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Mitch PerryNovember 17, 2015

The revelation that one of the men involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris entered Europe with a Syrian passport was enough evidence to convince 23 governors (all Republican, with the exception of New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan, involved in a tight bid for re-election) yesterday to say that they don’t want the federal government to expatriate […]

Mitch PerryNovember 16, 2015

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Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera is standing foursquare behind his boss, Governor Rick Scott, in opposing any Syrian refugees coming into Florida. “We have recently become aware that private organizations could receive federal funding to house up to 425 possible Syrian refugees in the state of Florida,” Lopez-Cantera, a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. […]

Jim RosicaNovember 13, 2015

Insiders promised that Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, one of the Republican candidates for U.S. Senator, would shake things up a bit in his Sunshine Summit speech. He delivered with one memorable shock line: “I will bust my ass for Florida every day and be part of the solutions and not part of the problems,” he told the crowd to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2015

Like his fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate race, Carlos Lopez-Cantera will be appearing this weekend at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit, but unlike his opponents, he’ll have a a number of Orlando-area lawmakers by his side supporting him. The lieutenant governor announced endorsements from nine Central Florida Republicans on Wednesday. They are: […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2015

The odds were stacked against him last night, and there were many who were writing him off before last night’s debate. And yet he had a breakthrough performance at the GOP’s 4th presidential debate in Milwaukee. Jeb Bush? No, Rand Paul. Paul’s been down so far this election cycle that the only stories you seem […]

Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2015

A new poll released on the Florida Senate race shows Pinellas County GOP U.S. Rep. David Jolly with a narrow, 1-point lead over South Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, 44-43 percent. The survey was conducted by the polling firm of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a polling firm with that includes Stan Greenberg, a longtime pollster for Bill […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2015

As Douglas Adams wrote in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” That pretty much describes Florida’s political landscape right now, with a year until Election Day (and, perhaps more astonishingly, just four months to the Presidential Preference Primary). A slew of key state races are as yet unformed, with breakout […]

Mitch PerryNovember 5, 2015

After it became clear Marco Rubio wasn’t running for re-election, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater immediately became the odds-on favorite Republican to run for the to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat. Everything changed, though, after the CFO stunned the Florida political world in April when he said he wouldn’t run for the office. Since then, four lesser-known Republicans: U.S. Reps. David Jolly and Ron […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 2, 2015

As the prospects for President Jeb Bush fade, his fans should consider a fallback plan: U.S. Sen. Jeb Bush, R-Florida. That goal has many advantages. It allows Jeb to concentrate on a single state, and a state that knows him better than Iowa or New Hampshire. He has higher name recognition in Florida than any […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 1, 2015

As the prospects for President Jeb Bush fade, his fans should consider a fallback plan: U.S. Sen. Jeb Bush, R-Florida. That goal has many advantages. It allows Jeb to concentrate on a single state, and a state that knows him better than Iowa or New Hampshire. He has higher name recognition in Florida than any […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.17.15 – No Syrian refugees, please

Carlos Lopez-Cantera stands with Rick Scott, calling Congress to block funding for Syrian refugees to Florida

Carlos Lopez-Cantera tells #SunshineSummit, “I will bust my ass for Florida”

Carlos Lopez-Cantera rolls out nods from 9 Central Florida Republicans

Mitch Perry Report for 11.11.15 – The return of Rand Paul to the GOP presidential race

David Jolly polls 1 point ahead of Patrick Murphy in 2016 Senate race

A year out from Election Day in Florida, confusion, uncertainty reigns

Jeff Atwater still not running for U.S. Senate

Jac VerSteeg: What if Jeb Bush ran for U.S. Senate instead?

Jac VerSteeg: What if Jeb ran for U.S. Senate instead?