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Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016

When pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb announced in 2013 that they would be locating its capability center in Tampa, company executives weren’t doing so just because they liked the weather in the Sunshine State. In choosing the area over 50 other locations around the country, Hillsborough County and the state of Florida had to play ball, […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016

Rick Scott‘s favorable ratings have tanked to just 38 percent, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey released on Tuesday. However, he’s not the worst-ranked Republican elected statewide in Florida. That would be the state’s junior U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, the presidential candidate who is only at 31 percent support, with 55 percent opposing him. Florida’s other […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016

Although the campaign for U.S. Senate in Florida remains a mostly sleepy affair, a new Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday shows an unmistakable trend: U.S. Reps. David Jolly and Alan Grayson continue to lead in the polls. On the GOP side, Jolly, a first-term congressman from Pinellas County, leads with 26 percent of the vote. U.S. Rep. Ron De Santis is […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016

Bernie Sanders is a self-avowed “Democratic socialist.” Shortly after beginning his campaign last spring for the Democratic nomination for president, the U.S. senator from Vermont explained that his brand of such socialism is something that’s actively practiced in Scandinavian nations. “Like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, they are very democratic countries, obviously,” he said on ABC’s “This […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016

Marco Rubio has been subject to intense criticism in conservative circles for his initial support for comprehensive immigration reform, but never like this. On the eve of Super Tuesday, the families of 30 Americans who were tortured, raped or murdered by allegedly undocumented immigrants issued a public letter to Republican voters, saying the Florida senator […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016

For political reporters and everyone else who wants to keep the excitement of the 2015-2016 presidential election cycle going strong, you’ve got to be pulling for Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz to exceed expectations in the Super Tuesday contests. Otherwise, we’re staring at an eight-month slog of Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump in the general […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 29, 2016

Although Donald Trump said Monday that he does disassociate himself from white supremacist David Duke, critics of the GOP presidential front-runner are seizing on his reluctance to do so in a CNN interview on Sunday. Among those critics are Florida State University students angry that Joe Gruters, Trump’s campaign manager in Florida, sits on the FSU Board […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 29, 2016

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Although last year’s redistricting has made incumbent Dennis Ross‘ Congressional District 15 seat slightly less Republican leaning than it was when he crushed Democrat Alan Cohn in the 2014 midterms, he remains a strong favorite to be re-elected this fall. Jim Lange says that doesn’t intimidate him. “There are people more qualified, better connected, (and who) […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 29, 2016

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One of Marco Rubio‘s super PACs has released a new commercial that blasts Donald Trump for his refusal to disavow ex-Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke during an interview on a Sunday morning talk-show. The ad from the Conservative Solutions PAC opens with CNN’s Jake Tapper describing how he asked Trump three times whether he would reject support from Duke and […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 29, 2016

A new University of North Florida statewide poll of likely Democratic primary voters reveals that if the Florida Democratic Presidential Primary were held today, 54.4 percent would vote for Hillary Clinton, while Bernie Sanders trails with 24.2 percent. It’s the second consecutive poll released within the past few days to show a wide Clinton lead. A Quinnipiac survey released on […]

Mitch Perry

Tampa Bay Partnership attempts to rally Richard Corcoran to embrace Rick Scott’s Enterprise Florida deal

New poll shows Rick Scott more popular than Marco Rubio in Florida

Alan Grayson, David Jolly continue to lead U.S. Senate race, PPP poll finds

Pasco professor talks about Bernie Sanders, Nordic exceptionalism

U.S. victims of crimes from illegal immigrants urge GOP voters to reject Marco Rubio

Mitch Perry Report for 3.1.16 — Will Clinton vs. Trump be a “hate and castrate” election?

Students want Joe Gruters off FSU Board, plan protest on campus

Democrat Jim Lange to challenge Dennis Ross in CD 15

Marco Rubio’s Super PAC goes after Donald Trump regarding David Duke

Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 54%-24% in Florida, UNF poll shows