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Anne LindbergNovember 21, 2016

Tuesday is an important day for freshman members of the Florida Legislature. They’ll be sworn in and have to start making good on those campaign promises. However, there’s a lot to do before they start filing bills. “It’s going to be a learning session for me,” said Wengay Newton, who represents House District 70, which […]

Staff ReportsNovember 8, 2016

Election night parties will be raging across the state Tuesday. For some, it’s a chance to pop some bottles and celebrate. For others, it will be a somber event, marking the last hurrah of a long, hard-fought campaign. Want to party like a politician? Here’s a rundown of where candidates will be as the polls […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016

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Pinellas County House District 68 hopeful Ben Diamond is going up with his first television ad of the general election campaign. Diamond, 38, defeated Eric Lynn last month in one of the most competitive Democratic primary races in the Legislature this year, and is now facing home health care executive JB Benshimen in the Nov. 8 election. As FloridaPolitics reported Monday, Diamond is crushing […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 9, 2016

Eric Lynn promised to transfer $500,000 from his congressional campaign into a political committee backing his state House run, but state and federal records show Lynn moved much less than that. Federal campaign finance records show Lynn had $273,481 in his federal campaign account as of June 30. The most recent reporting period ran from […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 27, 2016

Eric Lynn is spending the weekend getting out the vote. The St. Petersburg Democrat is set to attend get-out-the-vote events throughout House District 68 this weekend. The events mark a final push to get voters to the polls ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Lynn is scheduled to hold a volunteer get-out-the-vote event at 10 a.m. today at […]

Peter SchorschJuly 12, 2016

‘Tis the season. It’s that most wonderful time of the year when candidates running in this fall’s elections begin to make the rounds at candidate forums, hob nobs, straw polls and Tiger Bay debates. It’s at these events candidates can begin to distinguish themselves from their opponents with a quick retort — or a regrettable gaffe. […]

Peter SchorschMay 31, 2016

In the race for House District 68, Eric Lynn is transferring a rather large amount of money into his political committee. While Lynn’s primary opponent, Ben Diamond, may have been rolling out endorsements, Lynn is rolling a yuuuuuuge amount of money into a vehicle to communicate his message. Citing a June 2014 memo from the Florida Division of Elections and a letter from his own attorney, Lynn will begin his […]

Mitch PerryMay 10, 2016

(Updated) St. Petersburg-based attorney Ben Diamond announced his candidacy for the House District 68 seat in Pinellas County on Monday, April 25. In the six days leading up to the campaign’s first fundraising deadline on April 30, he was able to raise an impressive $28,366. “I’m running for the Florida House because I want to fight for Pinellas […]

Peter SchorschMay 4, 2016

As an expensive and divisive primary shapes up on the Democratic side of the race to succeed Dwight Dudley in House District 68, one Republican thought to be a contender for the seat says he’s not interested in running. Former state Rep. Frank Farkas said late last week he won’t be on the ballot in 2016. Farkas, a St. […]

Phil AmmannApril 5, 2015

GOP candidates are lining up to succeed Rep. Janet Adkins, the Fernandina Beach Republican from House District 11 who faces term limits next year. Barry Holloway, a Bryceville Republican, filed a campaign account this week to become the fifth Republican in the HD 11 race, according to the state Division of Elections. A GOP stronghold, […]

Tag: House District 68
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For Ben Diamond, Wengay Newton, a time of learning and outreach

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Ben Diamond puts up first TV of general election campaign for HD 68

Finance reports show Eric Lynn never transferred all of the money out of his congressional account

Eric Lynn makes last-minute push in HD 68 primary

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Committed to running for House District 68, Eric Lynn to roll $500,000 into political committee

HD 68 Dem candidate Ben Diamond raises over $28,000 in one week on the campaign trail

Frank Farkas won’t run in House District 68

Republicans line up to replace Janet Adkins in HD 11