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Staff ReportsDecember 18, 2018

With a tip of the hat to LobbyTools, here are the latest movements – both on and off – of the legislative merry-go-round. On: In the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Cindy Kynoch is staff director. Jamie DeLoach and Ross McSwain are deputy staff directors. McSwain worked previously as staff director of Regulated Industries. Off and on: Elizabeth Ryon became deputy staff director for the […]

Drew WilsonDecember 10, 2018

Three incumbent Republicans and one Democratic member of the Florida House opened campaign accounts for their 2020 re-election bids last week, making for 50 House incumbents who’ve taken the first step toward re-election. Tops on the list was Palm Coast Republican Rep. Paul Renner, who is set to take over as House Speaker after the […]

Jacob OglesNovember 6, 2018

State Rep. Margaret Good won her first full term in the Florida House on Tuesday after defeating Republican challenger Ray Pilon, but by a closer margin than expected. With all votes counted, Good led Pilon 51 percent-49 percent, or 41,278 votes to 40,134. The Sarasota Democrat made national headlines after her special election victory in […]

Jacob OglesNovember 6, 2018

Candidates in Southwest Florida anticipated lengthy debates about Medicaid expansions, gun rights and maybe charter school funding to dominate political discourse this election. So it seemed illustrative to state Sen. Kathleen Passidomo when a Naples candidate forum contained not one question about health care came up. “This year,” she said, “it’s all about the water […]

Jacob OglesNovember 4, 2018

Democratic State Rep. Margaret Good has spent nearly a half million dollars in the hope of remaining in office, a feat all the more remarkable because it’s the second time that has happened this calendar year. The final financial reports before the Nov. 6 general election show Good through Nov. 1 raised a total of $542,192, and […]

Jacob OglesOctober 28, 2018

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Republican state House candidate James Buchanan enjoyed a late infusion of cash in his race in District 74, pulling in $14,250 in monetary contributions in a week. His Democratic opponent Tony Mowry pulled in $6,270 over the same reporting period, which ran from Oct. 13 through 19. Robert Samuel Kaplan, a no-party affiliation candidate also […]

Jacob OglesOctober 27, 2018

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Republican Will Robinson raised more in a week in mid-October than many non-incumbents pulled in all year in the contest for Florida House District 71. He continues to out-raise and outspend Democrat Tracy Pratt in the open Bradenton-area race. In the fundraising period from Oct. 13 through 19, he pulled in $18,900 in monetary contributions. […]

Jacob OglesOctober 18, 2018

Democrat Tony Mowry started off a Tiger Bay forum in Sarasota by attacking Republican opponent James Buchanan’s perpetual candidacy. “He’s a wealthy politician looking to buy his way into office,” said Mowry. “It makes me angry he thinks he can run in multiple parts of the county after trying his hand in multiple districts.” The […]

Jacob OglesOctober 9, 2018

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State Rep. Margaret Good first won the political world’s attention last year when her fundraising ability matched that of a local political dynasty. She continues to dominate as she seeks re-election in state House District 72. The Sarasota Democrat raised $51,425 in the second half of September. Republican Ray Pilon, who previously served the area […]

Drew WilsonOctober 2, 2018

Former Republican Rep. Ray Pilon is taking aim at Democratic Rep. Margaret Good with a new round of direct mail ads hitting House District 72 mailboxes. “Margaret Good: Putting her political party above our safety,” the front side of one of the mailers reads. “Proving she’s hyperpartisan, Margaret Good towed [sic] the party line instead […]

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Rodney Guttman, image via University of West Florida.

Latest on the legislative staffing merry-go-round

Four more lawmakers open 2020 campaign accounts

Democrat Margaret Good holds onto District 72 seat

Red Tide Politics: It’s the environment, stupid.

Margaret Good spends nearly half a million — again

James Buchanan continues to lead Tony Mowry in race for dollars

Will Robinson keeps outraising, outspending Tracy Pratt

Tony Mowry confronts James Buchanan about district-hopping

Margaret Good maintains cash advantage over Ray Pilon

Direct mail roundup: Ray Pilon targets Margaret Good as ‘hyperpartisan’ in new ads