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Peter SchorschOctober 26, 2015

Welcome A-Schorsch! After a week at sea aboard the Disney Fantasy, I am tanned, rested and ready to return to writing about the Florida politics. Here are 10 things I think I think about the latest political news from the Sunshine State. Hillary Clinton pretty much locked up the Democratic nomination — Biden not in. Benghazi […]

Mitch PerryOctober 23, 2015

Sarasota County GOP Chairman Joe Gruters has been selected as the state chairman of Donald Trump‘s campaign in Florida. Susan Wiles, managing partner of the Jacksonville office of the lobbying group Ballard Partners, will serve as co-chairwoman. Wiles is perhaps best known for managing Rick Scott‘s successful 2010 campaign for governor. “My message is clearly resonating […]

Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2015

Campaign donations are filling campaign accounts in Southwest Florida, with Republican Reps. Jim Boyd, Ray Pilon and Greg Steube each posting their best fundraising reports since the start of the 2015 session. Boyd, running unopposed in House District 71, added $39,000 in contributions this past month, raising his on-hand cash to $56,246 for his fourth […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 25, 2015

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) on Friday approved a plan for candidates running in the state’s presidential preference primary that doesn’t require them to pay homage to the party faithful. The state’s GOP executive committee voted 35-1 to adopt a rule that gives candidates options to get on the ballot, instead of making them show up to November’s […]

Ryan RaySeptember 24, 2015

Just hours after Sen. Nancy Detert announced she will forgo the remainder of her state Senate term to pursue a seat on the Sarasota County Commissioner, former Sarasota Rep. Doug Holder announced he will run to succeed her in 2016. Holder was originally slated to pursue the seat in 2018, when Detert was slated to term out, but her […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 16, 2015

Florida State University named Sarasota Republican Joe Gruters as chairman of the Business, Finance, and Audit Committee this week. FSU Chairman Ed Burr selected Gruters, a longtime Certified Public Accountant who’s vice chair and head of fundraising for the Republican Party of Florida, to the post. Burr is the new owner of the Quay property […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2015

The president of the Lakewood Ranch Republican Club, Steve Vernon, has become the second candidate to file for Sarasota Representative Greg Steube‘s House seat in 2016, as reported by the Bradenton Herald. However, neither Vernon nor Joe Gruters, the other announced candidate in the contest, say they want to actually challenge Steube in the House […]

Phil AmmannJune 29, 2015

Sarasota GOP Chair Joe Gruters announced a solid Sarasota-area political roster on Monday to his campaign team in the House District 73 race. Although primaries are still more than a year away, Gruters – a prolific fundraiser himself – said strategic planning and fundraising has been in the works for the past month. “I’ve put […]

Mitch PerryJune 25, 2015

It’s been widely assumed that Jacksonville area Congressman Ron DeSantis won’t be the only Republican running for the Senate seat being vacated by Marco Rubio next year, but he’s the only official candidate as of Thursday morning, some 14 months before Republicans will make that choice. Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera made an announcement Saturday that […]

Mitch PerryJune 24, 2015

Although he’s been in politics for a long time now, Joe Gruters has just became a political candidate for the first time in 15 years. The 38-year-old Republican Party chairman of Sarasota County and vice chair and head of fundraising for the Republican Party of Florida recently announced his candidacy for the House District 73 […]

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Back from vacation, here are 10 things I think I think about Florida politics

Joe Gruters to run Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Florida

Money flows in Southwest Florida House races

RPOF adopts new ballot rule for presidential primary

Doug Holder makes it official, jumps into 2016 race for SD 28

Joe Gruters named chair of FSU Finance Committee

In wake of redistricting situation, Sarasota’s Greg Steube contemplates future

Joe Gruters names campaign leadership team

Mitch Perry Report 6.25.15 — Jeff Miller now in for GOP Senate bid?

Joe Gruters begins transition from party insider to political candidate