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Mitch PerrySeptember 28, 2017

As a registered nonprofit group, Save Southern Heritage can’t endorse candidates. However, they can provide “information” to voters, and the inference from the cards it’s mailed out to 3,000 households in House District 58 in eastern Hillsborough County indicates it likes the responses that Lawrence McClure gave the group, as opposed to Yvonne Fry, who […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 26, 2017

Two weeks before the primary, the Republican race is becoming more intense between Yvonne Fry and Lawrence McClure for the House District 72 special election. In the past week, two mailers sent by outside groups blasting Fry have made their way into eastern Hillsborough County mailboxes. One came from the Orlando-based “Ax The Tax” political organization […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 23, 2017

Presumably, Lawrence McClure will vote for himself in next month’s Republican primary election in House District 58. If so, it would be the first primary election in which the 30-year-old Dover native has voted.

Staff ReportsSeptember 18, 2017

Yvonne Fry’s Florida House campaign received a major boost Monday with the endorsement of Dan Raulerson, the former lawmaker she is hoping to succeed in House District 58.

Peter SchorschSeptember 18, 2017

The two GOP candidates running to replace retired Rep. Dan Raulerson in House District 58 raised a combined $169,000 between Aug. 1 and Sept. 7 according to newly filed campaign finance reports. Plant City businessman Lawrence McClure, 30, brought in the bulk of the money, with his first campaign finance report showing $107,205 in contributions […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 5, 2017

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is the latest Republican to back Plant City businesswoman and activist Yvonne Fry in the House District 58 special election taking place later this year. “I have known Yvonne Fry for many years and I know that she is a committed Conservative who will defend our Conservative values,” Bondi said. “She […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2017

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It’s getting a bit heated in the Republican primary for the House District 58 seat between Plant City businesswoman Yvonne Fry and Lawrence McClure. The seat became vacant earlier this month after Plant City Republican Dan Raulerson left the seat with a full year left on his term. The Fry campaign is airing two different television ads […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2017

While much of the focus on the House District 58 special election is fixated on the duel between Republicans Yvonne Fry and Lawrence McClure, the winner of next month’s primary will still have to win the general election in December. One of those others seeking to replace Republican Dan Raulerson will be progressive Ahmad Hussar Saadaldin, now officially running as a non-party-affiliated candidate. […]

Drew WilsonAugust 15, 2017

Three Republican lawmakers and the leading GOP candidate in HD 58 will hold a joint fundraiser Sept. 20 in San Antonio, Fla. Sen. Wilton Simpson, set to be Senate President for the 2020-22 term, will be joined by Tampa Bay-area Reps. Danny Burgess and Shawn Harrison, as well as HD 58 candidate Lawrence McClure for […]

Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2017

Ross Spano, who represents the Greater Brandon area in the House of Representatives, is endorsing Plant City businesswoman Yvonne Fry in the House District 58 special election. “Yvonne Fry is the most qualified and well-prepared candidate to serve the residents of District 58,” Spano said on Friday. “We share a focus on education and small business […]

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Pro-Confederate group heats up HD 58 race

Yvonne Fry blasted in HD 58 race for ‘insufficiently conservative’

House candidate Lawrence McClure has not voted in a non-presidential primary election, records show

Dan Raulerson endorses Yvonne Fry as his successor in House District 58

Lawrence McClure crosses $100K raised threshold in HD 58 special election

Pam Bondi endorses Yvonne Fry in HD 58 special election

Yvonne Fry emphasizes pro-life credentials in new campaign ad

Ahmad Saadaldin officially enters HD 58 special election race

Tampa Bay-area lawmakers, Lawrence McClure buddy up for joint fundraiser Sept. 20

Ross Spano endorses Yvonne Fry in House District 58 contest