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Peter SchorschApril 5, 2018

More than three quarters of Hillsborough County voters say they’re in favor of making countywide constitutional offices nonpartisan, according to a new poll. The poll of Hillsborough County voters found 76 percent were in support of the change while 13 percent were opposed. It was paid for by Leadership for Florida’s Future, a political committee […]

Drew WilsonFebruary 10, 2018

Senate President-designate Bill Galvano and Senate Majority Leader Wilton Simpson raised big money for their political committees ahead of the 2018 Legislative Session according to newly filed campaign finance reports. Galvano continued to raise substantial funds for the Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. After a record-setting Q3 effort, the Galvano-controlled FRSCC raised $844,950 in December, putting Galvano’s […]

Scott PowersNovember 1, 2016

Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh may be the first Democrat to be hit by opposition claims that he’s a Donald Trump clone — and it’s coming from a group partly funded by the Republican Party of Florida. Singh, seeking re-election against Republican Edward DeAguilera, was the subject this week of another — a sixth or seventh […]

Tag: Leadership for Florida’s Future
Mike Johnson. Image via AP.

Hillsborough voters overwhelmingly support nonpartisan switch

Bill Galvano, Wilton Simpson raised big money in January

Attack ad comparing Democrat Rick Singh with Donald Trump has GOP backing