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Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016

Although both have a primary election to get through in two weeks, Patrick Murphy and Marco Rubio are acting like the general election for U.S. Senate is already on. That was evident in Tampa Monday morning, when the Jupiter Democrat denied he was overlooking Alan Grayson and the Aug. 30 primary, but then immediately lit into […]

Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016

Time for sport, as they say on the BBC. Well, so much for those stories about how those dire predictions about how the Rio Olympics have been proven wrong: Yesterday in Rio, U.S. gold medalist Ryan Lochte said robbers posing as police pointed a gun at his head and took his money, while three other U.S. swimmers with […]

Scott PowersAugust 12, 2016

The Better Florida Alliance — a conservative group dedicated to economic freedom, tough national security and strict Constitutional government — has issued report cards rating Florida’s major U.S. Senate candidates on “National Security” issues. The group gave all A grades to the Republicans, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and his challenger Carlos Beruff, and low and failing grades, […]

Mitch PerryAugust 12, 2016

“All rise!” Those were the first words Alan Grayson uttered in jest while entering a conference room at the Seminole Heights Library in Tampa on Thursday night. The Orlando area U.S. representative and U.S. Senate candidate then gave a sarcastic shoutout to the “trackers” who follow his every move in public, before setting in for the next […]

Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2016

Before we dig into the new poll on the Florida Senate race, can I reference the lead story in this morning’s Tampa Bay Times? Two men get into a road-rage argument on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Plant City. One guy pulls out a gun and shoots the other dead. He then “cooperates” with the Hillsborough […]

Peter SchorschAugust 11, 2016

A November match-up between Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy could be a close one. A new Quinnipiac University poll of likely Florida voters found the race was too close to call, with 45 percent of respondents backing Rubio, while 45 percent picked Murphy. Just 7 percent of voters said they didn’t know who they would […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 9, 2016

President Barack Obama has a question for Florida voters: Can you pitch in a few bucks to help Patrick Murphy? The campaign is sending out a fundraising email from Obama to supporters Tuesday. While the president has lent his support to Murphy in the past, the email marks the first time he has sent a […]

Scott PowersAugust 8, 2016

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy ended the last quarter with more than $7.2 million in the bank, more than twice as much as all the other candidates combined — including incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who managed to start his re-election bid with about $2.2 million in campaign money. Murphy’s campaign finance […]

Associated PressAugust 4, 2016

Democratic leaders want Rep. Alan Grayson to go away. His ex-wife says he’s abusive. Ethics questions dog him. Yet the liberal lawmaker is refusing to drop his bid for the U.S. Senate, potentially upending party hopes that moderate Rep. Patrick Murphy will emerge as the nominee against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. Grayson is counting on […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 4, 2016

Marco Rubio is poised to win re-election, according to a new Suffolk University poll. The survey showed Rubio is walloping Republican Carlos Beruff, with 62 percent of likely Republican voters saying they were leaning toward voting for Rubio in the primary. About 12 percent of respondents said they would vote for Beruff, while nearly 24 […]

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In Tampa, Patrick Murphy says Marco Rubio is running to be President, not a full-time Senator

Mitch Perry Report for 8.15.16 —Team USA Basketball team continues to barely get by in XXXI Olympiad

Better Florida Alliance rates U.S. Senate candidates on national security

In Tampa, Alan Grayson says a Senate victory for him is the chance “to take our govt. back”

Mitch Perry Report for 8.11.16 — Marco Rubio isn’t dominating Patrick Murphy or Alan Grayson in latest Q Senate poll

Florida’s U.S. Senate race too close to call, says new Quinnipiac poll

Barack Obama sends fundraising email on behalf of Patrick Murphy

Patrick Murphy ended 2nd quarter with commanding money lead over Dems and Marco Rubio

Despite abuse claims, Alan Grayson staying in Florida Senate race

Poll: Marco Rubio has double-digit lead over Patrick Murphy