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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 13, 2016

Hillary Clinton continues to gain ground in Florida, with a new poll showing she has a six-point lead over Donald Trump. According to a new Florida Atlantic University poll, Clinton leads Trump, 49 percent to 43 percent. The poll found 7 percent of Florida voters are still undecided. The poll found 51 percent of women […]

Mitch PerryOctober 13, 2016

A shocking new poll in Florida’s 13th Congressional District gives Democrat Charlie Crist an 18-point lead over GOP incumbent David Jolly. The Public Opinion Research Laboratory at the University of North Florida puts the race at 54 to 36 percent. Nine percent of CD 13 voters are undecided, and one percent support another candidate. The 18-point gap is by far the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 13, 2016

A St. Pete Polls survey released this morning shows Republican Dana Young with a six-point lead over her Democratic challenger, Bob Buesing, 38 percent to 32 percent. Independent candidate Joe Redner is in third place with 16 percent. Sheldon Upthegrove is at 3 percent, and 11 percent are undecided. A survey taken earlier this summer […]

Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2016

Bob Buckhorn has a simple question for the four members of the Florida Cabinet regarding Donald Trump. “Where ya hidin’?” the Tampa mayor asked Wednesday at a news conference held outside City Hall. He was referring to how some of Florida’s leading Republicans have cut a very low profile when it comes to discussing Trump in the aftermath of […]

Scott PowersOctober 12, 2016

Donald Trump made it clear Wednesday it’s really hard to be Donald Trump and run for president, except when he’s in front of thousands of adoring and enthusiastic supporters like those at the Southeast Livestock Pavilion in Ocala. The conspiracy he described of those who are trying to defeat him, or best just not help […]

Associated PressOctober 12, 2016

During a campaign rally in Miami Tuesday, Hillary Clinton said Hurricane Matthew was “likely more destructive because of climate change.” Clinton was campaigning alongside former Vice President Al Gore, who has become a leading climate change activist since leaving politics. She said near record high ocean temperatures “contributed to the torrential rainfall and the flash […]

Associated PressOctober 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton‘s top adviser said the FBI is investigating Russia’s possible role in hacking thousands of his personal emails, an intrusion he said Donald Trump’s campaign may have been aware of in advance. If true, the assertion from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta would amount to an extraordinary link between Russia and an American presidential […]

Joe HendersonOctober 12, 2016

I can’t believe I am saying this, but Donald Trump was right – at least about Marco Rubio. He is “Little Marco.” He is terrified in the face of potential retaliation from Trump’s legion of loon if he publicly abandons the Republican nominee for president. In a statement released Tuesday, Rubio continued trying to have it […]

Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2016

It’s painful today for me, folks. I stayed up past midnight this morning to see the Chicago Cubs come from behind with four runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the San Francisco Giants, 6-5, and advance to the National League Championship Series this weekend, where they’ll play either Washington D.C. or […]

Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2016

Before Tuesday night, Bill Clinton had never visited the small Pinellas County town of Safety Harbor, but he joked that after Sunday night’s second presidential debate, “I feel that I need to be here.” The 42nd president of the United States spoke for 45 minutes in front of an intimate crowd of just 250 people at the […]

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One of several proposed designs for Florida's new Margaritaville license plates. Image via the office of Rep. Linda Chaney.

Hillary Clinton has 6-point lead over Donald Trump in new Florida poll

Shock poll in Congressional District 13: Charlie Crist 54%, David Jolly 36%

Mitch Perry Report for 10.13.15 — Hillsborough Dems in denial about the Joe Redner factor in SD 18 race?

Bob Buckhorn: Florida Republicans, ‘put your country first’ and vote for Hillary Clinton

It’s hard out there for a Trump … but not so much in Ocala

Fact Check: Hillary Clinton on Hurricane Matthew, climate change

Top Hillary Clinton aide links Roger Stone to Russian email hacking

Joe Henderson: Donald Trump was right about Marco Rubio

Mitch Perry Report for 10.12.16 — Is there still no crying in baseball?

In Safety Harbor, Bill Clinton exhorts crowd ‘Do not fight fire with fire’