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Mitch PerryJuly 17, 2015

“I love America.” Those were the first words out of Scott Walker’s mouth Monday night when he announced from Waukesha, Wis., that he’s now the 15th official candidate in the GOP 2016 presidential sweepstakes. Since the campaign began in earnest earlier this year, Walker has been considered in the top tier of candidates who could […]

Mitch PerryJuly 16, 2015

While Jeb Bush continues to campaign on the West Coast this week, his campaign announced several events that will bring the former Florida Governor back to the Sunshine State over the course of the rest of July. On Monday he’ll be in Tallahassee talking about reforming Washington. “It’s about making it so that folks in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 16, 2015

As Michael Kinsley writes in the current Vanity Fair, all politicians say they are going to work to help the middle class. In a new report from Progress Florida, the progressive group says that there were 12 Democrats in the state Legislature who were “champions” for the middle class, based on their votes during the […]

Mitch PerryJuly 16, 2015

Jeb Bush is in San Francisco today, where he plans to hail an Uber to show support for the ride-sharing company. His appearance comes a day after California regulators required the company to pay a $7.3 million fine and hand over required information about safety and accessibility — or be shut down in their home state. The California […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

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A few hours after Carlos Lopez-Cantera announced in Miami that he’s now a candidate for the Republican nomination for Senate next year, the Florida Lieutenant Governor fielded questions about his candidacy on a conference call – including his response to the criticism that he hasn’t been given much to do over the past year-and-a-half in his […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

The fast-moving world of Florida 2016 politics got another jolt of energy with the expected announcement on Thursday that Orlando Democratic state Sen. Darren Soto will run in Florida’s 9th Congressional District race, now held by Alan Grayson. He’ll challenge Susannah Randolph, a district aide to Grayson who announced her candidacy this week. Randolph is […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

Advocates attempting to get a constitutional amendment on next year’s ballot regarding solar power were hit with perhaps the most serious challenge yet to their efforts Wednesday: a newly formed group with the goal of placing a competing solar power amendment on the 2016 ballot. In Orlando Wednesday morning, the newly established group, Consumers for […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

While Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy was taking the high road in welcoming Carlos Lopez-Cantera to the growing field of candidates in the 2016 U.S. Senate race, his friends with the Florida Democratic Party in Tallahassee weren’t nearly so friendly. “I look forward to a healthy exchange of ideas in this campaign,” Murphy said in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

Donald Trump may just be a passing fad in the 2016 GOP presidential sweepstakes, but he’s certainly having a moment in summer 2015. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that 57 percent of Republicans now have a favorable view of the celebrity businessman, compared to 40 percent with an unfavorable one. That’s a dramatic […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

The topsy-turvy 2016 Senate election in Florida welcomes a new edition Wednesday in the persona of one Carlos-Lopez Cantera, the man plucked by Rick Scott from the Miami-Dade County property appraiser’s office a year and a half ago to help him win re-election. Yes, mission accomplished, but what has he done for us lately? For […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.17.15 — In N.H., Scott Walker boldly declares, “I’m an American”

Jeb Bush to hold events in Tallahassee, Orlando during next 10 days

Progress Florida hails 12 House Democrats as championing “Middle Class Champs”

Mitch Perry Report for 7.16.15 — Jeb Bush goes to Uber

Carlos Lopez-Cantera boasts of his campaign work when asked about his accomplishments as LG

Darren Soto to announce his candidacy Thursday for Florida CD 9 race

Floridians for Solar Choice call competing solar proposal attempt to “deceive and confuse”

Carlos Lopez-Cantera gets blasted by liberals after entering Senate race

New WaPo poll shows Donald Trump surging in popularity with Republicans

Mitch Perry Report for 7.15.15 — Forget about 2016; 2018 Florida politics is up and running