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Mitch PerryAugust 9, 2016

All the talk about the David Jolly–Charlie Crist battle in Florida’s 13th Congressional District contest this race ignores the fact that Jolly DOES have an opponent in the Republican primary later this month. He’s retired Marine General Mark Bircher, and he said that in the name of party unity, the Pinellas County Republican establishment should rally around his candidacy later […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are neck-and-neck in the Sunshine State. A new Quinnipiac University poll found 46 percent of likely Florida voters polls were backing Clinton, while 45 percent picked Trump. The survey of 1,056 likely Florida voters has a margin of error of 3 percent. Clinton is still deeply disliked in Florida. The […]

Associated PressAugust 9, 2016

The Rio Olympics are in full swing: Michael Phelps is back to winning races in the pool, Simone Biles is running up the score in the gym and Hillary Clinton is advertising with eyes on doing just as well on Election Day. Donald Trump isn’t even competing. The Democratic presidential nominee is airing $13.6 million […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2016

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The Interstate 4 corridor is heating up, as Donald Trump plans a second visit to Central Florida in eight days on Thursday, marking the fifth presidential race campaign stop in the first two weeks of August. Trump is planning a 7 p.m. rally Thursday at Osceola County’s Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, the same venue his […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2016

Ahead in the polls, dominating electoral map projections and now weeks past her FBI investigation announcement debacle, Hillary Clinton put on a happy face in Kissimmee seeking to contrast her optimistic outlook with Republican Donald Trump‘s angry warnings of America in decline. “It’s a choice between two different views of who we are as Americans and the […]

Mitch PerryAugust 9, 2016

Last week (perhaps coincidentally as his poll numbers began dropping precipitously), Donald Trump suggested the general presidential election this fall could be “rigged.” In Ohio last week, Trump said he has heard “more and more” that the November election will be rigged — suggesting to his supporters the outcome of the election is out of the hands of voters. That […]

Mitch PerryAugust 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton painted an optimistic future about the American economy Monday afternoon in St. Petersburg, celebrating small businesses by first visiting a local brewery and then saying what she would do to help them and the rest of the country at a speech at the Coliseum. The Democratic presidential nominee’s first stop was at 3 Daughters Brewing in […]

Associated PressAugust 8, 2016

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Hillary Clinton doesn’t appear all that interested in making scenic stops on her state-to-state quest to become president. The Democratic nominee is instead programming her GPS to take her on the quickest route to collect the 270 Electoral College votes she needs to win the White House. With three months until Election Day, Clinton’s campaign […]

Mitch PerryAugust 8, 2016

Tim Canova has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission against Debbie Wasserman Schultz, asserting she illegally utilized the resources with the Democratic National Committee to undermine his campaign. Canova says the DNC emails were released last month by WikiLeaks — which forced Wasserman Schultz to step down from her role as chair of the DNC — […]

Associated PressAugust 8, 2016

Donald Trump is trying to shift from a disastrous stretch of his presidential campaign to one focused on policy and party unity. But even as his allies speak of lessons the political newcomer has learned, two of his staunchest Republican critics warn that he could be heading for losses in a pair of battleground states. […]

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Mark Bircher says if David Jolly can’t support Donald Trump, Pinellas GOP should back his candidacy in CD 13 primary

New poll shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump virtually tied in Florida

Hillary Clinton spends big on Olympic ads, with Donald Trump on sidelines

Donald Trump plans second Central Florida visit this month

In Central Florida, Happy-Face Hillary Clinton seeks contrast with Donald Trump

Mitch Perry Report for 8.9.16 — On a ‘rigged’ election

In St. Petersburg, Hillary Clinton celebrates small businesses and trashes Donald Trump’s economic plan

Hillary Clinton sets out most efficient path to get to 270

Tim Canova files FEC complaint against Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Donald Trump to try to steady campaign with economic speech