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Phil AmmannSeptember 9, 2016

In an abrupt move, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee delayed its first week of television ads in Florida’s Senate race, originally scheduled for later this month. Ads supporting Democrat Patrick Murphy were initially supposed to run Sept. 20-26. According to a top Republican super-PAC, we now know why. Citing a report from the Columbus Dispatch, […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 9, 2016

Donald Trump is doing better with the Latino vote in Florida than he is nationally, according to a new poll released on Friday. Hillary Clinton leads Trump, 62* percent to 27 percent in the Sunshine State, according to a new poll of 400 Latino Floridians taken by the group Latino Decisions late last month. Of the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 9, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio has a seven-point lead in the latest Quinnipiac University poll. The survey of likely Florida voters found Rubio leads Rep. Patrick Murphy, 50 percent to 43 percent. Six percent of respondents said they still didn’t know who they would vote for. Quinnipiac University polled 601 likely Florida voters between Aug. 31 and […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s endorsement of Patrick Murphy in his U.S. Senate contest in Florida against Marco Rubio shouldn’t qualify as news … except when it comes just two hours after a published report asked why it hadn’t come yet, less than nine weeks before Election Day. “I am proud to endorse Patrick Murphy to be Florida’s next U.S. senator,” said Clinton. “Patrick […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 8, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio is taking steps to make sure U.S. troops are protected from the Zika virus. The Miami Republican introduced legislation Wednesday to provide troops with additional resources to protect against the spread of Zika. Among other things, the bill — dubbed the Servicemembers’ Zika Protection Act — would make funding available to send insect […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 8, 2016

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Harry Truman once said if you wanted a friend in Washington, “get a dog.” In a creative twist on that famous phrase, David Jolly is emphasizing his political independence in his first television ad in his bid for re-election to Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Jolly has been derided by officials from the National Republican Congressional Campaign after he […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 8, 2016

To begin with today, props to the Tampa Bay Times’ Anastasia Dawson for her portrayal on the very short life of Levonia Riggins, the 22-year-old black man shot and killed last week by a white Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy because … well, because they said he went for a gun when he was confronted in […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 7, 2016

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The LIBRE initiative, a 501(c)4 non-partisan group formed in 2011 to advance “the principles and values of economic freedom to empower the U.S. Hispanic community,” has produced an ad in English and Spanish for Florida U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio. It’s not the group’s first foray into advocacy in the Sunshine State. In 2014, LIBRE […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 7, 2016

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After an eight-week break, Congress has returned to Washington this week, and the matter mostly on the minds of Florida’s delegation is to somehow finding a way to break the logjam regarding funding for the Zika virus. On Wednesday, Jupiter Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy and Pinellas County Republican Congressman David Jolly penned a letter to the leaders in the House […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 7, 2016

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Ask Floridians who’s to blame for the lack of federal funding for Zika, and the answer is clear: Congress. A new survey from Public Policy Polling found 50 percent of Floridians said Congress was to blame for the lack of funding to combat Zika. The findings were released just one day after the Senate rejected […]

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DSCC scales back advertising in Florida, GOP claims ‘weakened’ support for Patrick Murphy

New poll shows Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump among Latinos in Florida, 62%-27%

Poll: Marco Rubio leads Patrick Murphy, 50% to 43%

Hillary Clinton (finally) endorses Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate

Marco Rubio pushes legislation to protect servicemen and women from Zika

David Jolly embraces his independence from Washington in new TV ad featuring him with a dog

Mitch Perry Report for 9.8.16 — The reality of our binary choice for POTUS

LIBRE initiative produces campaign ad on behalf of Marco Rubio

Patrick Murphy and David Jolly ask Congressional leaders to pass Zika funding bill now

Who’s to blame for lack of Zika funding? 50% of Floridians say Congress