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Mitch PerryAugust 26, 2015

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Congressional District 13 Democratic candidate Eric Lynn remains the only live human being who has announced his candidacy for the congressional seat being vacated by Republican David Jolly next year. Attempting to exploit that reality, as well as to continue to introduce himself to Pinellas County voters who may not be familiar with the first-time […]

Mitch PerryAugust 24, 2015

Although the field is far from complete, five of the seven Pinellas County Democratic Party district chairs have already decided they’ve seen enough of first-time Congressional District 13 candidate Eric Lynn to endorse him a full year before the Democratic primary vote in Pinellas County. Torrey Craig, Steve Sarnoff, Everett Paul, Bonnie Sklaren and Bonnie Agan all […]

Mitch PerryAugust 20, 2015

Eric Lynn is in a very unusual place. The first-time candidate is in fact the only candidate in the race to succeed David Jolly in the CD 13 congressional race that will take place next year. That’s likely to change at some point later this year, once the Florida Supreme Court signs off and the […]

Mitch PerryAugust 19, 2015

All summer, we’ve heard blowhards like Joe Scarborough inform the supposedly stuffy talking heads that they just don’t get it about the phenomenon that is Donald Trump. He likes to remind viewers that his brother, an alleged sophisticated Republican voter, really loves The Donald, and thus that explains why about 25 percent of Republican voters […]

Mitch PerryAugust 18, 2015

CD 13 Democratic candidate Eric Lynn, the only declared candidate in the Pinellas County congressional race, announced his campaign team Tuesday, and it includes two nationally known figures who played important parts in getting Barack Obama elected president twice. Bill Burton and Anita Dunn from the political communications firm SKDKnickerbocker have signed on to the […]

Mitch PerryAugust 17, 2015

Reports continued to surface over the weekend that Joe Biden is calling old friends and potential allies about the possibility that he could enter into the Democratic presidential race. In some quarters of the Democratic Party, there are increasing concerns about the viability of front-runner Hillary Clinton‘s candidacy, as reports of the current “emailgate” scandal continue […]

Mitch PerryAugust 7, 2015

Last night was the most fun I can remember watching a political debate since Chris Matthews moderated the Charlie Crist-Jim Davis-Max Linn Florida gubernatorial debate in 2006. Anyone remember that? Let’s face it, if the same tough questions were asked by moderators at MSNBC, CNN, Univision or any of the major broadcast networks, the story […]

Mitch PerryAugust 5, 2015

Five days before the Florida Legislature returns to Tallahassee to work on redrawing eight congressional district lines, two committees responsible for completing what is known as a “base map” have released it to the public. It shows that those committees have followed the directions of the Florida Supreme Court, whose justices ruled that eight congressional districts […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

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Every part of the Sunshine State will soon feel the effects of the Florida Supreme Court’s ruling on congressional redistricting, but perhaps no region will see more upheaval than the I-4 Central Florida corridor. The Florida Legislature returns for its second Special Session of 2015 next week for one purpose: to redraw eight congressional districts […]

Peter SchorschJuly 27, 2015

Annette Taddeo still won’t explain what she considers “middle class,” or at least she isn’t talking about it. Taddeo, a Democratic candidate for Florida’s 26th Congressional District, again refused to answer questions about her self-proclaimed middle-class lifestyle, one that includes a decidedly not middle class 6,500-square-foot Miami home assessed at $1.25 million. In a video […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.7.15 — The morning after

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Central Florida congressional delegation to be much different in 2016

Annette Taddeo refuses to talk mansion sale, “middle-class” lifestyle