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Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016

Although the campaign for U.S. Senate in Florida remains a mostly sleepy affair, a new Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday shows an unmistakable trend: U.S. Reps. David Jolly and Alan Grayson continue to lead in the polls. On the GOP side, Jolly, a first-term congressman from Pinellas County, leads with 26 percent of the vote. U.S. Rep. Ron De Santis is […]

Scott PowersFebruary 29, 2016

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy grabbed a break-though progressive endorsement Monday as NARAL Pro-Choice America picked him over U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson in Florida’s Democratic U.S. Senate race. NARAL Pro-Choice America Senior Vice President Sasha Bruce called Murphy “fearless” in fighting to defend and expand Americans’ reproductive freedom.” “Patrick has been fearless in going up against the […]

Scott PowersFebruary 26, 2016

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy condemned a state appeal court’s decision Friday to enforce a Florida law requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting abortions. In a news release from his U.S. Senate election campaign, Murphy called the law invasive and an “ideologically driven roadblock to a woman’s access to abortion.” The law, passed […]

Scott PowersFebruary 25, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson‘s campaign for the U.S. Senate is declaring that the ethics complaints issues pushed by his Democratic opponent U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy have turned into a fundraising bonanza for Grayson. The campaign stated in a news release Thursday it has seen a recent surge in contributions, especially in small, on-line donations, “as Grayson […]

Scott PowersFebruary 23, 2016

If the controversies swirling around U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson‘s business dealings, stirred by his Democratic U.S. Senate primary opponent U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, have any affect, they’re not hurting Grayson’s immediate confidence or standing. At least not considering a new poll the Grayson campaign released Tuesday morning, showing that the Orlando congressman holds a solid and […]

Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2016

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ethics on Monday confirmed for the first time that it is looking into an ethics matter involving Democrat U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando. The committee confirmed the inquiry after a 45-day confidential period expired since the committee formally took up the matter, Jan. 6. Essentially what the committee did was serve […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 22, 2016

The Patrick Murphy campaign continues to slam Alan Grayson over his hedge funds. On Valentine’s Day, Murphy hit Grayson hard on having “used his official position for personal gain,” before calling on Grayson to “close his unethical hedge fund.” Then he went further. “If all the allegations are true I think he would almost have to resign from office,” Murphy […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 20, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson blasted U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Friday, a week after Reid called on him to quit the race for U.S. Senate in Florida. A New York Times report about a Grayson hedge fund moved Reid to make his comment and to further say, “Grayson claims to be a progressive, but it […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 19, 2016

(Update) The Patrick Murphy Senate campaign is calling on Alan Grayson to donate to charity his profit of $100,000 to as much as $1 million from “slave labor in the east African nation of Eritrea.” The request stems from a story posted by BloombergPolitics that reports that Grayson’s family has cashed in a long-held investment in a mining company that […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 19, 2016

The Jeb Bush campaign furiously pushed back on a report by blogger Eric Erickson yesterday that staffers will stop being paid after tomorrow. Citing “sources close to the Bush campaign,” Erickson wrote that there was a phone call on Wednesday night in which the news leaked out that the Bush campaign was out of cash. […]

Tag: Patrick Murphy

Alan Grayson, David Jolly continue to lead U.S. Senate race, PPP poll finds

Patrick Murphy gets NARAL Pro-Choice America endorsement in U.S. Senate race

Patrick Murphy condemns abortion wait-period law approved by court

Alan Grayson campaign: Patrick Murphy tactics turning into fundraising bonanza

Alan Grayson leads over Patrick Murphy in new poll released by Grayson campaign

House Committee on Ethics confirms inquiry into Alan Grayson case; announces extension

Patrick Murphy tells Alan Grayson to “come clean with congressional investigators”

Alan Grayson calls Harry Reid “human cash register” in Tiger Bay appearance

Patrick Murphy campaign calls on Alan Grayson to donate profits from Eritrean investment

Mitch Perry Report for 2.19.16 – Crunch time for Marco and Jeb in the Palmetto State