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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 31, 2016

Carlos Beruff can check all 67 counties off his to-visit list. The U.S. Senate hopeful said Tuesday he would wrap up a tour of all 67 Florida counties. The Manatee County businessman had said he planned to visit all of the state’s counties before the Aug. 30 primary. “It is important to visit with people […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 27, 2016

Marco Rubio might be getting pressure to run for re-election, but that doesn’t seem to bother some U.S. Senate hopefuls. Five Republicans — Rep. Ron DeSantis, Rep. David Jolly, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Carlos Beruff, and Todd Wilcox — are battling it out to replace Rubio in the U.S. Senate. Rubio, who unsuccessfully ran for president […]

Mitch PerryMay 27, 2016

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Donald Trump is pushing for Marco Rubio to re-enter the U.S. Senate seat he is scheduled to depart in January. In a tweet sent Thursday evening, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee called on his former bitter rival to get back into the contest. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/736016335197458434 Trump’s statement is just the latest indication of how concerned Republicans are that […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 26, 2016

Carlos Lopez-Cantera’s campaign is slamming two Florida Democrats over their no votes on the Zika Vector Control Act. In a memo Thursday, Courtney Alexander, a spokeswoman for the lieutenant governor’s U.S. Senate campaign, slammed Democrats Alan Grayson and Patrick Murphy over their decision to vote against the proposal. Both congressmen are battling it out for their […]

Mitch PerryMay 25, 2016

In an embarrassing admission, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is acknowledging in a letter to Pinellas County Congressman David Jolly that it falsely declared 4,201 people dead between 2011 and 2015, disrupting the distribution of benefits to those veterans and their dependents. Last year alone, the VA says it erroneously terminated benefits to 1,025 individuals. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 24, 2016

Two Republican Senate hopefuls are calling on President Barack Obama to fire the head of Veterans Affairs. On Monday, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said the VA shouldn’t use wait times as a measure of success, comparing the wait times for health care to the house people wait for rides at Disney theme parks. McDonald […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

On Tuesday, the Carlos Lopez-Cantera Republican campaign for Senate slammed primary opponent David Jolly for “refusing to hold the VA (Veterans Administration) accountable.” At issue, claims Lopez-Cantera’s press secretary Courtney Alexander, is Jolly’s vote “against an amendment to H.R. 2029 which would have prevented taxpayers from paying union workers for time spent conducting union business instead of doing official work for the VA.” In […]

Mitch PerryMay 24, 2016

Last night in Santa Monica, Bernie Sanders called Hillary Clinton‘s decision not to debate him in California “insulting” to the voters in the Golden State. “A number of months ago our campaign and her campaign reached an agreement on a number of debates, including one here in California,” Sanders told the crowd, according to a […]

Mitch PerryMay 23, 2016

It was 13 months ago when Jeff Atwater stunned the Florida political world by announcing he would not run for the U.S. Senate in 2016. A Quinnipiac Poll taken just a week earlier showed him leading the two major Democratic candidates in the race, Congressmen Alan Grayson and Patrick Murphy, and he was considered to have by far the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 23, 2016

A super PAC aimed at helping Democratic U.S. Senate candidates is prepared to spend more than $10 million in Florida this fall. The Senate Majority PAC, a political committee aimed at helping take back the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, said it is poised to spend $10.5 million on cable and broadcast advertisements in […]

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Carlos Beruff checks 67 counties off his list

Carlos Beruff campaign says he will stay in U.S. Senate race ‘no matter what’

Donald Trump urges Marco Rubio to re-enter race for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat

Carlos Lopez-Cantera campaign takes aim at Alan Grayson, Patrick Murphy over Zika vote

VA admits to David Jolly they’ve mistakenly labeled over 4,200 people dead in last 5 years

Republican Senate hopefuls call on Barack Obama to fire VA Secretary

Carlos Lopez-Cantera slams David Jolly on not holding the VA accountable

Mitch Perry Report for 5.24.16 — Hillary nixes a last Dem debate in California

Jeff Atwater has no regrets about not entering run for U.S. Senate

Senate Majority PAC slated to spend $10.5M in Florida this fall