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Mitch PerryJune 29, 2016

For those of you who were looking for a smoking gun that would nail Hillary Clinton from Trey Gowdy‘s Select Committee on Benghazi’s two-year investigation, you might be out of luck. At least that’s the consensus from reporters who (presumably) read all 800-pages of that committee’s report which was released to the public yesterday. I didn’t […]

Peter SchorschJune 29, 2016

Carlos Beruff is a successful man. He has made tens of millions of dollars building homes in Florida in boom times and lean times. He has been a dedicated community leader, serving on one high-profile board after another. A few weeks ago, Beruff — suddenly everywhere as his campaign has spent at least $4 million on television ads and he […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2016

Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, the city’s political voice for the community’s LGBT community, blasted Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio Tuesday during a national satellite radio talk show, according to a report on Huffington Post. “You loaded those bullets with hatred,” Sheehan reportedly said of Rubio, Scott and other conservative Republicans. Her […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 28, 2016

Marco Rubio has a 52-point lead over his nearest competitor, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The Florida Decides poll, a statewide poll conducted for News 13/Bay News 9, found 63 percent of Republicans said they would vote for Rubio in the Aug. 30 primary. The poll found 11 percent of voters said they […]

Mitch PerryJune 28, 2016

Marco Rubio is no longer running for president, but he’s still using some of the same lines of attack against Hillary Clinton as he resumes his run for Senate. Early Tuesday, House Republicans concluded their two-year investigation into the 2012 terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya with an 800-page report that blames politically motivated bureaucratic delays for failing to […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 28, 2016

Todd Wilcox may have gotten out of the U.S. Senate race, but that hasn’t stopped him from blasting one of his former opponents. In a statement Wednesday, the Orlando Republican and one-time U.S. Senate hopeful said Carlos Beruff needs to “stop stalling” and immediately release his financial disclosure forms. Beruff, according to the Tampa Bay […]

Mitch PerryJune 28, 2016

Carlos Beruff, the last man standing between Marco Rubio being renominated by the Republican Party of Florida to run for re-election to the U.S. Senate, gets crushed by the GOP incumbent in a poll conducted last week. A survey by Gainesville-based GOP polling firm Data Targeting, done on the day before and the day of Rubio’s announcement last week […]

Mitch PerryJune 28, 2016

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(UPDATE) That investigative report by CBS Miami’s Jim DeFede on Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy’s business background continues to enjoy added life in the form of a new television commercial produced by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The ad, entitled, “A Career Built on Lies,” relies heavily on DeFede’s report, which reported Murphy has never been a licensed CPA in […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2016

The reason is becoming apparent why so many Republican U.S. Senate candidates got out of the race when Sen. Marco Rubio decided last week to seek re-election. In a straw poll at the Seminole County Republican Executive Committee Monday night, Rubio crushed his lone remaining high-profile Republican opponent, Bradenton businessman Carlos Beruff. In voting tallied […]

Mitch PerryJune 28, 2016

After enduring his worst week as a candidate since declaring he was running for the Senate over a year ago, Jupiter Rep. Patrick Murphy has received a nice boost in his campaign to succeed Marco Rubio in Washington, procuring the endorsement of the Florida Police Benevolent Association. “The Florida PBA is proud to endorse Patrick Murphy because […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.29.16 – Clinton survives Trey Gowdy, now what about James Comey?

The latest polling strongly suggests Carlos Beruff should drop out of U.S. Senate race

Report: Patty Sheehan blasts Marco Rubio, Rick Scott over Pulse

Poll: Marco Rubio leads Carlos Beruff 63 percent to 11 percent

Marco Rubio attacks Hillary Clinton after reviewing GOP Benghazi report

Todd Wilcox calls on Carlos Beruff to immediately release financial disclosure documents

Carlos Beruff trailing badly to Marco Rubio, 73%-6%, according to new poll

NRSC attacks ‘Privileged Patrick’ Murphy in new television ad to air in Washington D.C.

Marco Rubio, John Mica, crush opponents in Seminole GOP straw poll

Patrick Murphy gets endorsed by the Florida Police Benevolent Association