisced about October surprises in previous election cycles before referring to the dual bombshells that have rocked this year’s presidential election: First, the release of that 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape in which Donald Trump spoke lewdly about women, followed 10 days ago with the announcement of the discovery of hundreds of thousands […]

Mitch PerryNovember 5, 2016

Looking over the thousands of adoring fans who had waited for hours to see him speak, Donald Trump kicked off his 50-minute speech at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on Saturday morning by comparing his audience to Hillary Clinton’s campaign appearance with two of the biggest celebrities in America on Friday night in Cleveland. “We don’t need Jay Z to fill […]

Mitch PerryNovember 5, 2016

With just days to go before the voting ends in the Hillsborough County state Senate District 18 race, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida is calling on Hillsborough progressives to back Democrat Bob Buesing over independent Joe Redner in the contest. “While Joe Redner is a strong progressive candidate, I urge Hillsborough County progressives, including Joe, to join me […]

Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2016

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Hillary Clinton is leading Donald Trump by 170,000 ballots in Florida heading into the final weekend of early voting. That’s what Clinton campaign manager Robbie Mook said on a conference call Friday afternoon. In comparison, Mook said that on the Friday before Election Day in 2012, Barack Obama was losing to Mitt Romney in Florida by 15,000 votes. The president went on to defeat Romney in the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2016

Six weeks after first requesting public records pertaining to the leak of contaminated water that occurred at a massive sinkhole at Mosaic’s New Wales Facility at the Hillsborough/Polk county line in August, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham says she wants to know why Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection are “stalling” to release emails related to the controversy. “Public records are […]

Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2016

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An attorney for the Lisa Montelione campaign is calling on local television stations to stop airing an ad by her Republican opponent in House District 63, Shawn Harrison, claiming it infringes on copyrighted material of Montelione. The ad mocks Montelione’s own television ad released last month, which depicted a commercial film set with a director, cameraman, technical crew — but no candidate. “Seen the Lisa Montelione […]

Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2016

(UPDATED) A political mailer being distributed in Florida’s 18th state Senate District has brought Dana Young and Joe Redner and Bob Buesing together — to criticize it. For all intents and purposes, it looks like a mailer from the Redner campaign, referring to him as a “Bernie Sanders progressive” and criticizing Young as “just another Republican” and Democrat Bob Buesing as […]

Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2016

It was the Thursday night before the 2000 general election when Fox News’s Carl Cameron reported George W. Bush had been arrested in 1976 in Maine on a DWI case. It was definitely an “October surprise,” and it definitely seemed to stop Bush’s momentum in that contest — a contest in which he ultimately lost the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 3, 2016

Charlie Crist added another $5,500 in campaign contributions Wednesday. Among the contributions was a $1,000 check from the political committee, Friends of Rose DeLauro. DeLauro has been representing Connecticut’s third district in the U.S. House of Representatives for over two decades. Crist also received a $1,000 contribution from Democrats Reshaping America (Dreampac), a Democratic super PAC, and a $1,000 contribution from Lisa DeBartolo, […]

Marco Rubio is confident heavy Latino turnout will help him win Senate race

Mitch Perry Report for 11.7.16 — Closing arguments

Donald Trump talks up his support from blacks and Latinos in Tampa speech

Democratic Progressive Caucus announces support for Bob Buesing over Joe Redner in SD 18 seat

Robbie Mook says Hillary Clinton is leading Donald Trump in early balloting in Florida by 170,000 votes

Gwen Graham blasts Rick Scott and DEP for delay in public records request on sinkhole spill

Lisa Montelione campaign calls on TV stations to pull Shawn Harrison ad

Anonymous mailer in SD 18 race gets everyone outraged

Mitch Perry Report for 11.4.16 — What will be this year’s decisive October surprise?

Charlie Crist campaign adds another $5,500 to his campaign war chest