Bill Rufty

Bill RuftyJune 13, 2018
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Ray Pena, of Lakeland, is running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for Florida’s 15th Congressional District as the first Hispanic-American to seek the district located in portions of Hillsborough, Polk and Lake counties. He is doing it the old-fashioned way, handshaking every person he meets and appearing at all public candidate meetings. He enumerates the issues […]

Bill RuftyJune 12, 2018
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Polk County Sheriff  Grady Judd is endorsing former Circuit Judge Ashley Moody for Attorney General. Judd made the announcement at an early Tuesday morning news conference in Bartow. Moody campaign says now there are 40 Florida sheriffs have now endorsed her for the office. “For more than forty-five years, Grady Judd has served the citizens of Polk […]

Bill RuftyJune 7, 2018
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EMILY’s List, the progressive organization that supports women candidates for office, has recommended Kristen Carlson, Lakeland attorney and 11th-hour entrant into the Democratic primary,  for Florida’s 15th Congressional District. The endorsement put two organizations that support Democratic candidates at odds with one another. At least one Democratic candidate, Greg Pilkington of Indian Lake Estates, withdrew […]

Bill RuftyJune 6, 2018
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The second television ad for Baxter Troutman, Republican candidate for Agriculture Commissioner, began running statewide Wednesday. The ad for the Winter Haven businessman and grower is part of a $1.6 million television and digital ad package the campaign announced two weeks ago. The first television ad featured Becky Troutman, the candidate’s wife, talking about her […]

Bill RuftyMay 31, 2018
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Republican Sean Harper believes that, in the era of Donald Trump, business expertise will win out over political experience. That’s why the Lakeland contractor is running against five other Republicans for Florida’s 15th Congressional District, two of whom have experience in the state Legislature. Harper entered the race May 2, two days before the filing […]

Bill RuftyMay 30, 2018
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While most campaigns are concerned with the August primary elections, the general appears already to have started for Senate District 22 and the main issue is education. The campaign of former Circuit Judge Robert Doyel, of Winter Haven, fired several blasts at Sen. Kelli Stargel, a Lakeland Republican, because she would not participate in a […]

Bill RuftyMay 23, 2018
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Kristen Carlson of Lakeland entered the Democratic Primary for Florida’s 15th Congressional District just over two weeks ago and has reported campaign donations of more than $100,000 already. Her staff said most of it came in during the first 13 days. Carlson, a former General Counsel for the Florida Department of Citrus, current counsel for […]


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