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Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 8, 2018

Former Congressman David Jolly has left the Republican Party, he announced Friday on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. “I left the party about five weeks ago. My wife and I both did,” Jolly said to a shocked panel and cheers from the audience. Jolly has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 8, 2018

Kathleen Peters is crushing her competition for Pinellas County Commission District 6 covering midwest Pinellas County. The Republican raked in more in two weeks than her opponent has during the entire campaign. Peters raised $41,000 during the final two weeks of September, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 8, 2018

Florida Governor Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate bid got some good news this week, thanks to a University of South Florida College of Marine Science report. A three-week red tide mission found abnormally cooler temperatures and increased salt content might have caused this year’s red tide outbreak. Scott is running against incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson. Scott […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 8, 2018

With less than a month remaining before the Nov. 6 election, the All For Transportation campaign is trying to combat what it says is misinformation about the 1 percent sales tax referendum on the Hillsborough County ballot. “With an existing backlog of $9 billion in transportation projects and an estimated 700,000 more people expected to […]

Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018

St. Pete Republican Sen. Jeff Brandes is sitting pretty a month out from Election Day according to a new poll of his contest against Democratic nominee Lindsay Cross. A new St. Pete Polls survey, commissioned by Florida Politics, found the longtime lawmaker with an 11-point lead over Cross, 52-41 percent with the remaining 7 percent […]

Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018

The political committee opposing a constitutional amendment to limit gambling expansion in the Sunshine State raised more than $1.45 million between Sept. 22 and Sept. 28 with the help of a $500,000 infusion from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The committee, known as Citizens for the Truth About Amendment 3, tacked on $1.45 million during the late-September […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 6, 2018

The All for Transportation campaign raised more than $1 million during the second half of September, according to campaign finance documents filed with Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections. All three of the region’s major league sports teams — the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tampa Bay Rays — contributed to the […]

Jacob OglesOctober 6, 2018

A new poll shows Democrat Janet Cruz defeating Republican incumbent state Sen. Dana Young in a Tampa Bay district that historically leans right. A Public Policy Polling survey of voters in state Senate District 18 shows Cruz winning 42 percent of the vote compared to 39 percent who favor Young. Partisanship in the district plays […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 5, 2018

Americans for Prosperity-Florida launched 15-second television and radio ads Friday calling on Hillsborough County voters to reject a 1 percent sales tax increase for transportation and transit projects. Americans for Prosperity is a nationwide tax watchdog group that has chapters throughout the country. “Plans for a $230 million tax increase would give Hillsborough County the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 4, 2018

Ron DeSantis painted a grim picture of Florida’s future if voters don’t put him in the Governor’s mansion this November. The former North Florida congressman made his pitch to a group of about 150 supporters Thursday at the Italian Club in Ybor City. The rally featured live music from a Wayne Newton look-alike. DeSantis’s first-grade teacher […]

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Aerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.

David Jolly officially breaks up with the Republican Party

Kathleen Peters crushes late September fundraising

Red tide report spells good news for Rick Scott

No ‘fake news’: All For Transportation clears up myths

Jeff Brandes still up double digits in SD 24 re-election battle

Tampa Bay Buccaneers top $1.4M report for anti-Amendment 3 committee

Hillsborough transportation initiative rakes in $1 million as pro sports teams go all-in

New PPP survey shows Janet Cruz with 3-point lead over Dana Young

AFP Florida fires salvo at Hillsborough transportation referendum

In Tampa, Ron DeSantis blasts Andrew Gillum for ‘liberal agenda’