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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 1, 2016

Mark your calendars. Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Patrick Murphy will square off in an Oct. 26 debate hosted by Leadership Florida and the Florida Press Association. The organizations announced Thursday that both men had formally accepted the invitation to participate in the live, one-hour televised debate. “The outcome of Florida’s Senate race could affect the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 1, 2016

I think I speak for a lot of Florida political observers in expressing my disappointment that, for whatever reason, Patrick Murphy never debated his Democratic Senate opponents, Pam Keith and Alan Grayson, during the just-concluded primary campaign. Murphy avoided debates organized by Florida Public Radio stations and Bay News 9/News 13 in Orlando well before […]

Mitch PerryAugust 31, 2016

Good morning, everyone. Florida’s primary election is history. So, where to begin? Patrick Murphy will face Marco Rubio in November. Murphy crushed Alan Grayson, 59 to 18 percent, with Pam Keith a close third at 15 percent. Rubio gets credit for honesty, saying that he can’t say for sure that he’ll fulfill all six years of his term if elected, […]

Guest AuthorAugust 30, 2016

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I’m going to say a few things in here that folks in the political arena know to be true, but that they refuse to say publicly. Our country is miserably off track; this is something that all but the far left agree on. I personally came to the point where I felt a responsibility to […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016

Florida’s Democrats Tuesday picked U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy’s youth, moderate politics and well-oiled campaign machine to battle with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat this fall. Murphy, 33, of Palm Beach Gardens, crushed U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando and lawyer Pam Keith of Miami in what had been a cutthroat primary […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 30, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio cleared the first hurdle to re-election Tuesday. The Miami Republican easily defeated Carlos Beruff, a Manatee County homebuilder, in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. According to preliminary election results, Rubio received 71 percent of the vote. Beruff received 19 percent. “Marco has lived the American dream and will never stop working to […]

Staff ReportsAugust 30, 2016

Win or lose, at least there will be a party. Election night parties will be raging across the state Tuesday night. For some candidates, it’s a chance to celebrate and thank supporters; maybe even have a little bit of fun before the final sprint to November. It will be a somber event for others, marking […]

Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2016

Americans for Prosperity Florida is blasting Democratic Senate hopeful Patrick Murphy, a day after he expressed support for adding a government public option to the Affordable Care Act. “It is good to see Patrick Murphy leaving the privileged gates of his Palm Beach estate,” said AFP Florida state director, Chris Hudson. “Maybe while he’s out and about he should take […]

Tom JacksonAugust 30, 2016

The impression I get is people have the wrong idea about primary elections. To apply a sports analogy, people — I’d call them voters, except they’re plainly not — think of primaries as the exhibition season. This is not without solid foundation. I mean, they do sort of look like the preseason. Starry-eyed unknowns hoping […]

Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2016

Primary Election Day is here, finally, for those of us who care. Because that isn’t close to the majority of registered voters in Florida. Going into today, the turnout by percentage via early and absentee voting here in Hillsborough County where I’m located was lower than it turned out to be in 2012, which Congresswoman Kathy Castor […]

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Marco Rubio, Patrick Murphy agree to Leadership Florida, Florida Press Association debate

Mitch Perry Report for 9.1.16 —The debate about the debates begins in Florida

Mitch Perry Report for 8.31.16 — Moving on to November

Carlos Beruff: Why I ran for the U.S. Senate

Patrick Murphy easily wins Democratic nod for U.S. Senate race

Marco Rubio defeats Carlos Beruff in Senate primary

It’s not the party … it’s the after party! A rundown of where Florida candidates will be on Election Night

AFP-Florida bashes Patrick Murphy for supporting a public option in Obamacare

Tom Jackson: Maybe if we thought of primaries as playoffs …

Mitch Perry Report for 8.30.16 — Election Day questions