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A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2016

FloridaPolitics.com caught up with Republican Senate candidate Todd Wilcox in Jacksonville Thursday, where he gave his thoughts on the possible re-entry of Marco Rubio into the race, and the mass shooting in Orlando Sunday. The big narrative of the week in the Florida Senate race involves Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Marco Rubio having a conversation in the wake of the Pulse […]

Mitch PerryJune 16, 2016

Politics never takes a day off, and some would probably say it shouldn’t. Take the reaction this week to the shooting massacre in Orlando. Democrats have done what they believe urgently needs to be done to lessen the possibility of further mass gun shootings, by introducing gun control legislation in Washington. In Washington early this […]

Peter SchorschJune 15, 2016

That Republican Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera has agreed to withdraw from the race for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat if Marco Rubio decides to run for re-election to it is as surprising to see as it was to watch Al Cowlings chauffeur O.J. Simpson in a white Bronco. Some men are just born to be second banana. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 15, 2016

Carlos Lopez-Cantera will not file to run for U.S. Senate if Marco Rubio decides to run for re-election. In an email to supporters Wednesday, Lopez-Cantera said he will get out of the race if Rubio, his longtime friend, were to decide to run for re-election. “I have asked Sen. Marco Rubio to reconsider his decision […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 15, 2016

Todd Wilcox rolled out his national security and foreign policy plan on Wednesday, saying the country needs to “examine the context” of the current foreign policy and national security strategy. In his proposal, Wilcox said the nation should “first and foremost defend the homeland” from threats of Islamic terrorism. The country, he said, also needs […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2016

Is Marco Rubio ready to do the (almost) unthinkable, and announce he will be running again for the U.S. Senate seat he renounced a year ago? We’ll find out soon enough — the deadline to make such a decision is just nine days away. The man who runs this website, Peter Schorsch, wrote last night a deal is […]

Peter SchorschJune 14, 2016

It’s the seemingly intractable problem of Florida politics these days, one that has eluded even the most savvy operators. If Marco Rubio does jump back into the race for his U.S. Senate seat, how do you rearrange the chess pieces — at least the ones that matter — so everyone comes out a winner? After weeks […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 14, 2016

Todd Wilcox released his first campaign advertisement Tuesday. The 30-second web spot — called “Eliminating ISIS” — coincides with a statewide tour focused on national security. “Terrorists have brought this fight to American soil and it’s time we get serious about eliminating ISIS once and for all,” he said in a statement. “ISIS can be defeated, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 13, 2016

For Todd Wilcox, the Orlando shooting hit close to home. He lives 15 miles south of the nightclub where 49 people were killed, and 53 more were injured early Sunday morning. His youngest daughter, now seven years old, was born at the hospital across the street. His oldest daughter, a 23-year-old recent graduate, lives near […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 13, 2016

Carlos Lopez-Cantera urged the nation to work together to stand up to “radical terrorism.” In an email to supporters Monday, the lieutenant governor called the shooting at an Orlando nightclub an act of terrorism, and said it was a sober reminder that “terrorists will not think twice about coming after the United States.” “We must […]

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Todd Wilcox talks Senate race, Pulse tragedy

Mitch Perry Report for 6.16.16 -CLC clears the path for Rubio

Carlos Lopez-Cantera’s atrociously timed conversation with Marco Rubio

Carlos Lopez-Cantera won’t file to run for Senate if Marco Rubio decides to run again

Todd Wilcox releases national security and foreign policy proposal

Mitch Perry Report for 6.15.16 — What will Marco do?

CLC to CFO? Ron DeSantis to A.G.? It’s all in play if Marco Rubio runs for re-election

Todd Wilcox talks about eliminating ISIS in first campaign advertisement

Todd Wilcox urges action to deal with ISIS

Email Insights: Carlos Lopez-Cantera calls on nation to stand up to radical terrorism