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Mitch PerryJuly 10, 2015

It was just an average Thursday in the Florida political world. But first a note about Jeb Bush, who announced that through his own campaign and his Super PAC Right to Rise, he’s raised $114 million this year, with all but $11 million coming from Right to Rise, which began fundraising for the “non-candidate” in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 10, 2015

One thing was crystal clear for Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant on Thursday as the FDP studied the Florida Supreme Court decision and its affect on the state’s congressional districts. “Florida’s highest court has found Tallahassee Republicans guilty of unconstitutionally subverting Florida’s democracy,” she said. While that’s accurate, the relevant question for her and […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2015

Florida’s political world was shaken Thursday when the state Supreme Court ruled that the GOP-led Legislature had gerrymandered eight congressional districts and called on the Legislature to remedy the situation before the 2016 election. Still to come however, is a court ruling on a separate 2012 lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters and […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2015

Although it wouldn’t take effect for seven more years, Pinellas County House Democrat Dwight Dudley says it’s time for Florida to take the political act of redistricting out of the hands of (Republican) politicians, and put it into the hands of an independent political commission. That’s the law now in six states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2015

Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson said Thursday that he will have surgery Monday at a Washington, D.C., hospital to remove prostate cancer. In a news release issued from his Washington office, his aides said that while he has no symptoms, doctors found the cancer early in a routine medical exam. Extensive scans showed no signs of the […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2015

Although Kathy Castor will see the contours of her district redrawn in the wake of the Florida Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday, no one in state politics suspects it will affect Democratic Party leanings substantially. “Florida voters adopted Fair Districts amendments to our Florida Constitution and, today, the Florida Supreme Court reaffirmed that districts need to […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2015

The battle over Medicaid expansion in the Florida Legislature was an intense, emotional issue for many in Tallahassee this year. It was an internecine battle, as House Republicans fought Senate Republicans over expanding health care coverage and a Senate fix to the Low Income Pool program. At times the battle got personal, with some ascribing less than […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2015

The already intriguing congressional race in Florida’s 13th District currently occupied by Republican David Jolly became even more so on Thursday, after the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the Legislature must redraw the district for being out of compliance with the Fair Districts constitutional amendments. The Court ruled that eight districts in all must be redistricted, including […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2015

Alan Grayson is running for the U.S. Senate. “This is going to be the first real political race of the 21st Century,” the Orlando Democratic Congressman made the announcement this morning during a televised interview with WKMG-TV, the CBS affiliate in Orlando. He compared it’s national appeal to Elizabeth Warren‘s successful run for the Senate in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 8, 2015

Earlier this week Politico speculated that the Democrats have a “narrow” path to recapture the U.S. Senate next year, which appears to be a much friendlier year in terms of victories compared with 2014 (when they lost nine seats) or 2018, when they must defend seats in red states like Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia. One […]

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Democrats have new opportunities with redistricting ruling

Jack Latvala hedges bets on possibility of redrawn state Senate seats in 2016

Dwight Dudley calls for independent commission to redraw Florida congressional districts

Bill Nelson to have surgery to remove prostate cancer on Monday

Kathy Castor sanguine after court ruling, to report raising nearly $800,000

Jack Latvala calls attacks on state senators, spouses in health care “reprehensible”

Florida Supreme Court ruling will affect David Jolly’s CD 13 seat

Alan Grayson blasts Patrick Murphy in announcing his candidacy for Senate

NRSC “confident” GOP will keep Florida Senate seat in 2016