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Bruce RitchieAugust 24, 2014

Environmental issues are becoming high profile in the race for Congress in the eastern Florida Panhandle, as they should anywhere in Florida. U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Panama City, is facing Democrat Gwen Graham of Tallahassee in the Nov. 4 general election. The district extends from the white sand beaches of Bay County east, to include […]

Bruce RitchieAugust 10, 2014

Former U. S. Senator Bob Graham was back on the campaign trail this month, and he said he’s loving it. Graham’s daughter, Gwen Graham, is running as a Democrat for Congress against Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Panama City. Last week, she wrapped up an eight-day “Grilling with the Grahams” tour of the congressional district’s 14 counties […]

Guest AuthorApril 27, 2014

I’m privileged to live in the congressional district served by Mr. Anti-Poverty himself, U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland. The second-term congressman and former funeral home director, you should know by now, has made fighting poverty his No. 1 priority. In doing so, Southerland has embarked on a crusade to overhaul (some would say gut) the food […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 29, 2013

Dysfunction and paralyzing political gamesmanship from Congress has sadly become America’s new normal. Washington has never been more disconnected from the real lives of everyday Americans. Members of Congress far too often forget that we send them to the Capitol, not to fight ideological wars or score political points, but to solve the real problems […]

Tag: Gwen Graham

Bruce Ritchie: Environment is an issue in Panhandle race for Congress

Bruce Ritchie: Bob Graham is back on the campaign trail helping daughter Gwen

Andrew Skerritt: Southerland’s stance on Obamacare inconsistent with his poverty campaign

Gwen Graham: Paralyzing political gamesmanship from Congress has become the new normal