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Staff ReportsJuly 17, 2017

Jose Mallea is bringing in some star power — Florida politics, style — in the final days of his special House District 116 primary campaign. On Monday, Mallea campaign released a Spanish-language radio advertisement featuring former Gov. Jeb Bush. The ad comes just one week before the special Republican primary in the race to replace Rep. […]

Staff ReportsJuly 7, 2017

Jose Mallea‘s campaign on Friday said the candidate sued opponent Daniel Perez in the special Republican primary election for House District 116, saying Perez was falsely claiming residency in his campaign filing documents. The suit, which also names Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner as a defendant, was filed in Leon Circuit Civil court. Here’s the […]

Staff ReportsJune 26, 2017

Miami Republican Jose Mallea is the target of a new mailer, which claims he helped usher in a massive tax increase during his time in city government. The mailer — which appears to be from Conservatives for Truth PC, a Coral Gables political committee — claims Mallea, who served as chief of staff to former […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 19, 2017

Daniel Perez has a big lead over Jose Mallea, at least according to one poll of House District 116 voters. But the same survey shows more than half of Republican voters in the South Florida House district remain undecided with about one month to go before the special primary to replace Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, […]

Staff ReportsMarch 27, 2017

It’s never too early to start thinking about the next election cycle, and a host of legislative hopefuls are already thinking about the next election cycle. State election records show dozens of members of the House, Senate, and other legislative hopefuls have filed to run in 2018. Rep. Shevrin Jones filed to run for re-election […]

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Jose Mallea releases ad featuring Jeb Bush ahead of HD 116 primary

Jose Mallea sues Daniel Perez in HD 116 race

New mailer targets Jose Mallea over tax increases

Poll: Daniel Perez has 24-point lead over Jose Mallea in HD 116 race

More legislative hopefuls file to run in 2018