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Ryan RayJanuary 29, 2015

Patrick Murphy raised more than half a million dollars in campaign cash in the final quarter of 2014, according to recently-released campaign finance reports. The Palm Beach congressman — recently the subject of rumors about statewide candidacies — has hit the $500,000 mark in eight consecutive quarters, unusual for a relatively junior House Democrat. Murphy’s […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 29, 2015

OK, let’s game this out… U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is giving all indications that he will announce sometime in the spring his decision whether he will run for president. Last Friday, Rubio kicked off an election-strategy powwow at Miami Beach’s Delano Hotel by announcing a fundraising team that looked like a presidential campaign-in-waiting, reports Marc Caputo […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 29, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham scored several more subcommittee assignments for her first year in Congress, many with significant economic importance to her North Florida constituents. Among Graham’s appointments are to the Armed Services and Agriculture subcommittees, groups that gives her a bigger impact on behalf of Florida’s Second Congressional District. “Bringing the North Florida Way […]

Ryan RayJanuary 27, 2015

Gwen Graham is on a roll in terms of landing choice committee spots. Having already nabbed a seat on the coveted Armed Services Committee, she announced today that she’ll also serve on the Agriculture Committee. Graham told SaintPetersBlog on Saturday that the assignments were her top two choices, a rare coup for a freshman representative in […]

Rachel PientaJanuary 25, 2015

On Saturday, January 24, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham met with 30 area Democrats. While there was some representation from Wakulla, Jefferson, and Bay counties, the room was dominated by Leon residents. What had been billed as a listening session with opportunities to ask Graham about votes taken during her brief time on Capitol Hill turned into something resembling […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 25, 2015

Newly elected U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham and about 30 Tallahassee-area constituents held a get-to-know-you meeting Saturday, although many in the group had volunteered for the Graham campaign. However, after her first votes as a member of Congress, many wanted to ask the congresswoman what exactly was she doing. “We knew her one way when she was campaigning […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 23, 2015

Freshman U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, recently assigned to the House Armed Services Committee, visited North Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base on Friday. Graham toured the base with 325th Fighter Wing Commander Col. Derek France and the commander of the 1st Air Force, Lt. Gen. William Etter. Tyndall, in Bay County east of Panama City, employs more […]

James CallJanuary 23, 2015

Shocked and disappointed by the votes of their newly elected congresswoman, more than 20 Tallahassee self-proclaimed progressives will meet with Gwen Graham Saturday to air their differences. The North Florida Democrat narrowly defeated two-term U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, in part by promising to reach across the aisle and break a gridlock in Washington by working with the Republican […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 22, 2015

I was both encouraged and disappointed as I followed the recent U.S. House of Representatives’ vote on the Keystone XL Pipeline, which will carry 830,000 barrels of oil per day into Gulf of Mexico refineries from Canada. Not only did the measure pass the House, it was heartening to see two Florida Democratic congressional members […]

Adam WeinsteinJanuary 15, 2015

Be proud, Floridians! With just a tad under 700 days left until the next presidential election, our state is already the clear winner. The Beltway media have all but elected Miamian Jeb Bush, whose campaign boils down to three words: “Not Mitt Romney.” But even if Jeb falters, the Sunshine State boasts plenty of […]

Tag: Gwen Graham

Patrick Murphy has added $530,000 since November

Charlie Crist in 2016?

Gwen Graham assigned several committees important to North Florida

Gwen Graham to serve on House Agriculture Committee

Rachel Pienta: Gwen Graham listening session turns into hour-long filibuster

Gwen Graham and Tallahassee liberals are taking each other to school

New Armed Services Committee member Gwen Graham visits Tyndall AFB

Tallahassee progressives to school Gwen Graham in the North Florida Way

Nicolas Gutierrez: It's time to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline

Adam Weinstein: America's next president may be the Floridian you don't expect