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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 4, 2016

Carlos Lopez-Cantera said the country needs a Republican president — but didn’t quite say he would support Donald Trump. “We need a Republican president,” said Lopez-Cantera after a campaign stop at Bonita Springs Charter School in Southwest Florida on Wednesday. “People are just tired of hearing red-meat speeches regurgitated to them and not seeing results.” When […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 4, 2016

Carlos Beruff has a message for Republicans: It’s time to back Donald Trump. In a statement Wednesday, Beruff urged Republicans to unite behind the likely Republican nominee. He also called on his U.S. Senate rivals to also commit to supporting the New York Republican. “Like Gov. Rick Scott, I urge all Republicans to unite behind […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 3, 2016

Adam Hasner is lending his support to Carlos Lopez-Cantera’s U.S. Senate bid. In an email to supporters Tuesday, the former House Majority Leader said keeping a majority in the U.S. Senate is “just as important” as the presidential preference primaries and that the race is “too important to ignore.” “My good friend Carlos Lopez-Cantera is […]

Mitch PerryMay 3, 2016

Well today’s the Indiana primary, and aren’t you all excited about that? I didn’t think so. A CNN/ORC poll released yesterday shows more than eight of 10 Americans believe Hillary Clinton will challenge Donald Trump for president in November. That was taken before Indiana votes today … or Nebraska next week … or California and New Jersey […]

Mitch PerryMay 2, 2016

Since declaring his candidacy for his first run for Congress in late 2013, David Jolly had to hear from his critics that he’s a creature of the Washington Establishment. Jolly spent 11 years working with Congressman Bill Young, the last six as his general counsel. In 2007, he left to join the Washington, D.C. firm Van Scoyoc Associates as a lobbyist. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 2, 2016

Want to know where Carlos Beruff has been since he announced he was running for U.S. Senate? There’s a map for that. On Monday, the Beruff campaign released a map — called the “Road to 67” campaign tracker — showing all of the counties he has visited since announcing his U.S. Senate bid in February. “Voters […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 2, 2016

Democrat Patrick Murphy would defeat all of the major Republican U.S. Senate candidates in a general election match-up. According to a statewide survey by Associated Industries of Florida, Murphy comes out on top in head-to-head match ups against four of the Republican Senate candidates. The survey found the only candidate who could defeat Murphy is […]

Mitch PerryMay 2, 2016

The imagery coming out of California late last week wasn’t extremely alarming, but it was instructive. Protestors, many of them black or brown, went a bit nuts at Donald Trump campaign appearances Thursday night in Orange County on Thursday night and to a lesser extent on Friday in Burlingame, just south of San Francisco (and […]

Mitch PerryApril 29, 2016

David Jolly is at war with a part of his own party. The National Republican Campaign Committee is pushing back hard on that “60 Minutes” piece that aired Sunday featuring the Pinellas County congressman, and specifically his legislation that would ban federal office holders from raising campaign contributions. In a letter penned by NRCC Executive Director Rob Simms to […]

Mitch PerryApril 29, 2016

Tony Khoury describes himself as part the elite 1 percent of earners in America but says, unlike many of his cohorts, he welcomes paying additional taxes for being lucky enough to have so much. “I still believe I always have to pay my fair share,” which currently for him is at the 39.6 percent level, the […]

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Carlos Lopez-Cantera: ‘We need a Republican president’

Carlos Beruff calls on Republicans to unite behind Donald Trump

Email Insights: Adam Hasner urges Floridians to back Carlos Lopez-Cantera in Senate race

Mitch Perry Report for 5.3.16 – Only six more months of hearing about Hillary vs.The Donald – every day

Todd Wilcox blasts David Jolly on calling for lobbying ban — even though he said it nearly a year ago

Carlos Beruff launches ‘Road to 67’ campaign tracker

Marco Rubio still best bet for Republicans to defeat Patrick Murphy in U.S. Senate race

Mitch Perry Report for 5.2.16 — Cleveland, meet California

David Jolly refutes charges of lying in 60 Minutes story about fundraising requirement

Indie candidate Tony Khoury makes his case for Florida U.S. Senate seat