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Peter SchorschApril 19, 2016

An out-of-district Republican filed Friday to run against Saint Petersburg Democratic Rep. Dwight Dudley in House District 68. According to Federal Elections Commission records, Joseph “JB” Bensmihen had been running for the South Florida congressional seat currently held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel before filing for the Pinellas County-based Florida House district. Florida House […]

Peter SchorschApril 19, 2016

About a month ago, when FloridaPolitics.com offered “The Good, the Bad and the Interesting” of the applicants for the next Insurance Commissioner, we highlighted the legal requirements for the job. They’re high … on purpose. HB 3, passed in Special Session E in 2002, implemented a 1998 constitutional amendment that merged the jobs of Comptroller […]

Peter SchorschApril 19, 2016

Kudos to Florida Supreme Court Justice Fred Lewis. As detailed in an article in the Ocala Star-Banner, Lewis took the time to speak to students at Ocala’s Trinity Catholic High School. He did so as part of the court’s Justice Teaching Initiative, which he founded in 2006 to help Florida’s K-12 students understand the state’s laws and justice system. It’s a free program […]

Peter SchorschApril 18, 2016

Republican Rep. Jason Brodeur will hold two fundraisers next week for his HD 28 re-election campaign, one in Winter Springs and the other in Tallahassee. The Winter Springs event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, at the Red Cypress Brewery in the Senor Tequila’s Plaza, and will include entertainment from Dan Taylor. The Tallahassee edition is set for 4:30 p.m. […]

Peter SchorschApril 18, 2016

For the third time in four years, the Tampa Bay Times has won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing and/or illuminating a horrible situation in the community that came to pass, basically, under the leadership of Republican elected officials. On Monday, the Tampa Bay Times won the award for Best Local Reporting about an investigation, researched and […]

Peter SchorschApril 18, 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. PULITZER ANYONE? Readers of the Tampa Bay Times online and print editions read everyday that the paper has won 10 Pulitzer Prizes. Will that number increase to 11 later today? […]

Peter SchorschApril 18, 2016

So maybe an “egg” is a bit of an overstatement. But when you are running against a guy (Randy Perkins) who has the support of Democratic leaders from across the country, is willing (and more than able) to write his own checks, AND is raising money at a fairly brisk pace; raising mid-five figures might […]

Peter SchorschApril 18, 2016

Annette Taddeo‘s campaign balance sheet was nearly upside-down in the first fundraising quarter of 2016. Taddeo raised a paltry $219,682 during Q1, but the bad news for didn’t stop there. The former Miami-Dade Democratic Party chairwoman’s campaign also blew through $181,984 in expenditures according to new federal reporting data. That left Taddeo with just under […]

Peter SchorschApril 16, 2016

And so it goes, another attempt to change the state’s alimony regimen, down in flames. This year’s bill (SB 668) was complicated by the addition of language from another measure in the 2016 Legislative Session. It would have changed the beginning assumption of child custody (or “time-sharing”) to 50/50 between spouses. And that is what […]

Peter SchorschApril 15, 2016

Outgoing 16-year Congressman Ander Crenshaw was cut from the same mold as Tillie Fowler, his immediate predecessor who would be considered a RINO in today’s environment, and Charlie Bennett, who served as a Blue Dog Democrat for 44 years before Fowler did her eight. Never the loudest in the room. Never the most controversial. Never […]

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Dwight Dudley draws challenge from Palm Beach Republican

The million-dollar Insurance Commissioner question

Justice Fred Lewis addresses Catholic high school students

Jason Brodeur set to raise funds in Winter Springs, Tallahassee in late April

Local GOP leaders to blame for the situations that spark Tampa Bay Times’ Pulitzer-winning investigations

Sunburn for April 18 – Will the Tampa Bay Times win another Pulitzer?

In CD 18, Jonathan Chane lays an egg

Buuurrrnnn rate: Annette Taddeo raises $220K, spends $182K in first quarter of 2016

Takeaways from Tallahassee – The (veto) pen is mightier than the (legislators’) sword

Jacksonville Bold for 4.15.16 – The post-Crenshaw era begins