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Mitch PerryJuly 6, 2016

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If you were watching cable news this morning, there’s a chance you might have seen Ed Narain‘s new television ad, which began airing Wednesday. The Tampa-based state representative is running in the ultra-competitive Senate District 19 Democratic primary to be held late next month, where he is battling Darryl Rouson, Betty Reed and Augie Ribeiro for the nomination. The winner is expected to […]

Mitch PerryJuly 5, 2016

Betty Reed says Ed Narain told her late last year that he would never run against her in the Senate District 19 race. Narain says it wasn’t like that. Even though it’s been nearly four months since Narain stunned some local observers and excited others by announcing he would be leaving his House District 61 seat to challenge Reed in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 2, 2016

Tampa City Councilman Frank Reddick has endorsed former state Rep. Betty Reed in the increasingly contentious Senate District 19 race, which encompasses both Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. That news was first reported by Leslie Wimes on her Saturday morning Women on the Move blog. Reddick says he has somewhat mixed emotions because he’s friends with Ed Narain and Darryl […]

Mitch PerryJune 24, 2016

Agostinho J. Ribeiro, who serves as the chief executive officer of the law firm of Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith based in Danbury, Connecticut and St. Petersburg, has filed to run in the Florida State Senate District 19 race. FloridaPolitics.com originally reported he would do so on Wednesday. Ribeiro filed his qualifying papers Thursday. His entry will certainly shake […]

Tag: Florida Senate District 19

Ed Narain first candidate in SD 19 race to go on the air with new ad

Betty Reed now says she regrets endorsing Ed Narain in 2014

Frank Reddick is backing Betty Reed in Senate District 19 race

St. Pete trial attorney Augie Ribeiro officially files for SD 19 race