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Staff ReportsJuly 12, 2018

Tampa mayoral candidate Jane Castor’s former spouse has filed for divorce in Pinellas County. Melanie Jean Bevan, a 51-year-old Ellenton resident, is a former assistant chief of the St. Petersburg Police Department, and current chief of the Bradenton Police Department. Bevan is also the former partner of Castor, the 58-year-old former Tampa police chief, with […]

Drew WilsonJuly 12, 2018

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Sen. Greg Steube lambasted Rep. Julio Gonzalez Wednesday over tweets he made in 2016 disparaging then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Gonzalez and Steube are the two leading Republicans in the race for Florida’s 17th Congressional District, which is open in 2018 due to the retirement of current U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney. Steube’s attack included screenshots of […]

Drew WilsonJuly 12, 2018

St. Petersburg Republican state Sen. Jeff Brandes doesn’t know who he’ll be up against come Election Day, but that hasn’t stopped donors from pouring beaucoup bucks into his political committee. A newly filed campaign finance report for Liberty Florida shows the Senate District 24 incumbent reeled in a six-figure haul from a crop of well-known […]

Drew WilsonJuly 12, 2018

State Rep. Kathleen Peters’ bid for the Pinellas County Commission District 6 seat has picked up an endorsement from the Sun Coast Police Benevolent Association. “On behalf of our members of the Sun Coast Police Benevolent Association, we appreciate the loyalty, respect and support from Kathleen Peters; one of the many reasons why we are […]

Drew WilsonJuly 11, 2018

The political branch of the Florida Medical Association has endorsed Tampa Republican Sen. Dana Young for re-election in Senate District 18. “The FMA PAC is proud to endorse Senator Dana Young in her re-election bid in Senate District 18. Senator Young is a true friend of medicine and her leadership in both the House and […]

Drew WilsonJuly 10, 2018

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan has put out a new TV ad in his Sarasota-based district highlighting his “effective and bipartisan record” representing Florida’s 16th Congressional District. The 30-second spot, titled “Effective Leader,” has started airing on cable and local television stations throughout Sarasota, Manatee and Hillsborough counties. “In a town notorious for gridlock and dysfunction, […]

Peter SchorschJuly 10, 2018

Longtime Tampa public radio host Rob Lorei is seeking to divorce his wife of 33 years. The 63-year-old St. Petersburg resident, the oldest of 10 siblings, is well-known local media personality in the Tampa Bay area. He is a co-founder of WMNF non-commercial radio and serves as its current news and public affairs director, as […]

Drew WilsonJuly 10, 2018

St. Petersburg Democratic Rep. Wengay “Newt” Newton landed his second major backer in as many days in his bid for a second term in House District 70. Tuesday’s endorsement came in from the political arm of the Florida Medical Association, FMA PAC, which picked him out of the three Democrats running for the Pinellas-based seat. […]

Drew WilsonJuly 10, 2018

Seminole Republican Berny Jacques notched another fundraising milestone in his bid to succeed term-limited Rep. Larry Ahern in Pinellas County’s House District 66. New fundraising reports show Jacques has raised more than $200,000 for his 2018 effort, including $121,565 in hard money and another $81,100 for his affiliated political committee, Protect Pinellas. He has $139,600 […]

Drew WilsonJuly 10, 2018

Tampa Republican Sen. Dana Young announced Tuesday that she’d locked up the support of the Florida State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police in her campaign for a second term in Senate District 18. “We believe in Senator Young and have voted her the 2018 Senator of The Year, there is no doubt that she will […]

Tampa Bay

Jane Castor hit with divorce suit

Gloves off: Greg Steube slams Julio Gonzalez as ‘Never Trump’ Republican

Jeff Brandes piles on cash as Florida Democrats scramble to replace Carrie Pilon

Police union endorses Kathleen Peters for Pinellas Commission

FMA PAC prescribes another term for Dana Young

Vern Buchanan touts bipartisan record in new ad

Longtime Tampa media personality Rob Lorei files for divorce

Wengay Newton scores clean bill of health from FMA PAC

Berny Jacques cracks $200K raised for HD 66 campaign

Police union backs Dana Young for re-election