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Jim RosicaSeptember 11, 2015

Circuit Judge Terry Lewis has given parties in the ongoing congressional redistricting case until Monday to submit their final versions of how to draw boundary lines for those districts. At a brief hearing on Friday, Lewis set the date for all competing maps to be submitted. A final hearing on the matter still is set for Sept. 24, court […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 9, 2015

Waiting until it’s almost time for the actual vote, Orlando Democratic U.S. Rep. and 2016 Senate candidate Alan Grayson says he’ll support the nuclear deal negotiated between the P5 + 1 counties and Iran. In an email sent to his supporters Wednesday night, Grayson wrote that his reasons are “many and varied.” If Congress rejects […]

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 […]

Ryan RayAugust 31, 2015

Congressional candidate Mary Thomas announced Monday she has agreed to abide by a “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” promoted by a conservative political group. In a release, Thomas touted the fact she is “the first, and to this point, only” candidate vying to replace Democrat U.S. Gwen Graham in Florida’s 2nd Congressional District to sign such a pledge. The Americans for Tax Reform-authored document reads as […]

Jim RosicaAugust 25, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham on Tuesday flunked the Florida Legislature because it failed to agree on a new map of congressional districts after a 2-week Special Session that ended last Friday. “When you’re given a job to do, you do the job,” Graham said after a Tallahassee news conference about her legislation aimed at reducing infant deaths. […]

Jim RosicaAugust 25, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, a likely casualty of congressional redistricting, will be in the state capital this morning to announce “new legislation aimed at helping pregnant mothers and babies,” a news release from her office said. Graham, a Tallahassee Democrat, will take a tour of Capital Area Healthy Start, an organization that prevents infant deaths by helping at-risk […]

Phil AmmannAugust 24, 2015

Former Senate President Don Gaetz is endorsing Panama City Republican urologist Neal Dunn in his bid for Florida’s 2nd Congressional District seat. An endorsement from the longtime Niceville Republican should surprise few in North Florida. In 2014, Gaetz appointed Dunn in 2014 as the Senate’s representative on the Enterprise Florida Board of Directors, the public-private […]

Phil AmmannAugust 20, 2015

Republican Jeff Siegmeister, state attorney for the 3rd Judicial Circuit, Thursday endorsed fellow conservative Mary Thomas in her bid for Florida’s 2nd Congressional District. Calling her campaign “historic,” Siegmeister said Thomas would bring “much-needed vibrancy” to Capitol Hill and “help return the country to greatness.” Thomas, who like Siegmeister is a member of the Federalist Society of […]

Phil AmmannAugust 19, 2015

Gwen Graham’s latest “work day” had the congresswoman as far from Capitol Hill as one can get. The Democrat from North Florida’s 2nd Congressional District spent a work shift mixing ingredients, churning ice cream and packing containers at Southern Craft Creamery in Marianna. Citing a long family history in the dairy industry, Graham, used the […]

Bob SparksAugust 13, 2015

The dartboard known as the draft Florida congressional district maps is receiving the kind of comments and attacks one might expect. Some are happy, but others fall into the range of sad and outraged. In the end, few new faces are likely to join the Congressional Club in 2017. U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, for one, […]

Tag: Gwen Graham

Judge gives redistricting parties extra time for maps

Alan Grayson comes out in support of Iranian nuclear deal

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

CD 2 candidate Mary Thomas signs anti-tax pledge

Gwen Graham on redistricting: Legislature didn’t do its job

Tuesday in Tally preview: Gwen Graham in town, redistricting back in court

Don Gaetz endorses Neal Dunn in North Florida congressional bid

State Attorney Jeff Siegmeister endorses fellow conservative Mary Thomas for Congress

Gwen Graham churns ice cream, packs containers for latest work day

Bob Sparks: Despite court requirements, new congressional maps will put few incumbents at risk