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Bruce RitchieApril 6, 2015

Tom Steyer, a California billionaire who spent nearly $20 million in a failed attempt to block Gov. Rick Scott’s November re-election because of his stance on climate change, plans to target battleground states including Florida during the 2016 presidential race, his political strategists said Monday. Steyer’s NextGen Climate PAC will feature sea level rise in Miami […]

Phil AmmannApril 6, 2015

Few can argue that Jeb Bush has qualities that could appeal to Hispanic voters. Bush speaks fluent Spanish; his wife, Columba, is from Mexico. He spent a couple years in Venezuela, taking in the people and culture. Although Bush was born in Texas, a member of one of America’s leading political families, the former governor […]

Peter SchorschApril 4, 2015

Shirish “S.V.” Dáte, the former Tallahassee bureau chief of The Palm Beach Post, is stepping down as editor of the Washington Desk at National Public Radio. Before his time at NPR, Dáte made his name for aggressive reporting on former Gov. Jeb Bush — which became the book Jeb: America’s Next Bush. Dáte made the […]

Chris AdamsApril 3, 2015

Sen. Marco Rubio, likely to formally declare his intention to run for president this month, already has built an operation that brought in cash from all corners of the nation and banked more money than similar congressional fundraising operations. It’s a good start for the Republican from West Miami, if he expects to compete in […]

Mitch PerryApril 3, 2015

Happy Passover/Good Friday to everyone. I don’t think about it often, but a quasi-holiday like today makes me sympathetic to all those in media land who have to produce a full television or radio broadcast on a day that doesn’t portend to contain a lot of news, at least not domestically. When I was producing an […]

Mitch PerryApril 3, 2015

Happy Passover/Good Friday to everyone. I don’t think about it often, but a quasi-holiday like today makes me sympathetic to all those in media land who have to produce a full television or radio broadcast on a day that doesn’t portend to contain a lot of news, at least not domestically. When I was producing an […]

Phil AmmannApril 2, 2015

It’s beginning to look a lot like 2016. Signs are all around that the “silent primary” is well under way. Campaigns are busy assembling campaign teams, while prospective candidates Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Marco Rubio are only days from officially mounting White House runs. At the intersection of social media and politics, candidates and staff members both […]

Mitch PerryApril 2, 2015

It’s good news and bad news for Jeb Bush and his supporters in a new Quinnipiac survey of Republican primary voters in Florida. The former governor continues to lead the field of potential 2016 candidates with 24 percent. That’s 9 percentage points more than the next candidate in Florida, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who comes […]

Ryan RayApril 1, 2015

Lawmakers in both chambers went along with little friction this year as they passed leadership-supported bills to move back Florida’s presidential primaries, in order to take advantage of new national GOP rules allowing states to grant their delegates on a winner-take-all basis if they do so. The logic was simple: Whether it’s Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio, […]

Christine Jordan SextonMarch 31, 2015

She fielded questions from the Low Income Pool to statewide Medicaid Managed Care but it was clear from the get go that members of the Senate Health Policy Committee held Elizabeth “Liz” Dudek in high regard and her confirmation to lead the state Agency for Health Care Administration would be approved. Gov. Rick Scott reappointed […]

Tag: Jeb Bush

Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate to target Florida in 2016 presidential arc

Jeb Bush claimed “Hispanic” on 2009 voter registration form

Jeb biographer S.V. Dáte leaves NPR

Even before presidential launch, Marco Rubio builds nationwide money machine

Mitch Perry Report for 4.3.15 – Does the Florida House agree there's too much "damn testing" going on?

Mitch Perry Report for 4.3.15 – Does the Florida House agree there’s too much “damn testing” going on?

Research firm sniffs out embarrassing staff tweets

Jeb Bush losing ground in Florida, new Quinnipiac Poll finds

Winner-take-all primary may cut both ways for Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio

Senate committee OKs Liz Dudek to continue as AHCA Secretary