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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 27, 2016

A conservative super PAC is focusing on Rep. Patrick Murphy’s support of the Iran nuclear deal. Senate Leadership Fund launched a new ad Tuesday aimed at highlighting his support of the nuclear deal. The 30-second spot, according to the Tampa Bay Times, will run on cable and broadcast in Orlando, Tampa, and West Palm Beach. […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016

Was it as good as you hoped it would be, America? For months, people have talked about how they could not wait to watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battle it out in their first presidential debate. We all know that excitement wasn’t because of Clinton’s sterling debate style. No, it was because of the unknown about how The Donald […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 26, 2016

Things we are curious about for the Trump-Clinton I: The Debate. The television audience How many people will be watching? Well, a lot – that’s for sure. Some predict the audience could exceed 100 million people. The record audience for a presidential debate is 80 million people for Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter in 1983. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 26, 2016

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio announced a new coalition Monday of more than 270 supporting Puerto Ricans in Florida with the vast majority living in Central Florida. The coalition’s list of members includes Democrats and independents as well as Republicans of Puerto Rican descent, all pledging to tout Rubio’s efforts on Social Security, Medicare, fighting […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 26, 2016

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A progressive advocacy group that doesn’t want any significant changes to Social Security announced on Monday they’ll be targeting Florida Senator Marco Rubio and other Republicans. Americans United for Change announced Monday a six-figure, five-state ‘Hands Off My Social Security!’ campaign “to prevent a surprise attack after the November election” on Social Security, and Alison Morano will […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 26, 2016

Another day, another poll showing a close race between Rep. Patrick Murphy and Sen. Marco Rubio. The Florida Chamber Political Institute released a new poll Monday that showed Rubio and Murphy were locked into a tight race. The survey found Rubio was at 46 percent, while Murphy was at 42 percent. Eleven percent of Floridians […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 26, 2016

With this being a presidential election year, when Democrats historically show up in greater numbers at the polls, the Florida Democratic Party is targeting several key legislative races in Hillsborough County which they hope to flip from red to blue. One of them is the House District 59 seat in Eastern Hillsborough County currently held by Dover Republican Ross […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 24, 2016

The U.S. Presidential election returns to Florida’s I-4 corridor early next week, with Donald Trump speaking at a rally at Orlando Melbourne International Airport on Tuesday at 7 p.m.. The GOP presidential nominee’s appearance will come less than 24 hours after he and Hillary Clinton engage in the first of their three scheduled debates before the November 8 election. The trip is another occasion […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2016

Marco Rubio delivered the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday. It addressed some very familiar themes, served a couple of key rhetorical purposes, and managed to avoid the Donald Trump question all together. Rather, it focused on a very narrow window of time, hermetically sealed from the presidential election: the next four months; the time until the current president […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 23, 2016

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Two Florida unions are attacking Marco Rubio about his priorities in a new television ad that begins airing Friday in Tampa and Orlando. AFSCME PEOPLE and AFT Solidarity have gone in on the $1.3 million ad buy, which will run through the end of the month. “What are Marco Rubio’s priorities?” a narrator says as the ad […]

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Senate Leadership Fund takes aim at Patrick Murphy over Iran deal

Mitch Perry Report for 9.27.16 — The ‘what difference does it make?’ debate

Joe Henderson: 5 things we’re curious about the Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump debate

Marco Rubio announces ‘Puerto Ricans For Marco’ coalition in U.S. Senate race

Alison Morano to lead Florida campaign challenging Marco Rubio on Social Security

Florida Chamber poll shows Marco Rubio at 46%, Patrick Murphy at 42%

Ross Spano feels confident about challenge to retain his HD 59 seat in Hillsborough County

Donald Trump to return to Central Florida less than 24 hours after Monday night’s debate

What Marco Rubio said and didn’t say in the Weekly Republican Address

Florida unions team up to blast Marco Rubio’s priorities in new ad airing in Tampa and Orlando