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Staff ReportsOctober 8, 2015

The Florida Democratic Party’s House Victory division – responsible for recruiting, directing and fundraising for Democratic state House campaigns – has hired Steve Jackson to fill the new role of Political Director. As first reported in the Tampa Bay Times, the move was announced by incoming Minority Leader-designate Rep. Janet Cruz of Tampa. Read the text of her announcement […]

Ryan RaySeptember 16, 2015

Sheyla Asencios has been hired as the Florida Democratic Party’s deputy political director in charge of Hispanic outreach, the party said Wednesday. She replaces the departing Jeff Branch, who was in a similar capacity until this month but primarily working on outreach to African-American communities. Branch was tapped to be political director of U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy’s […]

Ryan RaySeptember 9, 2015

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s campaign for U.S. Senate has again dipped its cup into the Florida Democratic Party’s talent pool, announcing the hiring of Jeff Branch as political director Wednesday. Branch, who aided the state party in a similar capacity with an emphasis on minority outreach until now, will lead the Murphy camp’s statewide efforts […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2015

If you’re keeping track of time, there is B.T. and A.T.: Before Trump and After Trump. At the beginning of summer, there were (at least) 10 big questions facing Florida politics. But those questions, particularly the ones involving the myriad of presidential candidates hailing from the Sunshine State, are so B.T. On June 16, Donald Trump entered the […]

Guest AuthorJuly 24, 2015

In one way, supporters and detractors of U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson agree: He’s a lightning rod. The Republican Party of Florida loves this about him because it provides fresh material for attack ads; partisans because he revs them up. The Democratic establishment hates it because it screws up the possibility of having a clean, organized, […]

Guest AuthorJuly 23, 2015

In one way, supporters and detractors of U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson agree: He’s a lightning rod. The Republican Party of Florida loves this about him because it provides fresh material for attack ads; partisans because he revs them up. The Democratic establishment hates it because it screws up the possibility of having a clean, organized, […]

Daniel TilsonJuly 7, 2015

Dog Days of Summer, indeed. For lots of Major League Baseball fans like me, that describes the sultry stretch of the six-month regular season when many a contending team has historically succumbed to accumulated stress, fallen into a slump and out of contention. For other folks, that phrase describes any prolonged stretch of steamy summertime […]

Ryan RayJuly 2, 2015

Communications director for the Florida Democratic Party Joshua Karp is leaving his post to join U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s Democratic campaign to replace outgoing Marco Rubio in the Senate. Karp will remain with the FDP, where press secretary and Twitter gadfly extraordinaire Max Steele is set to replace him, until the end of the month. He has worked with […]

Daniel TilsonJune 17, 2015

We 99 percent of Floridians who haven’t benefited from and in many cases have been harmed or held back by almost 20 years of increasingly conservative Republican domination of Florida government and public policy — we deserve and desperately need a high-functioning opposition party with a specific plan and time frame for restoring political and legislative balance to […]

Daniel TilsonJune 16, 2015

We 99 percent of Floridians who haven’t benefited from and in many cases have been harmed or held back by almost 20 years of increasingly conservative Republican domination of Florida government and public policy — we deserve and desperately need a high-functioning opposition party with a specific plan and time frame for restoring political and legislative balance to […]

Tag: Florida Democratic Party

House Democrats hire Steve Jackson as political director

Florida Democratic Party taps Sheyla Asencios as new deputy political director

Patrick Murphy for Senate hires Jeff Branch as political director

Peter Schorsch: Answers to top 10 big questions in Florida politics lurch into view

Chris Timmons: Politics is organized around passion — so Florida Democrats need Alan Grayson

Chris Timmons: Politics is organized around passion — so Florida Democrats need Alan Grayson

Dan Tilson: Courageous conjunction can help Florida Democrats through dog days

FDP comms director Joshua Karp signs on with Patrick Murphy’s U.S. Senate bid

Daniel Tilson: Florida Democratic Party “rebrands” with a whimper, not a bang

Daniel Tilson: Florida Democratic Party “rebrands” with a whimper, not a bang