Tag: Eric Lynn

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Eric Lynn will run for Florida’s 13th Congressional District. He made the announcement Wednesday, just one day after incumbent Charlie Crist officially jumped into the 2022 gubernatorial contest, creating an open seat. Lynn formerly served as a national security adviser to former President Barack Obama. “Now, more than ever, we need public servants who put […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016
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Democrat Ben Diamond has defeated Republican JB Benshimen in the House District 68 race, 56 percent to 44 percent. “I’m so honored to have been chosen to represent our district in Tallahassee,” said Diamond. “I’m looking forward to working hard for the people of Pinellas County. I want to thank my family, friends, supporters, and volunteers for all their help […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016
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Pinellas County House District 68 hopeful Ben Diamond is going up with his first television ad of the general election campaign. Diamond, 38, defeated Eric Lynn last month in one of the most competitive Democratic primary races in the Legislature this year, and is now facing home health care executive JB Benshimen in the Nov. 8 election. As FloridaPolitics reported Monday, Diamond is crushing […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 26, 2016
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Joseph “JB” Bensmihen is used to having people underestimate him, so he says it’s not surprising if people want to go by metrics such as fundraising to surmise his fate in his House District 68 encounter with Democrat Ben Diamond.  With six weeks to go before the election in Pinellas County, the 47-year-old Benshimen, a home health […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 9, 2016
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Eric Lynn promised to transfer $500,000 from his congressional campaign into a political committee backing his state House run, but state and federal records show Lynn moved much less than that. Federal campaign finance records show Lynn had $273,481 in his federal campaign account as of June 30. The most recent reporting period ran from […]


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