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Mitch PerrySeptember 1, 2016

David Jolly easily handled Mark Bircher in the GOP primary contest in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Now, the Indian Shores Republican is turning his full attention to defeating Charlie Crist, which won’t be easy. Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink in a special election in March 2014 by just 1.8 percentage points. That was when the district did not include more liberal enclaves of […]

Mitch PerryAugust 22, 2016

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is perennially one of the strongest financial supporters of Republicans around the country. The group spent more than $35 million in the 2014 midterms, and has already spent more than $1.9 million on behalf of embattled Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, more than a million for Arizona Sen. John McCain, and $1.5 million in ads against […]

Joe HendersonAugust 19, 2016

It was a big story earlier this year when U.S. Rep. David Jolly proposed a law that would stop lawmakers, especially those named David Jolly, from spending at least four hours a day on the phone begging for money. He even went on “60 Minutes” to promote his bill, called the Stop Act. He told […]

Mitch PerryJuly 25, 2016

Could the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) be coming to help save the day for David Jolly after all? That could be the case after the head of that committee said late last week he looks forward to having conversations with him in his re-election race against Charlie Crist this fall. The relationship between the Pinellas […]

Mitch PerryMay 16, 2016

Minnesota Congressman Rick Nolan was one of what were called the “Watergate babies” when he was originally elected to Congress in a huge Democratic class in 1974. He left after 1980, but returned in 2012 after more than 30 years in the private sector. He says lots of things have changed in the three decades in between, […]

Mitch PerryMay 2, 2016

The imagery coming out of California late last week wasn’t extremely alarming, but it was instructive. Protestors, many of them black or brown, went a bit nuts at Donald Trump campaign appearances Thursday night in Orange County on Thursday night and to a lesser extent on Friday in Burlingame, just south of San Francisco (and […]

Mitch PerryApril 29, 2016

David Jolly is at war with a part of his own party. The National Republican Campaign Committee is pushing back hard on that “60 Minutes” piece that aired Sunday featuring the Pinellas County congressman, and specifically his legislation that would ban federal office holders from raising campaign contributions. In a letter penned by NRCC Executive Director Rob Simms to […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 23, 2016

The National Republican Congressional Committee is calling on Democratic candidates for Pinellas County’s Congressional District 13 seat to renounce President Barack Obama’s plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. “Do Charlie Crist and Eric Lynn support the President and his dangerous policy,” the NRCC asked in an email on Tuesday. “Or will they finally […]

Drew WilsonNovember 18, 2015

Nine Florida Republicans are on the National Republican Congressional Committee’s “radar,” which could lead to substantial campaign support. The NRCC put out a list of 32 congressional candidates Wednesday that are in the running for support through the group’s “Young Guns” program, which helps Republican candidates challenge incumbent Democrats or get the edge running for […]

Phil AmmannOctober 20, 2015

In politics, timing is everything. A new GOP email – coinciding with Democrat Charlie Crist’s not-quite-yet announcement for his congressional candidacy – points out his “eerie similarity” with the seagulls of the Disney movie “Finding Nemo.” “All of those silly little seagulls just fly around obnoxiously screaming, ‘Mine! Mine! Mine!’” says the email from the […]

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Dozens of women showed up to get free mammograms at the Promise Fund event in Stuart. Image via Florida Department of Health.

Charlie Crist CD 13 campaign continues psychological warfare offensive

U.S. Chamber of Commerce holding off supporting David Jolly … for now

Joe Henderson: GOP message for David Jolly, ‘Play along. Or else.’

House GOP leadership says they look forward to ‘having conversation’ with David Jolly

David Jolly and Minnesota’s Rick Nolan discuss the Stop Act at National Press Club

Mitch Perry Report for 5.2.16 — Cleveland, meet California

David Jolly refutes charges of lying in 60 Minutes story about fundraising requirement

NRCC calls on Charlie Crist, Eric Lynn to oppose president’s Gitmo closure plan

9 Florida Republicans recognized as NRCC “Young Guns”

Email insights: Charlie Crist, seagulls and the GOP’s impeccable timing