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Peter SchorschSeptember 25, 2015

There is a right, smart way to take on Republican Marco Rubio and there is a dumb, ineffective way to challenge him. What you are seeing out of Donald Trump this week – attacking the first-term U.S. senator and former speaker of the Florida House as a “disloyal” and “sweaty” “lightweight” – is the latter. […]

Associated PressSeptember 14, 2015

The campaign manager and later chief of staff of former Miami U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia has been sentenced eight months of home confinement, two years of probation and a $1,000 fine for a misdemeanor elections law violation. A federal judge sentenced Jeffrey Garcia, no relation, on Monday. Garcia pleaded guilty in June to illegally financing […]

Gary FineoutApril 17, 2015

Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera broke Florida’s ethics law and should pay nearly $60,000 in fines and restitution, a state panel concluded Friday. The Miami Republican, who has been a long-time friend of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, is accused of double-billing taxpayers for travel expenses while he was a state legislator and failing to properly […]

Peter SchorschApril 17, 2015

Gauging by the traffic on SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, and ContextFlorida.com, as well as the open rates for our morning email, Sunburn, the past two weeks have been the busiest time in Sunshine State politics since last year’s election. Even the weekends have been hectic: Last Saturday saw Jeff Atwater announce that he was not running for […]

Phil AmmannApril 2, 2015

The Florida Commission on Ethics will consider the recommendation of a judge on a case involving former state legislator and U.S. Rep. David Rivera, ordered to pay nearly $58,000 in fines and restitution for questionable travel reimbursements and financial disclosures. The commission hearing is set for April 17, according to the ethics panel’s newly released […]

Peter SchorschMarch 16, 2015

According to Marc Caputo of POLITICO, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is trying to unload the Tallahassee home he co-owns with David Rivera, the former congressman under investigation in a federal campaign-finance probe. Democrats are having a field day with this story, with the Florida Democratic Party going so far as to post a mock-ad on […]

Ryan RayMarch 6, 2015

Marco Rubio doesn’t really project that Tallahassee Pol aura these days, but for years he was about as intimate with the levers of state governmental power as anyone in the game. Pema Levy in Mother Jones argues that while the former House Speaker was able to finesse several serious mistakes during his run for U.S. Senate, his excuses may […]

Ryan RayMarch 6, 2015

Marco Rubio doesn’t really project that Tallahassee Pol aura these days, but for years he was about as intimate with the levers of state governmental power as anyone in the game. Pema Levy in Mother Jones argues that while the former House Speaker was able to finesse several serious mistakes during his run for U.S. Senate, his excuses may […]

Peter SchorschJune 23, 2014

Dozens of state legislators earned new terms in office as Florida’s qualifying period for the 2014 election ended Friday. With qualifying week over, here are 11 takeaways for this fall’s elections: 1. Eight state senators — or nearly one-quarter of the Florida Senate — were re-elected without opposition. Nearly one-third of the members in the Florida House also earned […]

Tag: David Rivera

How to effectively take on Marco Rubio

Former Rep. Joe Garcia’s chief gets home confinement, probation

Ethics panel: David Rivera deserves fine, reprimand

Marco Rubio’s Gary Hart moment? David Jolly and Will Weatherford, both wrong but right

Ethics Commission to consider David Rivera case

A quick suggestion for Marco Rubio …

Good read in MoJo: Will missteps in Tallahassee doom Rubio’s White House bid?

Good read in MoJo: Will missteps in Tallahassee doom Rubio's White House bid?

Peter Schorsch: Qualifying for 2014 elections is over and here’s what you should know