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Joe HendersonMay 9, 2018

While it unquestionably is the right time for Richard Corcoran to go home to Land O’Lakes, as he promised to do if he didn’t run for Governor, that doesn’t mean he will stay there. At age 53, Corcoran has a lot of hop left on his political fastball. I would be stunned if we don’t […]

Joe HendersonFebruary 6, 2018

Adam Putnam may well be Florida’s next Governor, that is unless voters decide his latest idea is straight out of looneyville and start asking serious questions about who he really is. The latest ploy by this self-styled “proud NRA sellout” (his words) would be funny if it wasn’t so reckless. He championed a provision in […]

Joe HendersonJune 26, 2017

State Sen. Jack Latvala of Clearwater keeps saying he’ll decide in a few weeks whether he is running for the Republican nomination for Governor, but he sounds like a candidate right now. He is making himself available for interviews (always a good sign) and speaking engagements around the state. More importantly, he actually is saying […]

Mitch PerryJuly 27, 2016

Whenever folks in Florida begin discussing potential Democratic gubernatorial candidates in 2018, the name Gwen Graham always appears in the first paragraph. But with more than two years before the electorate will decide who their nominee might be, a number of other elected officials are now on the clock to begin making their case, and there’s […]

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Joe Henderson: We haven’t seen the last of Richard Corcoran

Joe Henderson: Adam Putnam gun proposal rates “A” — for awful

Joe Henderson: Jack Latvala sounds like a candidate for Governor, even though he hasn’t announced

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