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Ryan RayJanuary 4, 2016

A new federal boating safety provision introduced by U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham and a Republican co-sponsor became law this month. Language originally offered by Graham and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana was enacted as part of the FY 2016-2017 transportation budget. The original bill — H.R. 3462, the “Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2015” […]

Jim RosicaDecember 15, 2015

Former state Sen. Al Lawson on Tuesday said he will run for the state’s reconfigured 5th Congressional District that now stretches east-west from Jacksonville through Tallahassee to rural Gadsden County. The former state lawmaker said he “will officially announce and file for Congress in January,” according to a news release. “North Florida needs a strong, progressive […]

Ryan RayDecember 15, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham announced what a spokesman called a “huge district event” Tuesday: The freshman congresswoman will tour more than a dozen farms in her Panhandle district to highlight agricultural issues. Graham’s “North Florida Farm Tour” will make stops in all 14 counties in her 2nd Congressional District, which runs from Madison to Bay counties in […]

Jim RosicaDecember 4, 2015

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Days after the state Supreme Court ordered a redrawing of Florida’s congressional districts, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum now is exploring a primary challenge to Democratic U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, whose seat was redirected toward the Panhandle and Big Bend. A longtime Democratic Party official, though, says Gillum has a tough slog if he thinks he […]

Ryan RayNovember 10, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham visited Florida’s capital city Tuesday while the state Supreme Court heard oral arguments that could reshape the course of her political career. That’s not why she was at Tallahassee City Hall a few blocks from the court, though. She was in town to recognize a pair of veteran-friendly North Florida employers […]

Ryan RayOctober 20, 2015

A months-long process of the U.S. Department of Agriculture transferring 3,800 acres of land to Florida A&M University came to an end Tuesday, as the nation’s largest historically black college formally took over the Hernando County tract. For more than 80 years, the site was home to the USDA’s Subtropical Agricultural and Research Station until it was […]

Jim RosicaOctober 20, 2015

North Florida congressional candidate Mary Thomas has scored another endorsement from a staunch conservative. Thomas, seeking the seat held by first-term Democrat Gwen Graham, on Tuesday announced the support of state Rep. Mike Hill, a Pensacola Beach Republican. “Mary shares my values on limited government, reining in profligate spending and adhering to the Constitution,” he said in a […]

Jim RosicaOctober 5, 2015

Three times in a row, Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Graham has raked in more than a half-million dollars from contributors, her campaign announced Monday morning. Her team patted her on the back, calling her $1.2 million cash-on-hand number “an impressive war chest for a race more than a year away.” The release refers to her first […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 30, 2015

New polls show Florida Congresswoman Gwen Graham losing a proposed redrawn 2nd Congressional District seat next election but leading other contenders in a hypothetical matchup for Marco Rubio‘s U.S. Senate seat. But the polls don’t show her standing in the district as currently drawn, which takes in a swath of north Florida roughly from Perry to Bonifay. […]

Frank TorresSeptember 25, 2015

Orlando state Sen. Geraldine Thompson gave her constituents an update on the latest developments on changes to congressional and state senate districts at a redistricting town hall Thursday night. It was an effort to educate voters about who will be on the ballot in 2016. Thompson began with a review of the Fair Districts act of 2010, which […]

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Gwen Graham-sponsored boating legislation enacted into law

Al Lawson will run for new North Florida congressional district

Gwen Graham announces “North Florida Farm Tour” next month

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum considering run for Congress

On eve of Veterans’ Day, Gwen Graham recognizes local companies hiring vets

Gwen Graham lauds USDA 3,800-acre land transfer to FAMU

Mike Hill endorses Mary Thomas for CD-2

Gwen Graham posts another $500K+ fundraising quarter

Gwen Graham’s political future mixed, polls say

Geraldine Thompson holds redistricting town hall