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Guest AuthorJanuary 21, 2016

I’m two things (at least!) that Rep. Alan Grayson is not: a Patrick Murphy supporter and a Hillary Clinton supporter. So why does my name appear along his on the Clinton campaign’s list of their “Florida Leadership Team”? FloridaPolitics.com asked this very question a few months ago when the list was first released, and I […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 21, 2016

A GOP presidential poll released Wednesday by Florida Atlantic University shows Donald Trump leading in Florida in the March 15 presidential primary, with a stunning 48 percent share of the vote. Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are well behind at 11 and 10 percent, putting them in third and fourth places, respectively (Ted Cruz is […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 20, 2016

U.S. Rep. David Jolly is leading the pack in the race to replace Sen. Marco Rubio, according to a Florida Atlantic University poll. Jolly is at 27.8 percent, polling ahead of Republican rivals Rep. U.S. Ron DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, who are both at 7.7 percent. While Jolly has a 20-point lead over […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 19, 2016

David Jolly wants members of Congress, including himself, to stop begging for money and get back to work. During a press conference Tuesday morning, the Pinellas County member of Congress announced a bill he’s proposing next week in the House that would forbid federally elected officials from directly soliciting campaign contributions. That includes not only […]

Scott PowersJanuary 19, 2016

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate hauled in $1.46 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, the campaign said Tuesday. The total raises Murphy’s cash-on-hand balance to $4.3 million, according to the campaign. That’s only a modest increase from the $3.5 million that the Jupiter Democrat reported in the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 19, 2016

Rebecca Negron can add Rep. Gayle Harrell to her list of backers. On Tuesday, Harrell, a Stuart Republican, endorsed Negron in her congressional bid. “Rebecca, like myself, is a longtime member of the Martin County community,” said Harrell in a statement. “Grounded in her conservative values, I know Rebecca will bring the issues that matter […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 18, 2016

Republican Senate candidate Ron DeSantis got to serve up a little red meat on the two Democrat front runners thanks to Bernie Sanders‘s debate performance Sunday. His statement, released late Monday, compels the two Democrats to “choose” between Obamacare and the vision expounded by Sanders, which DeSantis says is even worse. “With ObamaCare failing to deliver on […]

Scott PowersJanuary 18, 2016

A campaign commercial for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson played again Sunday night even though it had previously raised questions about closely skirting congressional ethics rules, an allegation the campaign denies. The ad ran in most Florida NBC markets during the second hour of the Democratic Presidential Debate Sunday night. It uses a few seconds of […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 13, 2016

Political newcomer and multimillionaire businessman Randy Perkins’ entrance into the campaign to succeed Rep. Patrick Murphy has shaken up the dynamics of that race since his November announcement. First, perceived Democratic front-runner Melissa McKinlay, ended her own bid for the 18th District within weeks of Perkins launching his, citing his ability to self-finance and her […]

Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson introduced a bill Monday for a federal fair-districts amendment to the U.S. Constitution adopting many of the anti-gerrymandering provisions voters wrote into the Florida Constitution. Grayson’s bill calls for national restrictions on how states can draw congressional districts. Grayson, a Democrat from Orlando, is running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat this year, […]

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Sen Rick Scott in Sarasota. Photo by Jacob Ogles.

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