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Mitch PerryNovember 25, 2015

Last week, Jupiter U.S. Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Murphy joined 46 other House Democrats in voting for the SAFE Act, which requires new screening requirements for refugees from Syria and Iraq before they can enter the United States. That vote came despite a vow by President Barack Obama to veto the legislation should it […]

Mitch PerryNovember 23, 2015

Galia Slayen, communications director for Kentucky Democrat Andy Beshear‘s successful campaign for attorney general this month, is joining Patrick Murphy‘s senate campaign as deputy communications director. “I’m excited to join Patrick Murphy’s hardworking team,” Slayen said in a prepared statement. “It’s clear that this campaign is already well positioned to win both the primary and general […]

Ryan RayNovember 20, 2015

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy joined officials with the Army Corps of Engineers to hail the start of construction on a major project to build a new 3,400-acre reservoir to help relieve pressure on the Indian River Lagoon and St. Lucie River. Murphy attended a ceremony in Stuart Friday morning, where federal, state and local officials broke ground on the C-44 Reservoir, […]

Ryan RayNovember 19, 2015

Florida’s congressional delegation split on the “SAFE Act”‘s Thursday afternoon vote. The measure calls for a halt on accepting any more Syrian refugees until vetting procedures are made more stringent. The vote came after Gov. Rick Scott joined a national push by mostly Republican fellow governors in telling federal authorities they wouldn’t allow refugees displaced from […]

Mitch PerryNovember 19, 2015

Two stories locally and statewide I’d like to draw your attention to this morning. The Tampa Tribune’s Anastasia Dawson has the goods on a story that has been floating around for a few weeks — how the majority of the faculty at Hillsborough Community College want to oust school President Ken Atwater. “A recent survey issued to nearly […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2015

A new Florida Atlantic University statewide poll shows Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy faring well against two of the four GOP Senate candidates running in 2016. The poll shows that Murphy, the Democratic congressman from Florida’s Treasure Coast first elected in 2012, has a 9-point lead over Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera in the contest, 39 […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2015

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It’s no secret that Republican David Jolly and Democrat Patrick Murphy are friendly colleagues in the Florida congressional delegation. “I think we approach Congress and governing the same way, there’s a natural affinity there, “Jolly told the National Journal last month. “He is a dear friend of mine.” “David and I are friends,” Murphy has […]

Peter SchorschNovember 18, 2015

Hillary Clinton is getting serious about winning Florida in 2016. On Tuesday, the Clinton campaign announced its Florida Leadership Council, a high-profile team of more than 150 top Democrats from all corners of the Sunshine State. As noted by Marc Caputo and POLITICO, the list of Clinton’s endorsements dwarfs those of her two rivals – Vermont […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 16, 2015

In a prepared statement Monday, Republican Senate hopeful Ron DeSantis questioned President Obama’s “risky refugee gambit,” in casting doubt on the wisdom of allowing Syrian refugees into the United States in the wake of the Friday attacks in Paris. DeSantis poses the question exactly as one might expect. “Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 13, 2015

Happy Friday to you all, and what a weekend it will be as virtually the entire Republican presidential field (including Jim Gilmore!) makes its way to Orlando for the next two days for the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit. We’re off to the event shortly ourselves, so let’s be succinct: Will we hear more […]

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Patrick Murphy’s defense of Syrian refugee vote pummeled on Facebook

Galia Slayen added to Patrick Murphy’s senate campaign staff

Patrick Murphy heralds new reservoir for ailing Indian River Lagoon

Florida delegation breaks 19-8 in favor of House SAFE Act to block refugees; 2 Dems defect

Mitch Perry Report for 11.19.15 – HCC’s president under fire

Patrick Murphy fares well in FAU poll of Florida U.S. Senate race

David Jolly explains why he attacks Alan Grayson, not Patrick Murphy

Say it ain’t so: Alan Grayson endorses Hillary Clinton

Ron DeSantis holds forth on Barack Obama’s “risky refugee gambit”

Mitch Perry Report for 11.13.15 – All aboard the Sunshine Summit