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Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2016

Daniel Webster defeated Justin Grabelle in the Republican Primary for Florida’s 11th Congressional District. Webster won by taking 58 percent of the vote to Grabelle’s 42 percent. Webster will now take on Democrat Dave Koller and independent Bruce Ray Riggs in November. Although Webster has served in the House for the past six years, this […]

Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2016

Primary Election Day is here, finally, for those of us who care. Because that isn’t close to the majority of registered voters in Florida. Going into today, the turnout by percentage via early and absentee voting here in Hillsborough County where I’m located was lower than it turned out to be in 2012, which Congresswoman Kathy Castor […]

Mitch PerryAugust 16, 2016

The National Rifle Association is supporting Daniel Webster in the race for Florida’s 11th Congressional District seat. “On behalf of our five million members across the country, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund is proud to endorse Daniel Webster in the Aug. 30, 2016 primary in the 11th Congressional District. We thank him for his steadfast support […]

Mitch PerryAugust 9, 2016

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Daniel Webster, the GOP representative from the Orlando area who is now running for the GOP nomination in the 11th Congressional District, is up on the air with his televised commercial of the campaign season. The ad features what Webster says is Washington’s excessive spending ways. “I am committed to opposing legislation that irresponsibly spends taxpayer […]

Peter SchorschJuly 30, 2016

As the year of the outsider — think Donald Trump — political partisanship could very well be a casualty of the 2016 election cycle. Take Congressman David Jolly, for example. On Tuesday, the Pinellas County Republican is listed as the special guest for a “friend-raising” luncheon event for Justin Grabelle, who faces longtime U.S. Rep. Dan Webster […]

Mitch PerryJuly 22, 2016

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Justin Grabelle is going up with his first television ad in his campaign to win Florida’s 11th Congressional District. The 34-year-old former chief-of-staff to outgoing CD 11 incumbent Rich Nugent is in an extremely competitive Republican primary campaign against Daniel Webster. Webster currently represents Florida’s 10th Congressional District, but opted to run in CD 11 once redistricting made his […]

Mitch PerryJune 9, 2016

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Daniel Webster, the three-term Republican Representative from Central Florida now running in Congressional District 11 this year, is about to go on the air with his first television ad of the election cycle. The ad, called, “Getting Things Done,” highlights Webster’s battle to fix the nation’s capitol, and he says, return power back to the people. […]

Mitch PerryJune 8, 2016

There are now calls for an independent investigation into Pam Bondi‘s decision not to investigate consumer complaints against Trump University, the for-profit education company created by Donald Trump that ran a real estate training program from 2005 until at least 2010 — and not just from Democrats. “Attorney General Pam Bondi owes Floridians a full accounting of […]

Mitch PerryJune 7, 2016

Spring Hill-based Congressman Rich Nugent is fighting mad about a Daniel Webster campaign mailer that uses his likeness without his support or consent. “It’s been brought to my attention that Dan Webster used my likeness in a campaign mailer to imply my support for his candidacy here and I don’t appreciate it,” Nugent said in […]

Mitch PerryMay 19, 2016

Let’s talk about somebody I assiduously generally eschew writing about in this space, Donald Trump. (That’s not to make any editorial point at all. It’s just that there’s so much going on in news and politics right now, and you can get your fill of Trump a thousand other places on the internet). On Tuesday, […]

Tag: Justin Grabelle

Daniel Webster defeats Justin Grabelle in CD 11

Mitch Perry Report for 8.30.16 — Election Day questions

NRA backs Daniel Webster in CD 11 race

Daniel Webster goes up with third ad in his race for CD 11 seat

Hmmm … David Jolly raising money for challenger to incumbent Republican Dan Webster

Justin Grabelle puts his first TV ad up in CD 11 race

Daniel Webster goes up with first TV ad in his battle to win CD 11

Mitch Perry Report for 6.8.16 — Common Cause Florida calls for Pam Bondi to come clean

An angry Rich Nugent says new Dan Webster mailer falsely indicates his support

Mitch Perry Report for 5.19.16 — The yin and yang of Donald J. Trump