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Mitch PerryOctober 31, 2015

In Lake Buena Vista, former longtime Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank announced that he was backing Patrick Murphy for the U.S. Senate Saturday afternoon, one of his most noteworthy endorsements of his 2016 Senate contest. “I have no doubt that he is the best candidate to win this crucial senate seat so we can take back the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 30, 2015

The Florida Democratic Party will gather this weekend for their fall convention in Lake Buena Vista. The confab comes almost a full year before the 2016 election, where in addition to trying to keep the state blue for the third straight time at the presidential level, the party is hoping to get one of their to join […]

Mitch PerryOctober 28, 2015

It started overnight with an editorial in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, was followed up by the Democratic National Committee, former RPOF Chair Al Cardenas, and now Orlando-area Democratic U.S. Rep. and 2016 Senate hopeful Alan Grayson is calling on Marco Rubio to step down from his U.S. Senate seat. “If Senator Rubio does not want […]

Mitch PerryOctober 15, 2015

Patrick Murphy, the Jupiter-based Democratic U.S. representative running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, raised $1.5 million for the third quarter of 2015, and has nearly $3.5 million in hand in his race against Alan Grayson. “I am humbled by this incredible support from Floridians across the state, from the Keys to Orlando to […]

Mitch PerryOctober 9, 2015

The activists went home unhappy Thursday night, but their goals were never the same as the majority on the Tampa City Council regarding the creation of a citizens review board to watchdog the Tampa Police Department. City Council voted 5-2 Thursday evening to a compromise proposal on who gets to select the members of the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 8, 2015

Pam Keith, overshadowed in the Florida Democratic Senate contest that has mainly focused on U.S. Reps. Alan Grayson and Patrick Murphy, has been endorsed by the National Women’s Political Caucus. “Pam Keith has worked tirelessly, not only for our country as a JAG officer in the United States Navy, but also in her local community,” […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 23, 2015

The attacks keep coming in the Patrick Murphy-Alan Grayson Democratic U.S. Senate primary, and it’s only the first day of fall. Early on in Grayson’s remarks to the Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee on Monday night in Tampa, the Orlando congressman and 2016 aspirant said the Democratic Party was a club, but not just any […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 3, 2015

Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera is challenging the leading Democratic U.S. Senate candidate to justify his support of the controversial Iran nuclear deal. In a statement Thursday, Lopez-Cantera asks U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy to join him for a series of unspecified monthly town hall meetings with Florida voters. The debates, he said, would be so the Jupiter Democrat could […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2015

The four Republican candidates attempting to succeed Marco Rubio as the next Senator from Florida convened together for the first time on Saturday morning in Tampa. The four men – Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Congressmen David Jolly and Ron DeSantis, and former military veteran and CIA officer Todd Wilcox – are so little known that […]

Mitch PerryAugust 17, 2015

Shoring up Social Security and Medicare are among the issues Alan Grayson has said he wants to emphasize as a candidate for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination. Following up on that promise, Grayson has unveiled a proposal that would increase Social Security retirement benefits and tie future increases to a new cost-of-living index. The Orlando Democrat says […]

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Barney Frank endorses Patrick Murphy in Fla Dem Sen Primary

Florida Democrats to convene this weekend at Disney Resort

Alan Grayson latest to call for Marco Rubio’s Senate resignation

Patrick Murphy raises $1.5 million in 3rd quarter for U.S. Senate race, double Alan Grayson’s total

Mitch Perry Report for 10.9.15 – First chapter in Tampa citizens review board saga ends

National Women’s Political Caucus endorses Pam Keith for U.S. Senate

Pam Keith disagrees with Alan Grayson’s “Crips and Bloods” comment, but takes no offense

Carlos Lopez-Cantera challenges Patrick Murphy to justify support of Iran deal

Four GOP U.S. Senate candidates make their cases at Florida GOP meeting in Tampa

Alan Grayson explains his Social Security bill, why it can pass Congress