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Mitch PerryAugust 1, 2016

Florida is one of only three states in the nation where felons and ex-felons permanently lose their right to vote, according to the National Conference on State Legislatures. So on the last day to register to vote in the Aug. 30 primary election, advocates throughout the Sunshine State called for a repeal of that law Monday. “The voting […]

Mitch PerryAugust 1, 2016

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Florida Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy is blasting Marco Rubio in a new ad that hits at the GOP incumbent’s attendance record in the U.S. Senate. Rubio’s record of missing votes became an issue while he was running for president earlier this year. And the Tampa Bay Times reported last month he also has a poor record of attending classified Intelligence Meetings […]

Mitch PerryAugust 1, 2016

One of the many indelible moments that I bore witness to last week in Philadelphia at the Democratic National Convention was when Bernie Sanders delegated booed down Debbie Wasserman Schultz at the Florida Delegation Breakfast last Monday. It was a day after Wasserman Schultz had been forced to step down as DNC Chair (“taking one for […]

Mitch PerryJuly 31, 2016

Debbie Wasserman Schultz leads her Democratic challenger Tim Canova by eight percentage points in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, 46 percent to 38 percent, according to a new poll released Sunday by the Canova campaign. What’s more, after the pollsters provided more information about Canova to likely voters, Wasserman Schultz’ lead was reduced to just three points, […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2016

Good morning, Well, I’m glad it just started raining in Philadelphia, because I didn’t set an alarm, and a plane awaits to go to whisk me to Tampa in a few hours, so not much time for any insights from this week. Let’s just say this: When Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim-American soldier slain in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2016

PHILADELPHIA- It wasn’t as strong a speech as others gave at the Democratic National Convention, but, to paraphrase an infamous line said to her in 2008, it was good enough. Hillary Clinton gave an hour-long speech at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Thursday night, trying to make the case to the public that […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2016

PHILADELPHIA – 1984 was a lousy year for Democrats. It was “Morning in America,” with Ronald Reagan annihilating Walter Mondale in the general election that fall, taking 49 states in the Electoral College. They did put on a good convention that year, for what it was worth. There were sterling speeches in San Francisco’s Moscone Center from […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2016

Donald Trump gets more play on Facebook in Florida than Hillary Clinton. But Monica Lee, a data scientist with Facebook, emphasizes that, “we are not breaking this down into negative or positive comments.” That’s just something I learned while dropping on the Facebook Lounge Thursday afternoon., which was set up at both national conventions this month […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2016

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe recently did something many Florida Democrats can only dream of. In April, he issued a sweeping order restoring rights to all ex-offenders who are no longer incarcerated or on probation or parole. That move was nixed by the Virginia Supreme Court however, which ruled last week that he had overstepped his clemency powers, agreeing with state […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2016

Florida Republicans dominate state government in Tallahassee, and in the state House, it’s not even close. Yet incoming House Minority Leader Janet Cruz says she “conservatively” believes the Democrats can flip six seats this coming fall, and — just as importantly — retain that number in 2018, beginning the party’s journey to finally getting close […]

Mitch Perry

Advocates call for repeal of Florida’s ban on automatic restoration of voting rights for ex-felons

Patrick Murphy releases new ad blasting Marco Rubio’s Senate attendance record

Mitch Perry Report for 8.1.16 – Crunch time in the Florida primary

Tim Canova camp says new poll shows him ‘within striking distance’ of Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Mitch Perry Report for 7.29.16 — Goodbye from Philadelphia

Hillary Clinton makes her case to be the next President of the United States

In DNC address, Andrew Cuomo invokes memories of Mario Cuomo’s 1984 classic

Fun facts in the Facebook Lounge at the DNC

Terry McAuliffe tells Florida Dems he’ll sign over 200,000 forms individually to restore ex-felons right to vote

Janet Cruz says she believes Florida Democrats can flip 6 House seats this fall