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Mitch PerryAugust 14, 2016

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For what will probably be the only time before the Aug. 30 primary election, Debbie Wasserman Schultz debated her opponent in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, Tim Canova. The setting was an hourlong debate broadcast live on “Facing South Florida with Jim DeFede” on CBS4 Miami at 8 a.m. Sunday. Canova, an international law professor at Nova Southeastern University, has been calling on the six-term incumbent […]

Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2016

(UPDATED 6:51 p.m.) It’s official — Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Tim Canova will debate for a full hour this Sunday morning on “Facing South Florida with Jim DeFede” from 8 to 9 a.m. on CBS4 Miami. It will also be streamed live on CBSMiami.com and facebook.com/CBSMiami. “After four months of dodging debates and running scared, Wasserman Schultz has finally […]

Mitch PerryAugust 10, 2016

Debbie Wasserman Schultz has finally agreed to debate her Democratic party challenger, Tim Canova. Canova, however, hasn’t said if he will participate, in part because it would only last fifteen minutes. “The voters of my district deserve better than a mere 15 minutes of discussion on the issues,” Canova told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “Does […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 15, 2016

The Senate Leadership Fund is taking aim at Patrick Murphy in a new advertisement, making good on a promise to spend heavily to support Sen. Marco Rubio. The advertisement, according to the Tampa Bay Times, is set to run on broadcast and cable in Tampa and Orlando. The 30-second spot focuses on Murphy’s work experience, […]

Mitch PerryJune 29, 2016

For those of you who were looking for a smoking gun that would nail Hillary Clinton from Trey Gowdy‘s Select Committee on Benghazi’s two-year investigation, you might be out of luck. At least that’s the consensus from reporters who (presumably) read all 800-pages of that committee’s report which was released to the public yesterday. I didn’t […]

Mitch PerryJune 23, 2016

The Patrick Murphy Senate campaign is responding to a critical report claiming the Jupiter Representative has exaggerated business claims in his resume, that aired Wednesday night on WFOR-TV, Miami’s CBS affiliate by reporter Jim DeFede. In a statement issued Thursday morning, Murphy campaign spokesman Joshua Karp writes: “CBS Miami’s deeply false story is completely inaccurate in several claims,” adding that “there have already […]

Mitch PerryJune 23, 2016

Forgive us for not being too coherent, having stayed up until the early morning hours today watching the Hillsborough County MPO’s discussion of the TBX project until 2:20 a.m.this morning. You can read our account here. Although the huge news in Florida Politics yesterday morning was Marco Rubio‘s re-entry into a Senate race he said he […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 10, 2015

Conventional wisdom among some pundits (and Florida Democrats) is that U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is more viable in a general election Senate contest in Florida in 2016 than his most prominent Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson. The fire-breathing Grayson is a hero to progressives in the Sunshine State and nationally for his take-no-prisoners attitude […]

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Debate party at Sports Grill Kendall. Image via AP.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Tim Canova clash over Iranian nuclear deal in first debate

It’s official: Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Tim Canova to debate for 60 minutes on Sunday

Debbie Wasserman Schultz agrees to debate Tim Canova this Sunday morning – for 15 minutes, anyway

Senate Leadership Fund takes aim at Patrick Murphy in new ad

Mitch Perry Report for 6.29.16 – Clinton survives Trey Gowdy, now what about James Comey?

Patrick Murphy campaign pushes back on CBS Miami story on exaggerated business background

Mitch Perry Report for 6.23.16 — Another story on Patrick Murphy enhancing his resume

American Crossroads takes aim at Patrick Murphy in attack email