Tag: Kevin Cate
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Peter SchorschNovember 10, 2016
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Tuesday’s slate of general elections in Florida certainly provided a list of winners and losers, and I’m not just talking about the candidates. Here is my list of the real winners and losers coming out of Election Day. Winners Rick Scott — The Naples Republican was an early backer of the president-elect, comparing Trump’s rise to his own 2010 gubernatorial […]

Staff ReportsNovember 2, 2016
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton still leads the CateComm/Proxeme “Checkmate State Projection” on FloridaTurnout.com. On Wednesday morning, the projection showed Clinton ahead of GOP nominee Donald Trump by a little more than 89,000 votes, though that margin is expected to tighten by Election Day. The website’s computer model compares the daily voting stats against Florida […]

Peter SchorschOctober 28, 2016
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Kevin Cate likes cool stuff. So he decided to visualize turnout data “with help from Travis Brooks and his company Proxeme,” Cate said in an email. The result: A GIF (“It took forever, but it was worth it”) of the first 1.6 million votes through Oct. 24 for the November general election. “We’ll update it […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 6, 2016
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After being tagged with with fellow Republican Donald Trump last week, David Jolly is hitting back at Charlie Crist when it comes to being associated with the Manhattan real estate developer and GOP presidential candidate. As Jolly was easily winning his Republican primary against Mark Bircher in Florida’s 13th Congressional District last Tuesday night, Crist issued a statement saying that “it saddens me to think that […]

Jim RosicaJuly 26, 2016
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An effort to establish a Florida specialty license plate for Auburn University has passed the 4,000 mark. According to the iwantmyfloridaauburnplate.com website, 4,018 people had turned in unofficial pledges as of Tuesday night. New plates need 4,000 “pre-sales” before they can be produced. Supporters hope those filing pledges at the website will follow up with the state. […]

Ryan RayJune 1, 2016
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A pair of eminent Florida politicos want to introduce legislation to create a specialty Florida license plate bearing the logo of Auburn University. That’s a bad idea for several reasons. No animus against Democratic strategist Kevin Cate, one of the kindest political people around, or Rep. Jamie Grant, who gives me courage despite my own receding hairline. But this […]


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