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Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

The fast-moving world of Florida 2016 politics got another jolt of energy with the expected announcement on Thursday that Orlando Democratic state Sen. Darren Soto will run in Florida’s 9th Congressional District race, now held by Alan Grayson. He’ll challenge Susannah Randolph, a district aide to Grayson who announced her candidacy this week. Randolph is […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

Advocates attempting to get a constitutional amendment on next year’s ballot regarding solar power were hit with perhaps the most serious challenge yet to their efforts Wednesday: a newly formed group with the goal of placing a competing solar power amendment on the 2016 ballot. In Orlando Wednesday morning, the newly established group, Consumers for […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

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While Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy was taking the high road in welcoming Carlos Lopez-Cantera to the growing field of candidates in the 2016 U.S. Senate race, his friends with the Florida Democratic Party in Tallahassee weren’t nearly so friendly. “I look forward to a healthy exchange of ideas in this campaign,” Murphy said in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

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The use of red-light cameras in Florida and nationally has been a flashpoint for years. The news in June that a former CEO of a traffic-camera company in Ohio pleaded guilty to bribing public officials has prompted two Florida lawmakers to call for a state investigation into that company’s contracts with local governments in the […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

Donald Trump may just be a passing fad in the 2016 GOP presidential sweepstakes, but he’s certainly having a moment in summer 2015. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that 57 percent of Republicans now have a favorable view of the celebrity businessman, compared to 40 percent with an unfavorable one. That’s a dramatic […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

The topsy-turvy 2016 Senate election in Florida welcomes a new edition Wednesday in the persona of one Carlos-Lopez Cantera, the man plucked by Rick Scott from the Miami-Dade County property appraiser’s office a year and a half ago to help him win re-election. Yes, mission accomplished, but what has he done for us lately? For […]

Mitch PerryJuly 14, 2015

Florida Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for Senate on Wednesday in Miami, making him the third Republican to enter the race, with more expected to follow. In doing so, he’s attempting to reverse a negative trend when it comes to advancing from being second-in-command in Florida. […]

Mitch PerryJuly 14, 2015

With Scott Walker’s official entry into the GOP Presidential contest on Monday, there are now 15 Republicans vying for the highest office in the land. But if you were to just follow the polls during the past week, there are now two men who matter in midsummer 2015: Donald Trump and Jeb Bush. A new Suffolk University/USA Today poll published on Tuesday shows […]

Mitch PerryJuly 14, 2015

With no official word in yet when the Florida Legislature will reconvene to begin the process of redrawing congressional districts, much of the Tampa Bay area political picture remains fuzzy 13 months from the 2016 primary elections. Most of the uncertainly resides in Pinellas County, where a newly created CD 13 district is expected to […]

Mitch PerryJuly 14, 2015

Associated Industries of Florida, considered a powerhouse lobbyist group for the business establishment in Tallahassee, has produced their annual scorecard on how often state lawmakers have maintained the AFI line, and the discrepancy isn’t that large between Democrats and Republicans in the state Senate, at least. AIF’s 2015 Voting Records contains each of the state’s 120 legislators voting […]

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Darren Soto to announce his candidacy Thursday for Florida CD 9 race

Floridians for Solar Choice call competing solar proposal attempt to “deceive and confuse”

Carlos Lopez-Cantera gets blasted by liberals after entering Senate race

Lawmakers want FDLE to investigate contacts with red-light camera vendor

New WaPo poll shows Donald Trump surging in popularity with Republicans

Mitch Perry Report for 7.15.15 — Forget about 2016; 2018 Florida politics is up and running

Carlos Lopez-Cantera to announce his candidacy for U.S. Senate in Miami

Donald Trumps leads Jeb Bush nationally in USA Today poll 17% to 14%

Tampa Bay area party chairs deal with Supreme Court ruling on redistricting

Florida Democratic state Senators score high in AIF’s 2015 voting scorecard