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Mitch PerryJune 13, 2016

Bill Nelson says there are a couple of potential legal remedies that should be addressed in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting Sunday morning that led to 49 people being killed. Multiple news agencies are reporting that the shooter, Omar Mateen, of Port Saint Lucie, had been a person of interest to federal authorities in […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2016

So, what now? America suffered through yet another gun shooting massacre over the weekend in Orlando, and by now you know all the relevant details. The question is: as a society, do we just stay sad and then move on stoically? “This massacre is, therefore, a further reminder of how easy it is for someone […]

Mitch PerryJune 10, 2016

Ross Spano, running for re-election in Hillsborough County’s House District 59 race, raised $20,250 in May, and now has more than $121,000 in his campaign coffers. Spano will face the winner of the Aug. 30 Democratic primary between Rene Frazier and Naze Sahebzamani. Frazier, who has received financial support from the Florida Democratic Party in her race, […]

Mitch PerryJune 10, 2016

Florida GOP Senate candidate Todd Wilcox, a military combat veteran and former CIA case officer, was inducted on Friday into the Army ROTC Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Wilcox attended the University of Tampa on an Army ROTC scholarship before being commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army. “It was […]

Mitch PerryJune 10, 2016

Republican state Rep. Shawn Harrison raised $20,550 in May in his bid for re-election to House District 63 and now has more than $123,000 cash-on-hand. Harrison was first elected to the Hillsborough County area seat in 2010, before losing in 2012 to Mark Danish. He defeated Danish in 2014. He’ll face the winner of the Democratic primary between Lisa […]

Mitch PerryJune 10, 2016

Tampa attorney Bob Buesing says if the Florida Legislature were simply “doing its job” when it comes to contending with early education issues, he wouldn’t be disrupting his relatively good life to engage in running for the state Legislature at the age of 62. But, he says, after years working with nonprofits that have sent brain scientists, […]

Mitch PerryJune 10, 2016

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In the summer of 2013, Melbourne GOP Rep. Ritch Workman made an issue out of a textbook used in Advanced Placement history classes in Brevard County, claiming it displayed a pro-Islam bias. In a new ad promoting his run for the Senate District 17 contest, the Republican refers to that opposition. A narrator references Workman’s sponsoring $500 million in […]

Mitch PerryJune 10, 2016

Tampa state house Representative Ed Narain announced on Friday that he has become the fastest candidate in the Senate District 19 race to qualify via petitions, doing so in 72 days. “After being asked by members of the community to enter the race, we’ve been working hard to get our message out to our neighbors in the district,” […]

Mitch PerryJune 10, 2016

Former Florida Democratic Party state chairman Bob Poe revealed Thursday he’s HIV-positive. The 61-year-old Democrat says in a video that he’s healthy because he got tested and diagnosed early, but he wanted to share his condition publicly to “remove the fear, the stigma and the shame that goes with this.” “It’s those things that keep people from getting the […]

Mitch PerryJune 9, 2016

Tampa attorney David Singer, running for the open House District 60 seat being vacated by Republican Dana Young later this month, announced Thursday he had raised $25,696 in May, and has raised more than $73,000 since entering the race in April. “Our campaign is picking up momentum and I’m thrilled that we continue to receive support from so […]

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Bill Nelson assails the use of assault weapons after Orlando massacre

Mitch Perry Report for 6.13.16 — What happens now?

Ross Spano leads all candidates in fundraising in HD 59 race

Todd Wilcox inducted into ROTC Hall of Fame

Shawn Harrison brings in more than 20K in May in HD 63 race

Bob Buesing says he was compelled to run in the SD 18 seat

Ritch Workman references his battle to remove ‘pro-Muslim textbooks’ out of Brevard County schools in new ad

Ed Narain qualifies for ballot in SD 19 race via petition

Mitch Perry Report for 6.10.16 — Bob Poe’s courage

HD 60 Democratic candidate David Singer raises over $25K in May