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Peter SchorschJune 20, 2016

This crazy election cycle has already seen a few lawmakers and candidates playing musical chairs with their districts, swooping in to run from a favorable neighborhood or playing fast and loose with their exact address. But House District 5 candidate Bev Kilmer is taking it to a whole new level. Kilmer wants to carpetbag her way into […]

Peter SchorschJune 19, 2016

The latest on the shooting at an Orlando nightclub: 5:00 p.m. An aspiring firefighter who was among those killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting was named an honorary one during a service to honor his life. The Orlando Sentinel reports that 21-year-old Cory James Connell got the distinction Saturday from the Orange County Fire Rescue. Firefighter/paramedic […]

Peter SchorschJune 18, 2016

We’ve been trawling the internet, watching our emails, crossing our fingers for some sign of good news to lead off this edition with. A press release that came in Friday morning seemed to be the ticket. It’s Miss Florida time. Forty-eight preliminary pageant winners will compete in the 81st Miss Florida Scholarship Pageant that kicks […]

Peter SchorschJune 17, 2016

In a way, House District 103 is the Democrats’ Moby Dick. The younger-skewing, heavily Hispanic district spanning parts of Miramar, Hialeah Gardens, and Medley elected President Barack Obama by a 10-plus-point margin in 2012. The HD 103 seat straddles Broward and Miami-Dade counties, places Democrats need to plant their flag and hang their hats big-time if they’re […]

Peter SchorschJune 17, 2016

The frontrunners in many Central Florida legislative races piled on more money last month, with several candidates holding six-figure leads five months out from Election Day. In Senate District 13, the most competitive race among Orange County’s Senate seats, former Democratic Rep. Mike Clelland is trouncing the other two Democrats in the race with more […]

Peter SchorschJune 17, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. HAPPY FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND IN FLORIDA, LOBBYING IS A FAMILY BUSINESS A joint project of Florida Politics and Tallahassee Democrat Think of it as the family business. Some of Florida’s […]

Peter SchorschJune 16, 2016

Five months from Election Day, Republican Sens. Jeff Brandes, Jack Latvala, Tom Lee and Bill Galvano are still running unopposed. The only two bay area Senate seats in contention so far are the Senate District 18 contest between Tampa Republican Rep. Dana Young and Democrat Bob Buesing and the three-way Democratic primary going down in SD 19. Young had built up quite the lead in her jump to the […]

Peter SchorschJune 16, 2016

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. THE TRANSFORMATION OF ORLANDO via Scott Powers I’m not religious enough to cite scriptural references in normal circumstances, but we all know the story of Job, and how he endured one calamity […]

Peter SchorschJune 15, 2016

That Republican Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera has agreed to withdraw from the race for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat if Marco Rubio decides to run for re-election to it is as surprising to see as it was to watch Al Cowlings chauffeur O.J. Simpson in a white Bronco. Some men are just born to be second banana. […]

Peter SchorschJune 15, 2016

Editor’s note: Extensive Enterprises Media reporter Jim Rosica made the following inquiry Wednesday of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office. The question itself is noteworthy. An answer from Bondi’s office would be more so. In an interview with CNN Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi told Anderson Cooper she “was sworn to uphold the constitution of the state […]

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The plot thickens in Bev Kilmer’s residency saga

The latest on club massacre — Pulse shooting victim named honorary firefighter

Takeaways from Tallahassee – Some good news, please

Democrats’ problems ousting Manny Diaz in HD 103 about to get worse

Where s**t stands in Central Florida legislative races

Sunburn for 6.17.16 — Happy Father’s Day Weekend

Where sh*t stands in Tampa Bay legislative races

Sunburn for 6.16.16 — The transformation of Orlando

Carlos Lopez-Cantera’s atrociously timed conversation with Marco Rubio

After Anderson Cooper interview debacle, a pointed question for Pam Bondi