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Peter SchorschOctober 11, 2017

Nick DiCeglie has been in the race for House District 66 for a month and his first campaign finance report, released Tuesday, signals a momentum shift in the GOP primary between him and Berny Jacques. Jacques filed March 3 and was the first-in candidate for the Pinellas County-based seat. Since showing $30,000 raised in his […]

Jim RosicaOctober 10, 2017

Democrats and Republicans from both sides of the Capitol rotunda came together Tuesday to back Sen. Dana Young‘s latest try to ban fracking in Florida. Also known as hydraulic fracturing, the drilling technique involves shooting water and chemicals deep underground, breaking up rock to get at oil and natural gas that’s unreachable by conventional drilling. “Advocates […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

A pair of Tampa Bay Republicans filed bills in the House and Senate over the past week that would slap Florida with a full-on fracking ban come. Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, is a method of natural gas extraction that sees drillers inject a concoction of water and various chemicals into fault lines deep underground […]

Mitch PerryOctober 3, 2017

Jeremy Bailie, one of three Republicans who filed to run for the Pinellas County-based House District 69 seat being vacated by Kathleen Peters, says in his job as an attorney, he’s driven to help small businesses. He wants to bring that same intense focus to Tallahassee. “I’m running because I feel very passionately about not […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 7, 2017

Another Republican has filed to take over for House District 69 Rep. Kathleen Peters, who plans to leave the Legislature to run for Pinellas County Commission. Jeremy Bailie joins Raymond Blacklidge and Chris Licata in the GOP primary for the seat, which covers parts of Pinellas County, including Gulfport, Madeira Beach, South Pasadena and Treasure […]

Drew WilsonAugust 26, 2017

Republican Chris Licata officially announced Friday that he’s moving his House campaign over to District 69, the southwest Pinellas County seat Rep. Kathleen Peters is giving up to run for local office. “The 69th district is where I grew up, where I attended middle and high school, where I spent my weekends on Johns Pass, […]

Peter SchorschAugust 18, 2017

After initially planning to run in 2018 to try to replace House Minority Leader Janet Cruz, Republican Christopher Licata this week switched races to run for an open Pinellas County House seat. Licata filed paperwork with the state Division of Elections to run in House District 69, which will be open next year because Rep. […]

Phil AmmannJuly 25, 2017

With a tip of the hat to LobbyTools, here are the latest movements – both on and off – of the legislative merry-go-round. On: Amber Moody is a new support analyst for the House Office of Information Technology. Off: Michael Ellis is no longer a journal writer/editor for the Legislative Process Division. Off and on: Natasha Sutherland has […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 10, 2017

Baxter Troutman kicked off his bid for Agriculture Commission with an infusion of cash, pouring more than $2 million of his own money into his fledgling campaign in June. State records show Troutman brought in more than $2.5 million in June. According to campaign finance reports Troutman put $2.5 million into this campaign, and received […]

Mitch PerryJune 28, 2017

He wasn’t on the dais, but Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran’s policies and public comments were front-and-center when a panel of Pinellas lawmakers spoke Wednesday in Clearwater about the recently concluded legislative session. Dubbed “the most interesting man in Tallahassee” in a recent Miami Herald profile, the 52-year-old Land O’Lakes Republican came into leadership last […]

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Berny Jacques fundraising slows as Nick DiCeglie enters race

Dana Young will try for fracking ban again

Tampa Bay lawmakers file bills that would ban fracking

Jeremy Bailie wants to bring intense focus to Florida Legislature

Third Republican files for House District 69

Chris Licata makes HD 69 candidacy official

Christopher Licata switches to running in House District 69

Latest on the legislative staffing merry-go-round

Baxter Troutman pours $2.5M of own money into his Ag Commish campaign

Richard Corcoran’s agenda and style get bashed (and sometimes praised) by panel of Pinellas lawmakers