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Mitch PerryJanuary 18, 2018

To garner sufficient support to keep the government from shutting down midnight Friday, House Republican leaders are including funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to a four-week spending bill. That’s good enough for Longboat Key Republican Vern Buchanan to get on board in supporting the bill. “We cannot allow this program to lapse […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 18, 2018

While Congress stares at a potential government shutdown Friday, St. Petersburg U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is one House Democrat who says he won’t vote for another stopgap spending bill to keep the government afloat for another four weeks. “The House of Representatives is once again being asked to vote on a short-term spending bill that […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 16, 2018

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Democratic state Rep. Sean Shaw has made it official: he’s running for Attorney General this year, promising if elected to operate differently from term-limited Pam Bondi. “The people of our state should be able to count on their Attorney General to protect them and to always enforce the rule of law, not have someone more concerned with […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 16, 2018

There’s more than a few key races heating up among Florida’s congressional seats, but for every true competitor in a 2018 battleground district there are a dozen head-scratchers who’ve mounted hopeless House campaigns. No, none of these candidates have sacrificed a goat as part of a pagan ritual, but it likely wouldn’t make their long-shot […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2018

Bill Nelson‘s campaign says the senator will report raising just over $2.4 million in the final three months of 2017. That brings him to more than $8 million cash-on-hand heading into this election year. Nelson has represented Florida in the Senate since 2000. It’s widely expected that he’ll be challenged in his reelection bid this fall by […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 11, 2018

St. Petersburg House District 70 Democrat Wengay Newton now has two opponents going after him as he attempts to win reelection this summer, but at least at this early junction, he’s not being challenged seriously when it comes to fundraising. Newton raised $1,000 in December, and has now raised $17,370 overall for the seat with […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 9, 2018

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A bipartisan group from Florida’s congressional delegation sent a letter to the Donald Trump administration opposing any rollback of safety regulations adopted after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. In a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, the group of 20 lawmakers — both Democrats and Republicans — warned that “an oil spill can devastate a regional […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2018

Wengay Newton received a rebuke Monday when several high-profile St. Petersburg Democrats announced their support of Vito Sheeley, the political operative challenging the incumbent in the overwhelmingly Democratic House District 70 this year. In a joint statement, Pinellas County School Board Chair Rene Flowers, Pinellas County Commission Chair Ken Welch, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and City Council Chair Lisa Wheeler-Bowman said they […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 5, 2018

David Jolly says that if the physical boundaries in Florida’s 13th Congressional District in Pinellas County were the same as they were when he won the seat twice back in 2014, he’d already be running against Charlie Crist this November. The reality is that it’s the same Democratic-leaning seat that he ended up losing to […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 4, 2018

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Charlie Crist is co-sponsoring two bills aimed at protecting puppies by improving standards for federally licensed commercial dog breeders. “The Bible teaches us to care for all of God’s creatures, and that includes man’s best friend,” said the St. Petersburg Democratic congressman. “I’m proud to help introduce bipartisan legislation that protects dogs from unprincipled dealers and […]

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Vern Buchanan says CHIP funding enough reason to support short-term spending bill

Charlie Crist a ‘no’ vote on bill to avoid government shutdown

Sean Shaw enters AG race, promises contrast to Pam Bondi

New crop of not-ready-for-primetimers launch congressional campaigns

Bill Nelson has $8M cash-on-hand for re-election campaign

Wengay Newton continues to increase fundraising advantage in HD 70 race

Most of Florida congressional delegation protests lifting oil rig safety rules

High-profile St. Pete Democrats now backing Vito Sheeley in contentious HD 70 primary

David Jolly, pondering political run, admits progressives’ energy is ‘massive’

Charlie Crist co-sponsors pair of puppy protection bills