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Peter SchorschJuly 11, 2016

More than 300 candidates are running for the 160 seats in the Florida House and Senate. And, try as we will, FloridaPolitics.com won’t be able to interview them all. So we are asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are and why they […]

Peter SchorschJuly 6, 2016

There are more than 300 candidates running for the 160 seats in the Florida House and Senate. And, try as we will, FloridaPolitics.com won’t be able to interview all of them. So we are asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit thumbnail, sketch of who they are and […]

Mitch PerryJune 27, 2016

Although Eric Lynn never polled that well in his campaign for Florida’s 13th Congressional District against Charlie Crist, he proved to be a prodigious fundraiser, bringing in more than $650,000 to his campaign coffers. Lynn dropped out of the CD 13 race on May 3, announcing he would run instead for the House District 68 seat in Pinellas […]

Peter SchorschJune 23, 2016

Voters may not have been on Marco Rubio’s side earlier this year, but history is on his side in his re-election campaign according to a new report from Smart Politics. Since 1972, seven senators have run for president, failed, and sought re-election to the U.S. Senate in the same election cycle. The report shows not only all […]

Scott PowersJune 13, 2016

Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham virtually ended speculation Saturday about a potential gubernatorial run by saying, yes, she fully hopes to run for governor. “I realize that my heart and my head are leading me toward running for governor, that that’s really what I should focus on after I finish my term in Congress,” she told FloridaPolitics.com […]

Jim RosicaMay 31, 2016

A plethora of high-profile matters is scheduled for argument before the Florida Supreme Court next week. The state’s justices will consider questions related to gambling, guns, capital punishment and medical malpractice. Another case involves claim bills, passed by lawmakers to pay people for injuries suffered at the hands of government or a public entity. Still two others involve attorneys […]

Mitch PerryMay 26, 2016

Tampa Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor is endorsing St. Petersburg-based attorney Ben Diamond in the campaign for the open House District 68 seat. “Ben is a strong leader on issues that matter to us in Tampa Bay,” Castor said in a statement released by the Diamond campaign on Thursday. “Ben’s work on the Florida Water and […]

Mitch PerryMay 10, 2016

(Updated) St. Petersburg-based attorney Ben Diamond announced his candidacy for the House District 68 seat in Pinellas County on Monday, April 25. In the six days leading up to the campaign’s first fundraising deadline on April 30, he was able to raise an impressive $28,366. “I’m running for the Florida House because I want to fight for Pinellas […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2016

Toward the end of a half-hour phone conversation with former Sen. Bob Graham, who has been outspoken about the need to release the “28 pages” that has been redacted and kept classified out of the 9/11 Commission Report, FloridaPolitics.com asked the former Florida Senator how history would regard President Barack Obama, if he opted to complete his term […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 25, 2016

As pressure mounts for President Barack Obama to release a 28-page chapter from the congressional inquiry into 9/11, one Florida senator is calling on the president to also declassify intelligence reports to make sure Americans have “a complete picture of this issue.” According to the Associated Press, the Obama administration is may soon release a […]

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Eric Lynn says his fundraising is doing quite well, despite his May report

Smart Politics analysis: History suggests Marco Rubio should win re-election despite failed presidential campaign

Gwen Graham: I want to run for governor

Bevy of big cases awaits state Supreme Court

Kathy Castor is backing Ben Diamond over Eric Lynn in HD 68 race

HD 68 Dem candidate Ben Diamond raises over $28,000 in one week on the campaign trail

Bob Graham to Barack Obama: Release the ’28 pages’, your legacy is at stake

Bill Nelson calls on Barack Obama to declassify intel reports debunking 28 pages