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Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2016

The campaign for Florida U.S. Democratic Senate hopeful Patrick Murphy said Wednesday he has agreed to engage in a debate with rival Marco Rubio on Univision later this month. “Patrick looks forward to making the important choice facing Florida’s Hispanic communities clear in Univision’s Spanish-language debate,” said Murphy campaign manager Josh Wolf. “Marco Rubio abandoned Florida’s Hispanic communities, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2016

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House District 63 Democratic candidate Lisa Montelione is up on the air with a television ad, and it’s a little more unconventional than what you’re used to seeing. The ad begins with what is described by the narrator as a “commercial film set,” where we quickly meet the director, cameraman, as well as a technical crew — but no actual […]

Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2016

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(UPDATE) There are just 16 counties in the U.S. — or one half of one percent — that imposed five or more death sentences between 2010 and 2015, and, according to a new report, four of them are in Florida — Hillsborough, Pinellas, Miami-Dade, and Duval. The Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project’s report notes these “outlier counties” are plagued by […]

Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2016

It’s painful today for me, folks. I stayed up past midnight this morning to see the Chicago Cubs come from behind with four runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the San Francisco Giants, 6-5, and advance to the National League Championship Series this weekend, where they’ll play either Washington D.C. or […]

Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2016

Before Tuesday night, Bill Clinton had never visited the small Pinellas County town of Safety Harbor, but he joked that after Sunday night’s second presidential debate, “I feel that I need to be here.” The 42nd president of the United States spoke for 45 minutes in front of an intimate crowd of just 250 people at the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2016

Bob Buckhorn is very keen on getting Hillary Clinton elected. He traveled to New Hampshire this past winter to campaign for her, and has been front-and-center at the three campaign events she’s held in Tampa during this election cycle. Yet when it comes to the Trans Pacific Partnership, Buckhorn says both Clinton and Donald Trump are dead wrong in opposing the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2016

While some Republicans are jumping off the Donald Trump train with just four weeks until Election Day, Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee Chair Deb Tamargo says the calls coming into her office on Monday supported the GOP presidential nominee, and were critical of Paul Ryan. The Speaker of the House told Congressional Republicans Monday they should feel free to stop supporting Trump if they […]

Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2016

The Republican Party of Florida is doing a lot to make sure House District 60 stays in Republican control after next month’s election. The RPOF gave more than $26,000 in in-kind and direct financial contributions to Jackie Toledo in September. More than $16,000 of that was for a poll. Another $1,500 was for staffing, and there was […]

Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2016

Florida Republican leaders have been conspicuously quiet about where they stand on Amendment 2, the ballot initiative that would legalize medical marijuana. “I think a lot of people are being quiet about it because they assume it’s going to pass and they don’t want to be on the wrong side,” incoming Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Jack […]

Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2016

Bill Clinton comes to Pinellas County tonight, after two earlier scheduled events in Palm Beach County and Fort Myers, and the question is: will he make news? The 42nd president of the United States got himself and his wife’s campaign into all types of hot water when he “blasted” the Affordable Care Act last week, though a […]

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Jacksonville developer Patrick Zalupski leads a group to buy the Rays, aiming for a new Tampa stadium.

Patrick Murphy finally agrees to participate in Univision televised debate against Marco Rubio

Lisa Montelione ghosts her own TV ad

New report says Hillsborough and Pinellas County are outliers nationally in calling for death penalty

Mitch Perry Report for 10.12.16 — Is there still no crying in baseball?

In Safety Harbor, Bill Clinton exhorts crowd ‘Do not fight fire with fire’

Bob Buckhorn says Hillary Clinton is wrong in opposing the TPP

Hillsborough REC chair Deb Tamargo says media focus on ‘sexier’ issues leads Donald Trump astray

Jackie Toledo gets Florida GOP funds in HD 60 race, but Democrat David Singer has more cash

Some Florida Republicans AWOL on talking about Amendment 2

Mitch Perry Report for 10.11.12 — Bill Clinton comes back to Tampa Bay