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Mitch PerryJune 12, 2015

The Florida Democratic Party gathers Saturday night in Hollywood for its annual Leadership Blue Gala. They’re expected to drop their report on how to pick up the pieces after the major disappointment of the 2014 campaign. The report was written by the party’s LEAD (Leadership Expansion to Advance Democrats) Task Force, and it’s already being panned […]

Diane RobertsJune 7, 2015

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – The not-remotely-special special session limps along, costing taxpayers about $75,000 a day. The bars in Tallahassee are making out pretty well. The rest of us, not so much. The Senate wants to expand Medicaid, but can’t call it “Medicaid,” because, you know, Obama. The House won’t call it anything other than “Medicaid!” […]

Phil AmmannJune 4, 2015

U.S. Reps. Gwen Graham and David Jolly introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress on Thursday to extend the prohibition on oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico through 2027. HR 2630, which seeks to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, extends the drilling ban — 125 miles off much of Florida’s Gulf […]

Peter SchorschMay 28, 2015

U.S. Rep. David Jolly caught fire from progressives Thursday over a vote this month on HR 2353, the short-term Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015. The Indian Rocks Republican was one of the 387 members of Congress to support a two-month extension of the highway trust fund. But singling out Jolly – who represents the […]

Ryan RayMay 26, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham continued her district-focused work in Congress this morning with a visit with the Apalachicola Riverkeepers. The event doubled as an announcement of a new legislative initiative to help save the region’s threatened oyster beds, once known as especially fruitful but lately in evident decline. The freshman Democrat from Florida’s vexing 2nd Congressional District […]

Ryan RayMay 18, 2015

SaintPetersblog has learned that Democrat Edward James, III is in the early stages of a likely run for the state House in northern Sarasota-based House District 72. “I’m exploring the idea right now,” said James on Friday. “Several people have reached out to me about running for that particular seat. I’m seriously considering it and consulting […]

Ryan RayMay 15, 2015

Friday’s passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of the National Defense Authorization Act, which appropriates $612 billion in spending for the Pentagon and military priorities, also marks the House approval of three initiatives sponsored by Democratic congresswoman from the Florida Panhandle Gwen Graham. Graham heralded the passage of the bill — by a vote of 269-151, […]

Ryan RayMay 13, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham announced on Wednesday that she has joined several key Florida Democrats – plus one Republican, Congressman Bill Posey – in supporting a new bill on Capitol Hill to prevent seismic testing for oil along Florida’s eastern coast. The bill – H.R. 2276 – would partially contravene a decision made last year by the Obama […]

Phil AmmannMay 12, 2015

Women’s political group EMILY’s List has endorsed U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham in her 2016 congressional re-election bid. With more than 3 million members, EMILY’s List — EMILY stands for Early Money Is Like Yeast — supports progressive women who support abortion rights. The group announced its endorsement on Twitter Tuesday morning. Getting the nod from […]

Peter SchorschMay 5, 2015

This week’s news saw a few big-wig national Democrats step in and endorse Patrick Murphy. As one name after another lines up behind Murphy, one Democratic star still, longingly, remains silent. And we are going to take a guess why. Gwen Graham is exactly the kind of Democrat that should be holding hands with Mr. “Not-of-the-Very-Far-Left” Murphy. After all, […]

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Family members appear behind a pile of debris outside their home in Steinhatchee, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, after Hurricane Helene slammed Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 storm Thursday night. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

Steve Schale weighs in on what Florida Democrats should do for 2016

Diane Roberts: Florida's presidential hopefuls have forgotten about Deepwater Horizon

Gwen Graham, David Jolly lead bipartisan fight to ban oil drilling off Gulf beaches

DCCC singles out David Jolly on highway trust fund vote — even though Nancy Pelosi, other Fla. Dems did the same

Gwen Graham announces Apalachicola Bay Restoration Act during workday on the river

Democrat Edward James “seriously considering” taking on Ray Pilon for HD 72

Gwen Graham moves 3 measures through U.S. House

Gwen Graham co-sponsoring ban on seismic oil testing along Florida’s Atlantic coast

EMILY’S List endorses Gwen Graham for 2016 re-election bid

Peter Schorsch: Why Gwen Graham might be biding her time before endorsing Patrick Murphy