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Mitch PerryJuly 18, 2016
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Tampa Bay

Manuel Sykes backs C.J. Czaia in HD 70 race

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The Reverend Manuel Sykes, who had intended to be a candidate in the House District 70 race this year but was disqualified when he failed to sign his disclosure form, said Sunday he’s backing Palmetto personal injury attorney C.J. Czaia in the race. “I want to work with him,” Sykes said shortly after finishing his Sunday service at Bethel Community […]
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Mitch PerryJuly 18, 2016
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Emails & Opinions

Mitch Perry Report for 7.18.16 — Here’s the Trump-Pence ticket, America

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Greetings, y’all. My dateline is V.M. Ybor this morning in Tampa , NOT the Baymont Inn in Hudson, Ohio — some 30 minutes away from the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, site of this week’s Republican National Convention. Circumstances have dictated that I won’t be reporting from the RNC this week, but I certainly intend to observe from afar […]
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Mitch PerryJuly 16, 2016
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Tampa Bay

In Tampa, Alan Grayson addresses Black Lives Matter protest

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Alan Grayson made an appearance at a Black Lives Matter rally in Ybor City’s Centennial Park Saturday afternoon before approximately 75 people. With plenty of law enforcement standing sentry, the Orlando congressman and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate addressed the multiracial crowd by citing the names of a few of the black men who have been killed by […]
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Mitch PerryJuly 16, 2016
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Headlines

Donald Trump to hold fundraiser in Tampa days after RNC

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Donald Trump will be in Tampa on Tuesday, July 26, to appear at a fundraiser on his behalf. The event will be hosted by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus.  Governor Rick Scott will also be in attendance, along with Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, St. Pete business magnate Bill Edwards, Tampa Bay area philanthropist Les […]
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Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2016
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Headlines

Tim Canova earns the endorsement of the Working Families Party endorsement in FL CD 23 race

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Tim Canova, the Nova Southeastern University law professor challenging Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District primary next month, received the endorsement of the Working Families Party Friday. “Tim Canova has spent his career standing up to Wall Street banks and powerful corporate interests and exposing the corrupting influence of big money on our […]
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Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2016
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HeadlinesTampa Bay

Florida HD 70 and SD 19 Democratic candidates talk Trump, reparations and diapers in Tiger Bay Forum

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Although many polls show the presidential election could go either way, the Democratic candidates in Florida’s Senate District 19 and House District 70 at Friday’s Suncoast Tiger Bay Club meeting say they can’t fathom an America with Donald Trump leading the nation. “There are 45 million Republicans in this country, and that’s the best they […]
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Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2016
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Headlines

Senate Majority PAC to begin $1 million ad campaign next week for Patrick Murphy

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After a rough few weeks, Florida Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy received some good news Friday. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll released Friday shows the Jupiter representative trailing Republican Marco Rubio by just 3 percentage points in a one-on-one Senate matchup this fall. That’s better than several other polls that have been taken since Rubio’s re-emergence in the Senate race showing […]
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Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2016
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Headlines

Early voting for Florida’s Aug. 30 primary depends on where you live

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Florida’s primary election takes place Tuesday, Aug. 30, but early voting will begin days, or in some cases weeks, earlier, depending on where you live in the Sunshine State. Here are the dates and some starting times for Florida’s largest counties. In Miami-Dade, Duval, Hillsborough and Palm Beach counties, early voting takes place for the maximum 14 days, Monday, Aug. […]
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Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2016
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Headlines

NBC News poll shows Hillary Clinton up by 7 points in Florida

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Two new polls released Friday show Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump in Florida, just two days after a Quinnipiac University survey showed Trump leading Clinton in the Sunshine State. A NBC News-Wall Street Journal/Marist survey shows Clinton leading Trump, 44 percent to 37 percent. With third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein added to the mix, Clinton only loses two percentage points — staying on top of Trump, 41 percent to […]
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