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Mitch PerryNovember 19, 2015

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill calling for a halt to accepting Syrian refugees until more stringent safeguards are in place, and Florida Democrats Gwen Graham and Patrick Murphy joined House Republicans in supporting the bill. The American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act proposed by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, […]

Ryan RayNovember 10, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham visited Florida’s capital city Tuesday while the state Supreme Court heard oral arguments that could reshape the course of her political career. That’s not why she was at Tallahassee City Hall a few blocks from the court, though. She was in town to recognize a pair of veteran-friendly North Florida employers […]

Jim RosicaNovember 10, 2015

Despite questions on many parts of the map, the Florida Supreme Court Tuesday focused on South Florida during the final scheduled oral argument in an ongoing congressional redistricting challenge. That inflamed Democratic U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, whose north-south district had been ordered changed by the court to an east-west configuration. That district didn’t get a mention. Brown, wearing […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2015

As Douglas Adams wrote in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” That pretty much describes Florida’s political landscape right now, with a year until Election Day (and, perhaps more astonishingly, just four months to the Presidential Preference Primary). A slew of key state races are as […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2015

As Douglas Adams wrote in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” That pretty much describes Florida’s political landscape right now, with a year until Election Day (and, perhaps more astonishingly, just four months to the Presidential Preference Primary). A slew of key state races are as yet unformed, with breakout […]

Peter SchorschNovember 5, 2015

Some might find it hard to believe that one year ago North Florida Democrat Gwen Graham defeated Tea Party favorite Steve Southerland for her first term in Congress. As for Graham, it’s been quite the year, she says in a new email to supporters; one filled with a series of struggles: defending Medicare and Social […]

Ryan RayNovember 4, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham and U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross have unveiled a bipartisan effort in Congress to boost civics education across the nation. Graham, a freshman Democrat from Tallahassee is teaming up with Ross, a Polk County Republican, will pursue a resolution encouraging high schools to administer a civics test to high school seniors. The questions are taken from the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 30, 2015

The Florida Democratic Party will gather this weekend for their fall convention in Lake Buena Vista. The confab comes almost a full year before the 2016 election, where in addition to trying to keep the state blue for the third straight time at the presidential level, the party is hoping to get one of their to join […]

Ryan RayOctober 22, 2015

I am … 25 years young. I live in … Sarasota/Tallahassee. I got into politics because … My family exposed me to the power of community organizing as a child. My great-grandmother along with a group of other concerned citizens helped desegregate the public beaches in Sarasota in the 1950s by organizing caravans of people who went […]

Ryan RayOctober 20, 2015

A months-long process of the U.S. Department of Agriculture transferring 3,800 acres of land to Florida A&M University came to an end Tuesday, as the nation’s largest historically black college formally took over the Hernando County tract. For more than 80 years, the site was home to the USDA’s Subtropical Agricultural and Research Station until it was […]

Tag: Gwen Graham

Kathy Castor votes no to SAFE Act, prefers “appropriate” resettlement of refugees

On eve of Veterans’ Day, Gwen Graham recognizes local companies hiring vets

Corrine Brown lambastes state Supreme Court over congressional redistricting

Peter Schorsch: A year out from Election Day in Florida, confusion, uncertainty reign

A year out from Election Day in Florida, confusion, uncertainty reigns

Email insights: Gwen Graham gives thanks at the halfway mark

Gwen Graham, Dennis Ross unveil new civics education push

Florida Democrats to convene this weekend at Disney Resort

Meet Edward James, one of “30 Under 30” rising stars of Florida politics

Gwen Graham lauds USDA 3,800-acre land transfer to FAMU