Kelly HayesMay 5, 2021
6min3460
Jones drew national attention last summer after she was fired from the Florida Department of Health.
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Kelly HayesMay 5, 2021
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 5, 2021
6min2581
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 […]
Kelly HayesMay 4, 2021
5min1629
His deep history with state politics will likely be a double-edged sword for the representative.
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 24, 2019
4min506
Biden had to cancel a previous event.
Ryan NicolAugust 28, 2019
3min455
The event will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Sep. 22.
Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2016
3min236
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 PerryOctober 4, 2016
2min249
There hasn’t been much attention paid to the House District 68 race in Pinellas County after the intense Democratic primary battle between Ben Diamond and Eric Lynn. Diamond won rather decisively in that race, and he is now the favorite against Republican JB Benshimen in November. The Diamond campaign announced Tuesday the St. Petersburg attorney […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016
1min329
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
4min368
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, 20163min431
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 […]