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Mitch PerryApril 18, 2016

Will the state’s largest teachers union take sides in the ultra-competitive Democratic Senate race later this morning? That could be the case as Jupiter Representative Patrick Murphy is scheduled to hold a news conference with The Florida Education Association on Monday. The endorsement would be a big prize for the South Florida Democrat, who’s battling […]

Mitch PerryApril 15, 2016

Tina Dupuy, a nationally syndicated columnist and former managing editor for the progressive blog Crooks and Liars, has been hired to serve as Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson’s communications director in his Washington office, beginning next week. Dupuy replaces Ken Scudder, who announced earlier this month that he was leaving his post with Grayson to take a position with the […]

Ryan RayApril 14, 2016

Democrat Crystal Lucas landed a prominent supporter’s backing on Thursday, announcing the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy. Lucas, a teacher and environmental activist from Stuart, is challenging third-term Republican Rep. Gayle Harrell in HD 83, a moderate swing seat that could go Democratic in a 2016 presidential cycle. Murphy said Lucas was the right woman for the job […]

Associated PressApril 12, 2016

In a rural stretch of Kentucky, voters picked up the phone in March to hear President Barack Obama on the line, urging them to vote for a little-known Democrat named Jeff Taylor. That an obscure special election for a Kentucky House seat had caught the president’s attention seemed odd. Yet Taylor won, joining two other […]

Scott PowersApril 11, 2016

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson raised more than $1 million in the first quarter of 2016 including a $200,000 loan from the candidate, his campaign announced Monday. Grayson’s campaign said the amount nearly doubled the take it had in the previous quarter, the last three months of 2015. The Orlando Democrat raised more […]

Scott PowersApril 6, 2016

Citing numerous allegations made by the Congressional Ethics Office against U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy said Wednesday it should disqualify his Democratic U.S. Senate opponent from public service. Speaking about the ethics findings released Tuesday after a nine-month probe into Grayson’s personal business and financial dealings while he’s been in Congress, Murphy said the allegations are “incredibly concerning” and […]

Mitch PerryApril 6, 2016

Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders won big-time in Wisconsin Tuesday night, but you already knew that. Did you know that the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team won their fourth straight NCAA championship Tuesday night, or that the Golden State Warriors stunningly lost in O.T. in Oakland, requiring them to sweep their remaining four games […]

Scott PowersApril 5, 2016

The U.S. House Committee on Ethics is extending its review into allegations of ethical violations against U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson involving his Cayman Islands hedge fund and other private businesses. But the committee announced Tuesday it is not going to assign a subcommittee to investigate the charges. Tuesday was the deadline for the committee to […]

Mitch PerryApril 5, 2016

CNN’s Manu Raju posted a piece on the cable news network’s website Tuesday regarding the question I doubt you woke up to: What’s next for Marco Rubio? According to Raju, “In private conversations with supporters and donors over the last several weeks, the 44-year-old Rubio repeatedly gets this advice: Run again, potentially in 2020, according to several […]

Scott PowersApril 4, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson‘s congressional office communications director Ken Scudder is leaving to take a post with the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee. Scudder, who joined Grayson’s team about a year ago after having worked for U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, said he is leaving the Orlando Democrat’s staff because the JEC post is a “terrific […]

Tag: Alan Grayson

Patrick Murphy and Florida Education Association to meet the press

Tina Dupuy takes over as Alan Grayson’s communication director in his D.C. office

Patrick Murphy endorses Crystal Lucas in HD 83

Neutral in presidential race, Barack Obama digs in for other Dems

Alan Grayson campaign raises more than $1 million in quarter, including his loan

Patrick Murphy says ethics office report disqualifies Alan Grayson from public service

Mitch Perry Report for 4.6.16 – Alan Grayson and the hedge funds

House Ethics panel continues review into Alan Grayson without a subcommittee probe, so he calls it ‘over’

Mitch Perry Report for 4.5.16 – Rubio in 2020?

Alan Grayson’s communications director Ken Scudder leaving