Jesse SchecknerNovember 29, 2023
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Tag: Jose Mallea
Jesse SchecknerNovember 29, 2023
Drew WilsonDecember 5, 2017
4min291
Republican Jose Mallea has filed to run for office again five months after losing out to Rep. Daniel Perez in the special GOP primary for House District 116. Mallea filed paperwork Tuesday to run in House District 119, currently held by termed-out Republican Rep. Jeanette Nuñez. Mallea joins Juan Alfonso Fernandez-Barquin, Enrique Lopez, Analeen “Annie” […]
Peter SchorschJuly 26, 2017
1min229
When the history of the 2025-26 Legislative Sessions is written — undoubtedly Tallahassee Democrat reporter Bill Cottrell will be on his sixth retirement by then — what transpired July 25, 2017, may play a definitive role.
Staff ReportsJuly 25, 2017
3min399
Daniel Anthony Perez is heading to the general. Perez defeated Jose Mallea in the special Republican primary to replace Rep. Jose Felix Diaz in House District 116. Unofficial election results posted to the Florida Division of Elections website show Perez received nearly 55 percent of the vote, compared to Mallea’s 45 percent. Perez will face Democrat […]
Drew WilsonJuly 22, 20173min319
Republican Jose Mallea added to his fundraising lead in the special election for House District 116 with more than $120,000 raised between contributions and loans. Mallea brought in $97,600 in contributions and loaned his campaign $24,000 for a total of $262,256 so far. The Doral Republican also spent nearly $194,000, leaving him with $16,600 in […]
Staff ReportsJuly 17, 20172min228
Jose Mallea is bringing in some star power — Florida politics, style — in the final days of his special House District 116 primary campaign. On Monday, Mallea campaign released a Spanish-language radio advertisement featuring former Gov. Jeb Bush. The ad comes just one week before the special Republican primary in the race to replace Rep. […]
Staff ReportsJuly 7, 2017
3min314
Jose Mallea‘s campaign on Friday said the candidate sued opponent Daniel Perez in the special Republican primary election for House District 116, saying Perez was falsely claiming residency in his campaign filing documents. The suit, which also names Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner as a defendant, was filed in Leon Circuit Civil court. Here’s the […]
Staff ReportsJune 26, 20173min162
Miami Republican Jose Mallea is the target of a new mailer, which claims he helped usher in a massive tax increase during his time in city government. The mailer — which appears to be from Conservatives for Truth PC, a Coral Gables political committee — claims Mallea, who served as chief of staff to former […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 19, 2017
3min328
Daniel Perez has a big lead over Jose Mallea, at least according to one poll of House District 116 voters. But the same survey shows more than half of Republican voters in the South Florida House district remain undecided with about one month to go before the special primary to replace Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, […]
Staff ReportsJune 13, 2017
3min229
Jose Mallea brought in more than $50,000 in his race to replace Rep. Jose Felix Diaz in House District 116. State records show Mallea, a Miami-Dade Republican, raised $50,640 between May 22 and June 8, bring his total raised to $140,156. Mallea faces Daniel Anthony Perez in the July 25 special primary to replace Diaz, […]