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Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2015

For several years, it’s been a given that Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn would try to take his brand of leadership to a new level in 2018 by seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. Facing just token opposition in his re-election bid, Buckhorn won with nearly 96 percent of the vote in March, setting himself up […]

Associated PressOctober 9, 2015

A judge called Friday for a sweeping overhaul of Florida’s electoral map, including the congressional district held by a Republican seeking to become the next U.S. House speaker. Judge Terry Lewis recommended new boundaries for the state’s 27 congressional districts, some of which would make it nearly impossible for U.S. Rep. Dan Webster — one […]

Ryan RayOctober 7, 2015

Most of Florida’s 29 U.S. representatives in Washington, D.C., signed a letter to a high-ranking Army official on Tuesday calling for federal action to help revive the ailing Apalachicola River. Twenty-two members of Congress – an evenly-divided 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats – wrote Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy of their concern with newly released […]

Phil AmmannOctober 7, 2015

North Florida Republican Mary Thomas is ready to confirm another healthy round of fundraising in her bid for Florida’s 2nd Congressional District. On October 15, Thomas’ campaign will report to the Federal Elections Commission that the first-time candidate has taken in over $190,000 in contributions during the third quarter of 2015. She will also end Q3 […]

Jim RosicaOctober 5, 2015

Republican Panama City surgeon Neal Dunn, challenging incumbent Democrat Gwen Graham for her 2nd Congressional District seat, on Monday said his campaign “will file with over $500,000 in his first seven weeks as a candidate – a new record” in that district. Dunn’s campaign said it had raised “more than $450,000 in contributions and (Dunn) personally added […]

Jim RosicaOctober 5, 2015

Three times in a row, Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Graham has raked in more than a half-million dollars from contributors, her campaign announced Monday morning. Her team patted her on the back, calling her $1.2 million cash-on-hand number “an impressive war chest for a race more than a year away.” The release refers to her first […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

After John Boehner became Speaker following the GOP’s takeover of the House of Representatives back in 2011, Republican leaders decided Congress should meet less in Washington. So they announced a loose goal of two weeks on, one week off in the nation’s Capitol – giving members the chance to spend extended time back in their districts every third week. […]

Bob SparksOctober 1, 2015

John Boehner sure knows how to make news. At least he waited until Pope Francis left Washington before he dropped his resignation bombshell last week. The soon-to-be-former Speaker set off a media and Capitol frenzy with his Friday announcement. Boehner’s decision elicited respectful reflection from one side matched by jubilation from the conservative wing of the […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 30, 2015

New polls show Florida Congresswoman Gwen Graham losing a proposed redrawn 2nd Congressional District seat next election but leading other contenders in a hypothetical matchup for Marco Rubio‘s U.S. Senate seat. But the polls don’t show her standing in the district as currently drawn, which takes in a swath of north Florida roughly from Perry to Bonifay. […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 26, 2015

Republican candidate Neal Dunn visits Tampa Bay this week for a pair of fundraisers to support his bid for Florida’s 2nd Congressional District. Dunn, a Panama City urologist, faces first-time candidate Mary Thomas in the GOP primary for the seat currently held by Congresswoman Gwen Graham. On Monday, several local physicians will join Dunn for […]

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Bob Buckhorn still considering 2018 run for governor

Overhaul of Florida’s districts hurts would-be House speaker

22 members of Florida’s U.S. delegation call on feds to reconsider Apalachicola River plans

Mary Thomas to announce $190K in Q3 fundraising for CD 2 race

Neal Dunn also says he’s posting $500K+ in fundraising

Gwen Graham posts another $500K+ fundraising quarter

David Jolly introduces bill mandating Congress work a 40-hour work week

Bob Sparks: Dan Webster runs for Speaker; for whom will Gwen Graham vote?

Gwen Graham’s political future mixed, polls say

CD 2 GOP hopeful Neal Dunn visits Tampa this week for fundraisers