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Mitch PerryNovember 27, 2017

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Former Florida Congressmen David Jolly and Patrick Murphy resume their fall college speaking tour in St. Petersburg. The tour — called “Why Gridlock Rules Washington” — continues Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. on the 2nd floor at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Student Center. It will be televised live in the Tampa Bay area and Orlando […]

Mitch PerryNovember 27, 2017

The four men running in the special election in House District 58 next month will meet up in a candidates’ forum Monday, Dec. 4, in Temple Terrace. Republican Lawrence McClure, Democrat Jose Vazquez, Libertarian Bryan Zemina and non-party-affiliated Ahmad Saadaldin are running in the election Dec. 19 to select a successor to Republican Dan Raulerson, […]

Mitch PerryNovember 27, 2017

Can Florida Democrats pull off an upset and take northern Sarasota County House District 72 early next year? There’s a lot of time before that special election takes place next year (Feb. 13), but Siesta Key attorney Margaret Good has emerged as a possible contender — if you gauge her fundraising prowess, where she raised nearly […]

Mitch PerryNovember 27, 2017

Terrance “Terry” Power, a 59-year-old Oldsmar-based certified financial planner, is launching a 2018 primary challenge against House District 64 incumbent Jamie Grant. “I’m running for the Florida House because I am the best candidate in the race to serve the residents of our District,” the Republican said in a statement released Sunday. “I’ll let the voters decide […]

Mitch PerryNovember 21, 2017

Alma Gonzalez, a member of the Democratic National Committee and a Hillsborough County committeewoman, announced Tuesday her bid for Florida Democratic Party chair. The party is in crisis mode following the developments over the past few days. On Friday, now former Chair Stephen Bittel announced he would be resigning following a POLITICO Florida report that he had […]

Mitch PerryNovember 21, 2017

Chanting “tax cuts will destroy us,” a group of citizens marched a block from MacDill Park to a Wells Fargo bank in downtown Tampa on Tuesday to protest the recently passed tax reform plan in the House and warn against approval of the Republican Senate’s tax reform plan that could be voted on next week. […]

Mitch PerryNovember 21, 2017

Over the years, Democrat Jose Vazquez ran (and lost) several local elections, mostly without any organized support from the Hillsborough County Party. But that is starting to change, as the Party is more energized than ever after Donald Trump‘s stunning election a year ago, Local Democrats are now hoping to replicate the success they found in the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 20, 2017

Like most House Democrats, St. Petersburg Congressman Charlie Crist voted against the GOP tax reform bill that passed last Thursday. The House’s tax overhaul reduces the number of individual tax brackets, cuts the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent and curbs other tax breaks and deductions. The plan, in total, would lower taxes […]

Mitch PerryNovember 20, 2017

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Less than a week after declaring a run for Attorney General next year, Dover Republican Ross Spano has already selected the man he hopes will succeed him in Florida’s House District 59. It’s Joe Wicker, the Brandon businessman and Iraq War veteran who finished a close second to Spano for the seat in the 2012 GOP […]

Guest AuthorNovember 20, 2017

Multiple reports have surfaced showing the Tampa Bay Rowdies will be shut out in this round of MLS expansion. Several factors are contributing to the Rowdies miss this time, when two new teams will be added. However, the Rowdies remain in contention for the next two teams, which will be announced in 2018. According to […]

Tampa Bay

David Jolly, Patrick Murphy to meet again at USF St. Pete

HD 58 debate scheduled Dec. 4 in Temple Terrace

Margaret Good says she’s the Democrat who can win HD 72 in 2018

Terry Power will challenge Jamie Grant in HD 64 primary

Hillsborough’s Alma Gonzalez to run for FDP Chair

Tampa Bay sees protest of GOP tax proposals

Hillsborough Democrats rally behind Jose Vazquez in HD 58 special election

Nat’l Republicans take another whack at Charlie Crist over tax reform bill

Ross Spano backs Joe Wicker as his successor in House District 59

Assessing why the Tampa Bay Rowdies aren’t moving to MLS in this round of expansion