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Mitch PerryJuly 11, 2016

Augie Ribeiro has a few disadvantages in his attempt to win the Senate District 19 race this summer. The civil justice attorney is by far the least known of the four major candidates in the Democratic primary taking place Aug. 30. He got into the contest at nearly the last minute, filing just a day before qualifying […]

Drew WilsonJuly 11, 2016

Democratic Rep. Ed Narain announced Monday that Hillsborough County Commission Chairman Lesley “Les” Miller has endorsed his bid for the District 19 seat in the Florida Senate. “I’ve known Ed Narain since he was a student leader at the University of South Florida and now as state representative,” said Miller, who himself served 14 years […]

Mitch PerryJuly 11, 2016

The race for House District 61 has been rather cordial to date between attorney Sean Shaw, activist and businesswoman Dianne Hart and environmental engineer Walter Smith. That’s a far cry from two years ago, when Shaw engaged in an intense battle with Ed Narain. Shaw accused Narain of being too Republican-friendly, while Narain and his supporters essentially called Shaw a carpetbagger, emphasizing […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2016

When he announced his candidacy for Senate District 19 last month, St. Petersburg based attorney Augie Ribiero said he was convinced he should enter the contest after he came away uninspired by hearing fellow Democrats Ed Narain, Darryl Rouson and Betty Reed speak at a candidates forum in south St. Pete. He doubled down on those comments in the past week in an […]

Mitch PerryJuly 6, 2016

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If you were watching cable news this morning, there’s a chance you might have seen Ed Narain‘s new television ad, which began airing Wednesday. The Tampa-based state representative is running in the ultra-competitive Senate District 19 Democratic primary to be held late next month, where he is battling Darryl Rouson, Betty Reed and Augie Ribeiro for the nomination. The winner is expected to […]

Mitch PerryJuly 5, 2016

Betty Reed says Ed Narain told her late last year that he would never run against her in the Senate District 19 race. Narain says it wasn’t like that. Even though it’s been nearly four months since Narain stunned some local observers and excited others by announcing he would be leaving his House District 61 seat to challenge Reed in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 2, 2016

Tampa City Councilman Frank Reddick has endorsed former state Rep. Betty Reed in the increasingly contentious Senate District 19 race, which encompasses both Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. That news was first reported by Leslie Wimes on her Saturday morning Women on the Move blog. Reddick says he has somewhat mixed emotions because he’s friends with Ed Narain and Darryl […]

Mitch PerryJune 30, 2016

There are many people in the world concerned about the pace of climate change, and whether our leaders doing enough to combat it for future generations. Most of those people aren’t elected officials in the Republican Party. In recent years, the GOP has castigated San Francisco-based environmentalist Tom Steyer, tagging him with famed boogeyman George Soros as among the […]

Mitch PerryJune 29, 2016

Perhaps it was the recent survey that showed St. Petersburg state Rep. Darryl Rouson leading Ed Narain in the Senate District 19 race that has fired him up. In any case, Narain is firing back hard on his Democratic challenger, along with some help from his friend, Congresswoman Kathy Castor. Narain and Castor took issue Wednesday with a statement Rouson had released regarding the U.S. Supreme […]

Mitch PerryJune 24, 2016

As the deadline for state legislative candidates expired at noon on Friday, there were four Democrats on the Aug. 30 ballot in the Senate District 19 race that encompasses both Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. Three all relatively well known — Ed Narain and Darryl Rouson currently serve in the Florida House, and Betty Reed previously held Narain’s HD 61 seat. Add […]

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Augie Ribeiro pours in $300K of his own funds to compete in SD 19 race

Hillsborough County chair Les Miller endorses Ed Narain in SD 19 race

HD 61 candidate Sean Shaw on guns, working with the GOP, and getting ‘The Talk’

Ed Narain blasts Augie Ribeiro in SD 19 candidates forum

Ed Narain first candidate in SD 19 race to go on the air with new ad

Betty Reed now says she regrets endorsing Ed Narain in 2014

Frank Reddick is backing Betty Reed in Senate District 19 race

Mitch Perry Report for 6.30.16 — The GOP’s Tom Steyer?

Ed Narain and Kathy Castor call out Darryl Rouson — again

Civil justice attorney Augie Ribeiro says he can make a difference if elected in SD 19