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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 3, 2016

Call them the Final 15. Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) officials are scheduled to select the remaining 15 delegates during the state party’s spring meeting next week. The meeting is scheduled for May 13-14 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Tampa. “With the RNC convention only months away, our spring quarterly meeting will be a significant […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 13, 2016

Jim Greer is back. Greer, the former head of the Republican Party of Florida, has been elected to a three-year term on the Drug and Alcohol Testing Association’s national board of directors. “As the former chairman of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association, and as a current board member, I am pleased that Jim […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 12, 2016

The Republican Party of Florida received a little help from its friends to help boost its fundraising numbers in the first three months of 2016. State records show the Florida GOP raised more than $1.5 million in the first quarter of 2016. But as Matt Dixon with POLITICO Florida reported, that sum includes transfers from […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 17, 2016

The Florida GOP is using Hillary Clinton’s own words — or in this case barks — as a way of fact checking her. In a new Republican Party of Florida video, Clinton is shown barking after clips of her making statements in the past. The video, according to a Florida GOP release, is meant to highlight […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 10, 2016

The start of the 2016 Legislative Session means a cessation of political fundraising – sitting lawmakers are barred from ginning up cash while they legislate. But session begins Tuesday, so the Monday before is the usual orgy of tippling, grip-and-grinning and check writing. House Majority 2016, Senate Majority 2016 and others sent out emails last week detailing the various events, subject […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 3, 2016

Brad Herold is exiting his post as Executive Director of the Republican Party of Florida to be campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis‘s Senate bid. First reported by POLITICO Florida’s Matt Dixon, the RPOF has not yet announced Herold’s replacement or an interim director. Herold, a former deputy state director in Marco Rubio’s Senate office, has […]

Mitch PerryDecember 10, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will be in Tampa on Friday night for a fundraiser, but it’s not for his own struggling presidential campaign. The GOP presidential contender will be appearing at the Centre Club in Tampa in an event for the Republican Party of Florida. Among the Republicans who are scheduled to attend include […]

Jim RosicaNovember 30, 2015

The last committee week before the 2016 Legislative Session means — what else — a post-Thanksgiving cornucopia of fundraisers. The Republican Party of Florida sent an email last week listing all the events, coinciding with the December committee week, the last one before session begins Jan. 12. In chronological order, here are the events, subject to change and […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 17, 2015

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FloridaPolitics.com has learned that LaTanya Peterson resigned her position with the Lenny Curry administration late last week. Peterson, a former director of African-American voter outreach for the RPOF, is the first high profile departure from the administration. Peterson had been serving in intergovernmental affairs, as a liaison between the mayor’s office and City Council. Speaking […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2015

So much for Blaise’s Blunder … After a few hiccups and a barrage of negative attention from Florida’s political media, namely the Tampa Bay Times’ Adam Smith and, to a lesser extent, POLITICO Florida’s Marc Caputo, the Florida GOP’s Sunshine Summit was a smashing success. Fourteen presidential candidates and four U.S. Senate candidates spoke to more than 2,500 attendees. Three […]

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Florida GOP to pick final convention delegates during spring meeting

Jim Greer elected to serve on national Drug and Alcohol Testing Association board

Florida GOP raises more than $1.5 million in first quarter

RPOF uses Hillary Clinton’s own words — OK, barks — to fact check her

Fundraising galore before start of 2016 Legislative Session

Brad Herold leaving Florida GOP to join Ron Desantis Senate campaign

Jeb Bush to appear at RPOF fundraiser in Tampa on Friday

Email insights: More House GOP fundraising

Latanya Peterson leaves Lenny Curry administration

With successful Sunshine Summit, Blaise Ingoglia makes critics eat crow