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Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2015

U.S. Senator Jim Risch of Idaho became the third Republican senator this week to endorse Marco Rubio on Wednesday. Risch says he’s been impressed with Rubio’s communication skills and understanding of serious issues while working together in the Senate. His endorsement comes a day after Rubio received a similar voice of approval from Montana Senator Steve […]

Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2015

Considering he was at Charlie Crist‘s pitch two weeks ago to run for Congress, it was no surprise Wednesday when the Crist campaign said it now has Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch‘s backing. “Charlie Crist has been standing up for our values his whole life, even when it wasn’t easy,” Welch says in a prepared […]

Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2015

While appearing on Fox News Wednesday morning, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio again downplayed stories that are again circling about his finances. They include his issues with a Republican Party of Florida credit card when he was speaker of the Florida house. “It’s actually a discredited attack,” Rubio told Fox’s Martha MacCallum on Wednesday, referring to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2015

Pinellas County GOP Representative David Jolly has written a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, informing him that the VA’s recent declaration that former Navy veteran and current Pinellas County resident Michael Rieker is deceased is inaccurate, and that Rieker is “very much alive.” Mistakes can certainly happen, but Jolly notes in his letter that this […]

Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2015

Donald Trump has a narrow, 1-point lead over Ben Carson in the latest Quinnipiac poll of Republican presidential candidates, 24-23 percent. But Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are rising. Rubio is third in the national survey with 14 percent support, and Cruz is right behind at 13 percent. Jeb Bush is fifth with 4 percent. No […]

Mitch PerryNovember 4, 2015

A friend of mine asked me Tuesday night whether Ben Carson is doing any fundraising in Tampa. It would certainly make sense if he were since the GOP presidential front-runner (in some polls) is spending this week in Florida on a book-selling tour. There’s no indication, though, that such an event is planned. Carson is running a campaign […]

Mitch PerryNovember 3, 2015

Florida Democratic Senate candidate Alan Grayson has sent a mass e-mail to supporters, asking them to sign a petition denouncing GOP Senate candidate David Jolly for proposing to dismantle the Department of Veteran Affairs. “Say you won’t let him dishonor our veterans like this by adding your name to our petition right now,” the statement says, […]

Mitch PerryNovember 3, 2015

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Although the nation continues to grow (we’re currently at 321 million), there are no plans in Congress to add to the 435 representatives that constitute the U.S. House of Representatives. That means when the next official U.S. Census is turned in time for the 2022 congressional elections, certain states will gain representation, and some states will lose that representation, depending […]

Mitch PerryNovember 3, 2015

Florida U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster is considering a run in the Congressional District 11 seat being vacated by Republican Rich Nugent. Webster has been in Congress since 2010 representing District 10, a slightly GOP -leaning Central Florida district that includes parts of western Orange County, most of Lake County, as well as a northern section of Polk […]

Mitch PerryNovember 3, 2015

Through redistricting efforts, Florida Democrats will surely see their numbers grow in the congressional ranks next year, and there’s a possibility they could see more of their own in the Legislature as well. That depends on how the state Senate lines are ultimately draw (and approved by the Florida Supreme Court). But they’ll still be vastly outnumbered, […]

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Idaho’s Jim Risch becomes the 3rd GOP Senator in three days to back Marco Rubio for president

Ken Welch latest Democrat to embrace Charlie Crist’s congressional candidacy

Marco Rubio again downplays stories about use of RPOF credit card

VA mistakes 6th Tampa area vet as dead; David Jolly demands answers

Marco Rubio leads Hillary Clinton by 5 points in new Quinnipiac Poll

Mitch Perry Report for 11.4.15 – Figuring out Ben Carson

Alan Grayson accuses David Jolly of wanting to “dismantle” the V.A.

Florida to gain another congressional seat in 2020?

Daniel Webster now contemplating run in CD 11

Florida Democratic Party unveils “Municipal Victory Project” to attempt to flip GOP seats in 2016