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Mitch PerryJuly 5, 2016

Betty Reed says Ed Narain told her late last year that he would never run against her in the Senate District 19 race. Narain says it wasn’t like that. Even though it’s been nearly four months since Narain stunned some local observers and excited others by announcing he would be leaving his House District 61 seat to challenge Reed in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 2, 2016

Tampa City Councilman Frank Reddick has endorsed former state Rep. Betty Reed in the increasingly contentious Senate District 19 race, which encompasses both Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. That news was first reported by Leslie Wimes on her Saturday morning Women on the Move blog. Reddick says he has somewhat mixed emotions because he’s friends with Ed Narain and Darryl […]

Mitch PerryJune 20, 2016

Democrat Dianne Hart has received the endorsement of the Florida Retail Federation PAC in the race for the Florida House District 61 seat. “As a small business owner and retailer for more than 30 years, Dianne Hart knows how important our industry is to the success of our state, and will do her part to support her […]

Peter SchorschJune 16, 2016

Five months from Election Day, Republican Sens. Jeff Brandes, Jack Latvala, Tom Lee and Bill Galvano are still running unopposed. The only two bay area Senate seats in contention so far are the Senate District 18 contest between Tampa Republican Rep. Dana Young and Democrat Bob Buesing and the three-way Democratic primary going down in SD 19. Young had built up quite the lead in her jump to the […]

Peter SchorschJune 1, 2016

There are more than 300 candidates running for the 160 seats in the Florida House and Senate. And, try as we will, FloridaPolitics.com won’t be able to interview all of them. So we are asking every candidate, including incumbents, to complete a questionnaire we believe offers an interesting, albeit, thumbnail sketch of who they are and […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2016

Tampa attorney Sean Shaw, running for the House District 61 seat based in Tampa, has received the endorsement of Tampa Firefighters Local 754. “Our first responders put their lives on the line every day,” Shaw said in a statement released on Wednesday. “To have the support of our Tampa Firefighters is truly humbling. I’m honored to […]

Mitch PerryMay 17, 2016

Democrats in Kentucky and Oregon go to the polls tonight, and all indications are Bernie Sanders will win at least one those two contests. Not that it will make much of a dent in Hillary Clinton‘s delegate lead. The way the party apportions delegates, he’s simply not going to be able to catch up by next […]

Mitch PerryMay 16, 2016

Attorney and former state consumer advocate Sean Shaw has received the endorsement of the Hillsborough County Firefighters in his bid for state House District 61 on Monday. “I’m so honored to have the support of the brave men and women who protect us every day at our fire departments. Their service is a model for all of us,” Shaw […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2016

Outgoing state legislator Arthenia Joyner has been a pioneer throughout her professional career in law and politics, and with just months to go before she ends her legislative career in Tallahassee, she was given a commemoration Thursday by the Tampa City Council honoring her work. The 73-year-old lifelong Democrat currently represents Tampa’s Senate District 19, where she […]

Mitch PerryApril 27, 2016

There is now a third Democrat running for the Tampa House District 59 seat being vacated by incumbent Ed Narain. He’s Tallahassee native Walter Lee Smith II, who officially announced his candidacy April 18. Smith is the son of Jeraldine Williams, a civil rights activist and one of the first black students to attend the University of Florida in […]

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Betty Reed now says she regrets endorsing Ed Narain in 2014

Frank Reddick is backing Betty Reed in Senate District 19 race

Florida Retail Federation PAC endorses Dianne Hart in HD 61 race

Where sh*t stands in Tampa Bay legislative races

Meet Sean Shaw, Democrat running for Florida House District 61

Tampa Firefighters union backs Sean Shaw in HD 61 race

Mitch Perry Report for 5.17.16 – Elizabeth Warren for VP momentum grows

Sean Shaw picks up Hillsborough Firefighters endorsement in HD 61 bid

Tampa City Council honors Arthenia Joyner as her legislative career winds down

Democrat Walter Lee Smith II makes HD 61 seat a three person primary