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Staff ReportsAugust 28, 2018
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11min232
Five candidates have qualified to run for two Seminole City Council seats currently held by Chris Burke and Trish Springer. The qualifying period to run in the upcoming 2018 election opened July 31 and ended Aug. 13. Incumbents Burke and Springer, who are seeking re-election, are being challenged by former City Councilman Dan Hester and political newcomers Thomas […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 1, 2018
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3min291
Navy veteran and Valrico-based businessman Andrew Learned is reporting he raised more than $64,000 in 2017 in his bid to win the Democratic nomination for Florida’s 15th Congressional District, and currently has more than $22,000 in cash on hand. The district is currently held by Republican Dennis Ross, who has held the seat since 2010. Though Ross’s fourth […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2018
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10min345
Three candidates vying in the House District 72 special election engaged in their first — and likely only — televised debate Tuesday night, two weeks before voters decide Feb. 13. Republican James Buchanan, Democrat Margaret Good, and Libertarian Alison Foxall all appeared on the hourlong debate (with commercials) aired on WWSB, the ABC affiliate in Sarasota. Anchor Alan […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 23, 2018
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4min373
Republican House District 72 candidate James Buchanan is seeking “legal options” over a new ad from his Democratic opponent, which claims the Sarasota businessman is a climate change denier. In a statement Tuesday, Buchanan’s campaign blasts Margaret Good for “falsely accusing that Buchanan is opposed to climate change.” Buchanan said his pro-environment stance was “a […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 5, 2018
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8min336
One might think that the Tampa Bay Times’ Tim Nickens, as editorial page editor of Tampa Bay’s biggest daily newspaper, might be subjected to tough questions about the paper’s coverage and/or editorial stances when he spoke before the politically savvy Cafe Con Tampa crowd at the Oxford Exchange Friday morning. Those tough questions were asked, but they were […]


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