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Ryan RayMay 9, 2016

In Tallahassee, Tampa Rep. Dana Young has long been considered a pol whose career may transcend the House. Combine her political bloodline (grandfather was Senate president, uncle served in the House) and prowess on the campaign trail (soundly defeated all comers in a swing seat since 2010) and it’s not hard to see Young has more juice […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 10, 2016

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, a Tallahassee Democrat, is “the most independent-voting member of the Florida delegation,” according to a CQ Roll Call vote study released Wednesday. Her Republican opponent’s spokesman, though, countered that her voting record is “downright liberal.” The annual study, which takes into account voting records, bipartisanship and productivity, “shows I’m following through on […]

Ryan RayNovember 12, 2015

The premise behind pro-Democratic women’s political committee EMILY’S List goes like this: “Early Money Is Like Yeast,” because it “makes the dough rise.” And for hundreds of pro-abortion rights women running for office since 1985, with the group’s help, it has. But not, so far, for Florida U.S. Senate candidate Pam Keith. In many ways, the political newcomer […]

Ryan RayJanuary 21, 2015

Without any standard operating procedure governing the transition following the death of a Congressman, Bill Young’s family has had little recourse when the late lawmakers’s personal affects began to go missing, writes Warren Rojas in CQ Roll Call: A corrosive mix of myopic estate planning, lax oversight and a moving truck-sized hole uncovered in guidelines governing continuing […]

Ryan RayJanuary 21, 2015

Without any standard operating procedure governing the transition following the death of a Congressman, Bill Young’s family has had little recourse when the late lawmakers’s personal affects began to go missing, writes Warren Rojas in CQ Roll Call: A corrosive mix of myopic estate planning, lax oversight and a moving truck-sized hole uncovered in guidelines governing continuing […]

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Dana Young cited as ‘Republican force’ in Roll Call

Gwen Graham ranked Florida’s “most independent” member of Congress

No love for Pam Keith from EMILY’s List

C.W. Bill Young's family and staff inherit a nightmare

C.W. Bill Young’s family and staff inherit a nightmare