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Phil AmmannJanuary 6, 2015

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is endorsing Lenny Curry in the Jacksonville mayoral race. Perry, a possible 2016 Republican presidential contender, made the announcement today while in Florida for the second-term inauguration of Gov. Rick Scott. “In Texas, and as I travel the United States,” Perry said in a statement, “I meet people who understand what […]

Phil AmmannDecember 19, 2014

Republican Lenny Curry is building an impressive team to defeat incumbent Democrat Alvin Brown in the Jacksonville mayoral race next year. Nate Monroe of the Florida Times-Union reports that many of Curry’s latest additions include some of the minds behind the success of Louisiana Republican Sen.-elect Bill Cassidy over an entrenched incumbent Democrat. Curry’s campaign […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 16, 2014

Attention, knee-jerk opponents of Obamacare: Be careful what you wish for. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the King vs. Burwell case in March 2015. It pits some sloppy statutory language in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) about who is or isn’t eligible for subsidies, against the obvious intent to offer subsidies to all uninsured […]

Phil AmmannDecember 12, 2014

Corporations are lining up to sponsor Gov. Rick Scott’s second term inauguration, at least in part, announced the Republican Party of Florida on Friday. Among the companies stepping up to help cover costs include Clewiston’s U.S. Sugar Corp. insurer FCCI Services, Inc. of Sarasota, who each put up $25,000 this month. Calder Race Course from […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 8, 2014

Marco Rubio is at it again. After months of fumbling around trying to boost his bona fides as a foreign policy expert, Florida’s junior U.S. senator pivoted his way out of Thanksgiving weekend seeking credibility on the domestic economic front. But in writing and speechifying about our ever-worsening American income inequality crisis, Rubio remains incredibly […]

Mitch PerryDecember 6, 2014

In a speech that virtually screamed of presidential ambition, Marco Rubio said today that while he is not anti-Wall Street, it’s time for the GOP to become the party for a struggling middle class who now believe that the American dream is something that may no longer be attainable. “They feel this way because despite […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 23, 2014

Thanksgiving’s coming, so let’s talk economic turkey. Election 2014 has strengthened the grip of big business and rich folks on Florida government and economic policy. The Florida Democratic Party (FDP) let the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) write and own the “narrative,” the storyline of what has and hasn’t happened in the economy on their […]

Associated PressNovember 19, 2014

Florida Gov. Rick Scott isn’t going to hold an inaugural ball before he’s sworn into a second term in office. There won’t be a parade either. Scott and the Republican Party of Florida announced Wednesday that inauguration festivities would be scaled back. Scott’s ceremony is scheduled for Jan. 6. The GOP incumbent plans to hold […]

Bob SparksNovember 11, 2014

On Nov. 4, Florida Republicans joined with their counterparts around the country to celebrate a number of big victories. The next day, a group of Republicans gathered in Orange Park to lament a tremendous loss. We were there to remember the man many believe was the architect and general contractor who laid the foundation for […]

Associated PressNovember 3, 2014

The unprecedented wave of television ads airing in Florida’s bitter contest for governor has been paid by a wide array of interests ranging from casino owners, unions, electric utilities, and even the incumbent himself. Campaign reports filed late Friday show that Gov. Rick Scott and his wife donated $12.8 million to the Republican Party of […]

Tag: Republican Party of Florida

Rick Perry endorses Lenny Curry for Jax mayor, calls him “transformational”

Lenny Curry assembles star political team for Jax mayoral campaign

Daniel Tilson: Beware of what would replace Obamacare

Rick Scott’s inauguration events line up corporate sponsors

Daniel Tilson: Marco Rubio’s working class hero con job

Marco Rubio makes the case for middle class populism in Tampa

Daniel Tilson: Rewriting the Florida Republican economic narrative

Gov. Scott to scale back inaugural events

Bob Sparks: Tom Slade laid the foundation for today’s GOP dominance

Big Florida election brings money from all sides