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Drew WilsonNovember 7, 2017

St. Petersburg voters chose Tuesday to give Mayor Rick Kriseman a second term and keep City Councilmember Darden Rice in place for another four years, both of which were cheered by LGBTQ rights group Equality Florida. “Tonight the LGBTQ community in Tampa Bay saw two of its most vocal champions re-elected for a second term. […]

Peter SchorschOctober 24, 2017

St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is getting another boost from a top national Democrat according to a campaign fundraiser invite sent out Monday. Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, a former mayor himself, will headline a Kriseman fundraiser set for 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Station House, 260 1st Ave. […]

Peter SchorschOctober 20, 2017

For the first time since St. Pete Polls started tracking the ‘battle of the Ricks,’ current Mayor Rick Kriseman is leading former Mayor Rick Baker in one of its public polls, albeit by less than one percentage point. According to a survey conducted Thursday, Kriseman is at 46.8 percent; Baker is at 46.0 percent, with […]

Mitch PerryOctober 19, 2017

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman‘s camp is using the “L-word” to describe Rick Baker‘s campaign — lying. The former two-term mayor is accused of pulling an ad from Tampa Bay area radio stations after it falsely claimed that Kriseman blew off a NAACP event earlier this month. “Rick Baker knowingly lied to voters,” Kriseman campaign manager Jacob Smith […]

Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2017

The race for St. Pete mayor has already gone down as the costliest election in city history, and new campaign finance reports show no lulls in the arms race between incumbent Rick Kriseman and former two-term Mayor Rick Baker. Kriseman, who won the Aug. 29 primary election by 69 votes, jutted ahead of his competition […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

Mail ballots have started to hit the streets in St. Pete cend incumbent Mayor Rick Kriseman has started to pound the pavement again ahead of the second round of his re-election battle against former two-term Mayor Rick Baker. Kriseman and his wife, Kerry, joined their corps of volunteers and staffers kicking off their get-out-the-vote efforts […]

Tag: 2017 St. Petersburg Mayoral Election

Equality Florida celebrates Rick Kriseman, Darden Rice wins

Julian Castro headlining Friday funder for Rick Kriseman

Rick Kriseman leading Rick Baker for first time in public polling

St. Pete mayoral candidates feud over radio ad

September brings Rick Kriseman $215K, Rick Baker $185K

Rick Kriseman pounds the pavement as ballots hit the streets