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Mitch PerryMay 13, 2015

Florida’s presidential primary election doesn’t take place until March, but as the nation’s largest swing state, it’s never too early to begin handicapping the candidates. That’s the attitude apparently at John Stemberger‘s Florida Family Action group. It announced Wednesday that it will host an analysis/straw poll of the GOP candidates next week in Maitland. Among […]

Phil AmmannMay 12, 2015

State Rep. Blaise Ingoglia, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, is bringing on Jacksonville-based Political Capital to lead RPOF fundraising efforts in the 2016 election cycle. Ingoglia also chose Heather Manso as full-time RPOF finance director, starting June 1. “With these three additional hires we are setting the RPOF up for success in 2016,” […]

Phil AmmannApril 17, 2015

Nobody likes airing dirty laundry, particularly if you are the Republican Party of Florida. In the battle of the yes-no-maybe coup of Speaker Designate Eric Eisnaugle, some Florida Republicans have tired of the of the increasingly hostile emails between RPOF chair Blaise Ingoglia and Orange County Republican Chair Lew Oliver. In the latest skirmish, Oliver’s missive […]

Peter SchorschApril 17, 2015

Another shot has fired in the contentious behind-the-scenes battle in the Florida GOP over the future House Speakership of Eric Eisnaugle. Orange County RPOF Chairman Lew Oliver, in an email obtained Friday by FloridaPolitics.com, confirms that four House members’ districts vulnerable to Democrats in 2016 (three in Orange County), were given a “motive” to pair […]

Phil AmmannApril 13, 2015

There is no active effort in the Florida House to drop Eric Eisnaugle as Speaker Designate, according to freshman state Rep. Blaise Ingoglia. GOP leaders accused the Republican Party of Florida chair of pressuring three new House members from Central Florida into supporting Ingoglia over Eisnaugle, who is set to assume the speakership in 2021-2022. […]

Ryan RayApril 8, 2015

As debate over a bill to protect “religious conscience” — the upshot of which is to prevent gay couples from adopting children — raged for hours Wednesday afternoon on the floor of the House, another battle in the Capitol was just beginning: one that might cost staunch social conservative Rep. Eric Eisnaugle the 2021-22 House […]

Peter SchorschApril 7, 2015

Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee heard Senate Bill 742. As Sen. Nancy Detert pointed out, “ticket wars” happen session after session. The battle has traditionally been viewed as a power struggle between Ticketmaster and StubHub. This year, things have changed. Sen. Wilton Simpson amended his bill in committee and stated that with the changes, this […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 1, 2015

Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown on Wednesday got his first major endorsement of the runoff election period, from U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Across from Jacksonville’s City Hall in Hemming Park on a Chamber of Commerce April afternoon, Nelson threw his support to Brown. The endorsement is expected to raise Brown’s standing with white moderate voters upon whom […]

Phil AmmannMarch 24, 2015

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) congratulated its former chairman Lenny Curry Tuesday night for advancing to the runoff election for Jacksonville’s next mayor. “The RPOF congratulates Lenny Curry on a hard-fought race and for advancing to the general election in the Jacksonville mayor’s race,” current RPOF Chair Blaise Ingoglia wrote in a statement. “As a […]

Phil AmmannMarch 23, 2015

As U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy started the first day of his U.S. Senate bid, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) welcomed the Jupiter Democrat to the race by showcasing one notable coincidence. Murphy joined the race on the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. “The RPOF warmly welcomes liberal-insider Patrick Murphy into the race for […]

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Florida Family Action holds GOP presidential straw poll next week

RPOF picks Heather Manso as finance chief, Gretchen Picotte to consult

Conservative talk show host: GOP should stop airing dirty laundry on Eric Eisnaugle ‘coup’

Orange Co. GOP leader: Blaise Ingoglia should resign as Florida GOP chairman

Blaise Ingoglia calls talk of GOP pressuring House members “flat out wrong”

Could Eric Eisnaugle’s speakership be casualty of House gay adoption fight?

Peter Schorsch: Florida ticket-buyers need consumer protection

Bill Nelson endorses Alvin Brown in Hemming Park

RPOF congratulates Lenny Curry for reaching Jax mayor runoff

RPOF aims to showcase Patrick Murphy's support of Obamacare