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Mitch PerryJune 20, 2017

Alan Grayson said on Tuesday that he is not running for any office in 2018, at least not yet. But there are plenty of people who want him to, as he has racked up several hundred thousand dollars in campaign contributions for a CD 11 bid, a seat currently occupied by Republican Daniel Webster. The […]

Mitch PerryJune 20, 2017

Gwen Graham scored a major national endorsement Tuesday when New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced backing Graham’s campaign for Florida governor. “I am proud to join thousands of others in supporting Gwen Graham, a strong progressive leader, for Governor of Florida. In the age of Trump, we need courageous leaders like Gwen who will always put […]

Mitch PerryJune 20, 2017

Being part of a legislative caucus with little political power has been the plight of Democrats elected to the Florida House for going on two decades, but state Representative Sean Shaw told a town hall audience of about 40 people Monday night that it’s their job to hold him accountable in Tallahassee, regardless of his […]

Mitch PerryJune 19, 2017

Gainesville Republican Ted Yolo, joined by 22 other House Republicans, co-signed a letter calling Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to reverse the “Housing First” emphasis in policies during the Obama administration. “Housing First” philosophy holds that the best solution for homelessness is moving people into permanent, independent housing as quickly as possible. In order […]

Mitch PerryJune 19, 2017

Rick Baker knew for months that Rick Kriseman was going to attack him as an out-of-step Republican in a Democratically friendly city, even before entering the mayoral campaign last month. In his campaign kickoff announcement, the former St. Petersburg Mayor warned supporters they’d be getting a dose of such rhetoric from the Kriseman camp: “Because that’s the […]

Mitch PerryJune 19, 2017

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In 2015, Manatee and Sarasota counties had the highest and second-highest number respectively of fentanyl-related deaths per capita in the state, according to the Florida Medical Examiners Commission. So it should come as no surprise that Congressman Vern Buchanan is signing on as a co-sponsor for the INTERDICT Act, which aims to stop the flow of […]

Mitch PerryJune 18, 2017

As Gwen Graham, Andrew Gillum and Chris King talked issues to a packed ballroom in their first Democratic gubernatorial forum Saturday at the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Phil Levine was nowhere to be seen. The Miami Beach Mayor isn’t officially running for anything (right now), so he’s on a different wavelength than his would-be Democratic competitors. […]

Mitch PerryJune 17, 2017

In the immediate aftermath of Hillary Clinton‘s stunning Electoral College loss to Donald Trump last November, Democrats took to writing think pieces and conducting heated arguments about how they lost working-class white voters. Questions like: Was it too much of “identity politics”? Were they too elitist? Joe Biden has heard and read about those discussions, and he’s […]

Mitch PerryJune 17, 2017

Could expansion of state spending for charter school operators — at the expense of public schools — fuel a surge of support for Florida Democrats at the polls in 2018? That’s what Alex Sink thinks could happen. At least she hopes it might. The former CFO and 2010 gubernatorial candidate is angry about the passage of […]

Mitch PerryJune 17, 2017

With another fourteen months to go before Florida Democrats choose their gubernatorial nominee, the most talked-about potential candidate wasn’t at the Leadership Blue Gala, one of the Party’s biggest events. And he won’t decide if he’ll even run until (maybe) next year. Nevertheless, Saturday afternoon’s forum in Hollywood — between Gwen Graham, Andrew Gillum and Chris […]

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Alan Grayson raising beaucoup bucks for a race he may not run

N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand hearts Gwen Graham for Governor

Sean Shaw to town hall audience: ‘Hold me accountable’

Ted Yoho urges Ben Carson to reverse Obama-era ‘Housing First,’ reinstate homeless shelter funds

Rick Baker, Rick Kriseman still question which has been more partisan as mayor

Vern Buchanan backing bill to help block synthetic opioids from entering country

Phil Levine laying low in gubernatorial race

At Florida Democrats Leadership Gala, Joe Biden argues progressives can still win working class vote

Alex Sink: Anger over HB 7069 could be Dems winning issue in 2018

Florida Democratic Gala draws big stage, love fest for gubernatorial hopefuls