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Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2016

The New Yorker magazine has a story this week on what a President Donald J. Trump would do if elected in November. Writer Evan Osnos reports that Trump’s advisers are weighing several options for the “First Day Project” – where he would spend hours on inauguration day next January signing papers that “erases the Obama Presidency,” […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 20, 2016

The race for the U.S. Senate continue to be close, with a new poll showing just two points separate Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Patrick Murphy. A new Monmouth University survey showed Rubio is at 47 percent, while Murphy is at 45 percent. The survey of 400 likely Florida voters has a margin of error […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 20, 2016

The AFL-CIO mailed out nearly 60,000 direct mail pieces to union members and their families Monday, taking Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to task for what they allege was “putting his personal ambitions and the interests of CEO’s ahead of Florida families.” Buttressing those charges, the venerable labor organization calls out Rubio in a press release for […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 14, 2016

Outgoing Florida Speaker of the House Steve Crisafulli penned an opinion piece yesterday slamming Hillary Clinton‘s now-infamous “basket of deplorables” phrase to describe half of Donald Trump‘s supporters. “By calling so many of our nation’s citizens ‘deplorable’ haters and racists and the other half too stupid to make their own decisions about who should be our next president, […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 13, 2016

The AFL-CIO launched its direct mail program on behalf of Hillary Clinton in Florida Tuesday, the first of two mass mailings aimed at reaching union members and their families. A total of 56,164 pieces are scheduled to be sent this week. The first mail piece, being sent out on Tuesday, highlights her proposed economic plan, specifically […]

Mitch PerryAugust 31, 2016

Although Pam Keith was always in the Senate race to win it, she won’t deny the sense of satisfaction she felt Wednesday, even though she came up well short of defeating Patrick Murphy for the Democratic nomination. Keith captured more than 173,000 votes in the Florida Democratic Primary, finishing less than 2.5 percent behind Alan […]

Jim RosicaAugust 3, 2016

A press call set up by the Florida AFL-CIO before Donald Trump‘s Wednesday campaign rally in Jacksonville allowed two union member veterans to rip on the GOP presidential nominee. “I am so puzzled by the insults coming from presidential candidate Donald Trump,” said Matty Rose, an Army vet and 50-year member of the National Association of Letter Carriers in New […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 14, 2016

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The most interesting primary in Jacksonville-area state House races right now may be the Democratic scrum in House District 14, which appears to be narrowing down to a two-woman contest between former Jacksonville City Councilwoman Kim Daniels and trial lawyer Leslie Jean-Bart. There are similarities. Both have powerful backers. And both have meaningful endorsements: Daniels, who once proposed a 9 […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 13, 2016

The AFL-CIO is blitzing Florida mailboxes with 33,618 mailers in support of Hillary Clinton while attacking Donald Trump for some of his anti-labor positions. It is the union’s second mail drop in Florida and is part of national effort to target Florida and four other battleground states — Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — union […]

Mitch PerryJuly 6, 2016

The AFL-CIO today dropped a mailer in support of Hillary Clinton in Florida and four other states. The piece contrasts the differences between Clinton and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, when it comes to the right to organize. The organization endorsed Clinton last month. “Hillary Clinton is a proven leader who shares our […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.21.16 – Can Ban Ki-Moon get enough buy-in to deny a President Trump the opportunity to renounce the Paris agreement?

Monmouth University poll: Marco Rubio 47%, Patrick Murphy 45%

AFL-CIO takes aim at Marco Rubio with new mailers

Mitch Perry Report for 9.14.16 — Steve Crisafulli goes there

AFL-CIO to drop more than 50,000 mailers this week supporting Hillary Clinton

With more than 173,000 votes, Senate hopeful Pam Keith says she feels like a winner

Florida union members, unsurprisingly, down on Donald Trump

Leslie Jean-Bart makes the case against HD 14 opponent Kim Daniels

AFL-CIO showers Florida voters with pro-Hillary Clinton mailers

Florida AFL-CIO issues out mailer in support of Hillary Clinton