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Staff ReportsOctober 11, 2017

Lawrence McClure has defeated Yvonne Fry in the hard-fought Republican primary for Florida House District 58. McClure, a 30-year-old Dover businessman, received 54.90 percent of the vote; Fry, a Plant City business executive, took 45.10 percent. The two Hillsborough County natives ran an increasingly contentious campaign for the GOP nomination to fill the seat of […]

Mitch PerryOctober 10, 2017

In eastern Hillsborough County, one of the more contentious Republican primaries in quite some time will soon be over. Tuesday night, a winner will emerge from the hard-fought House District 58 battle between Yvonne Fry and Lawrence McClure. HD 58 opened up in August after Plant City Republican Dan Raulerson stepped down for health reasons. Final financial […]

Drew WilsonOctober 9, 2017

A barrage of nasty direct mail campaigns in the HD 58 special election may have snookered Yvonne Fry’s chances in the Tuesday Republican Primary, according to a new survey from St. Pete Polls. An automated phone poll conducted over the weekend surveyed 358 registered HD 58 voters and found the Plant City native trailed Republican businessman […]

Joe HendersonOctober 9, 2017

In a different reality, Yvonne Fry would enter Tuesday’s special HD 58 election without concern. Her neighbors in Plant City know her as smart, personable, connected and dedicated. She is one of them, having been born and raised there. In addition to being well-liked and respected, she is a successful businesswoman and making her first […]

Mitch PerryOctober 7, 2017

Dover businessman Lawrence McClure has more cash-on-hand than Plant City businesswoman and civic activist Yvonne Fry in the final days of their contentious House District 58 Republican primary campaign. With the latest financial figures coming in late Friday, McClure has raised a total of $135,485 versus Fry’s $112,790 through October 5. . Fry has spent $96,813.30 […]

Joe HendersonOctober 4, 2017

There is a game plan, oft-repeated in politics, that says going negative beats a reasoned argument almost every time. We are seeing that play out again in the HD 58 campaign for the Republican nomination, where mailboxes are being filled with fliers calling Yvonne Fry a closet liberal in Republican clothes. The primary election to succeed […]

Drew WilsonOctober 4, 2017

Another wave of mailers went out in Hillsborough County blasting HD 58 Republican candidate Yvonne Fry for her alleged lack of conservative bona fides. Both mailers were paid for by “Hillsborough County Conservatism Counts,” a political committee formed at the end of last month by Ash Mason, who worked as a legislative aide in the […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 30, 2017

Tempers are flaring in the increasingly hostile Hillsborough County House District 58 contest, as early voting begins in a race marked by accusations of false attacks and heated threats.

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 […]

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Lawrence McClure defeats Yvonne Fry in HD 58 GOP primary

Decision time in contentious House District 58 GOP primary

Election eve poll gives Lawrence McClure wide lead in HD 58 special election

Joe Henderson: Yvonne Fry in tough HD 58 fight

Lawrence McClure with cash on hand lead in final days of HD 58 GOP primary

Joe Henderson: HD 58 campaign takes negative turn

More anti-Yvonne Fry flyers hit Hillsborough mailboxes

Tempers flare in House District 58 special election

Pro-Confederate group heats up HD 58 race

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