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Drew WilsonOctober 16, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is rolling out a new ad for his re-election campaign touting his commitment to putting constituents first during his time in public office. The ad, titled “This is Charlie,” features the first term congressman and former Governor answering a number of phone calls while he’s out and about in Florida’s […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 13, 2018

Congressman Charlie Crist is launching his official re-election campaign Saturday, and he’s opening a new campaign headquarters at 10 a.m. The office is located at 5100 First Avenue North, St. Petersburg. After the opening, the campaign is hosting a canvassing event with volunteers to knock on doors to help get out the vote in Pinellas County. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 8, 2018

Former Congressman David Jolly has left the Republican Party, he announced Friday on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. “I left the party about five weeks ago. My wife and I both did,” Jolly said to a shocked panel and cheers from the audience. Jolly has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and […]

Peter SchorschJuly 11, 2018

Do the Tampa Bay Rays know what league they’re playing in? I’m not talking about on-the-field, where they play in the MLB against the Yankees and the Red Sox. I’m talking about off-the-field, where the team is hoping to convince a cash-strapped community to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build it a new […]

Scott PowersJune 7, 2018

Patrick Murphy is out, and he’s supporting Gwen Graham. The Democratic former congressman made it official Thursday afternoon when he announced he was dropping his ambition to run for governor and support his former congressional colleague instead. Murphy joined Graham at a press conference in Pembroke Pines Thursday afternoon to essentially declare that she already […]

Peter SchorschMay 29, 2018

Summer is here — well, unofficially at least. And with it comes cookouts, summer vacations, and the final six months of the 2018 campaign. With the busiest election cycle in Florida’s modern history, the answers to these 14 questions (plus a fill-in-the-blank) could shape the future of the state. — Will Marco Rubio fully embrace his […]

Ryan NicolMay 14, 2018

Democrat Gwen Graham now says she’s committed to picking a Democrat as her lieutenant governor, after previously saying she was open to selecting former Republican U.S. Rep. David Jolly for the role. An earlier report from POLITICO Florida’s Marc Caputo highlighted Graham’s comments on Jolly to the Miami-based “Strange Days” podcast. Jolly has been rumored to enter […]

Scott PowersMay 4, 2018

A newly commissioned poll suggests that Democratic voters are seriously interested in a “unity” ticket that would be led by former U.S. Reps. Patrick Murphy, a Democrat, and David Jolly, a Republican, in Florida’s gubernatorial race. The poll’s more significant ramification, however, may be that Florida’s Democrats may prefer a compromising moderate Democrat to a staunch progressive […]

Joe HendersonApril 25, 2018

Politicians do love to have their egos stroked, especially when someone whispers: “Hey, you are the answer to all the problems we face. You are the only hope for this state.” The latest example of this seems to be a story that caught legs a couple of days ago, the one where a couple of […]

Peter SchorschApril 24, 2018

Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy seems to be under the mistaken impression that because he was his party’s standard-bearer in the 2016 U.S. Senate race, that he is the party’s leader. So when the Democrat watched last week’s televised debate among the four announced gubernatorial candidates, Murphy, according to a source very familiar with his […]

Tag: David Jolly

In new ad, Charlie Crist says he’s ‘always on call’ for his constituents

Ready for business: Charlie Crist opening campaign HQ

David Jolly officially breaks up with the Republican Party

Rays’ stadium dream reveal a reminder that team’s politics are still minor-league

Patrick Murphy: ‘I’m proud to support Gwen’

25 big questions facing Florida politics heading into Summer

Gwen Graham walks back comments about possible David Jolly lieutenant governor pick

Poll: A Patrick Murphy-David Jolly ticket reflects Democrats’ desire for the middle

Joe Henderson: Potential Murphy-Jolly ticket just not believable

A Patrick Murphy-David Jolly gubernatorial run isn’t the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard, but …