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Ryan RayJuly 28, 2015

Former U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland said Tuesday he won’t seek the Panhandle congressional seat he represented from 2011 until 2015. “It is after great thought and prayerful consideration that I’ve decided not to be a candidate for Congress in 2016,” the Panama City Republican said. “I’ve been blessed with the support of Susan and our […]

Peter SchorschJuly 20, 2015

Former U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland is considering another run in Florida’s Second Congressional District, according to two sources close to the former north Florida Congressman. Southerland represented north central Florida in the U.S. House from 2011 to 2015 before an upset defeat at the hands of U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham sent him packing. Florida Politics first reported in March that […]

Ryan RayJuly 2, 2015

Communications director for the Florida Democratic Party Joshua Karp is leaving his post to join U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s Democratic campaign to replace outgoing Marco Rubio in the Senate. Karp will remain with the FDP, where press secretary and Twitter gadfly extraordinaire Max Steele is set to replace him, until the end of the month. He has worked with […]

Ryan RayJune 23, 2015

Tallahassee attorney and political newcomer Mary Thomas is “considering” a run in Congressional District 2 in the eastern Panhandle. Thomas was seen working the tables, looking very much like a candidate, all the while sounding very conservative at Tuesday night’s Leon County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner. “I think we’ve found a candidate that can beat Gwen […]

Peter SchorschMay 22, 2015

First of all, Memorial Day commemorates something completely sober that transcends the material: the brave sacrifices by countless Americans made to secure our freedoms, safety, and values. So much so, that our elective representatives have set a day aside where public institutions are closed and where people are encouraged to do the same in their own ways. […]

Ryan RayApril 19, 2015

On the campaign trail, former U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland would always take great pains to remind anyone who would listen — especially anyone with a camera — that he was from the “real America.” He’d tell you he was not a snobby sophisticate with insider ties to Capitol Hill power players like his 2014 opponent Gwen Graham. By Southerland’s […]

Ryan RayApril 6, 2015

Newly-minted Congresswoman Gwen Graham is set to be a major target for the National Republican Congressional Committee in her bid for re-election to Florida’s notoriously difficult-to-hold District 2, but according to figures released on Monday, she won’t be outgunned by the GOP House money machine: she raised more than half a million in her first three […]

James CallMarch 10, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham won the Florida’s 2nd Congressional District in November campaigning on a “North Florida Way” theme. Graham said that if sent to Washington then like the residents of the farming, fishing, and logging communities of the 14-county district, she would roll up her sleeves and work with others to get things done for […]

James CallMarch 10, 2015

North Florida Congresswoman Gwen Graham has found a Republican co-sponsor for a crackdown on congressional perks. Graham, speaking Tuesday at a Tallahassee news conference, called the perks elimination act (HR 1339) a “common sense” measure that would save millions of dollars by prohibiting members of Congress from billing taxpayers to fly first class and rent […]

James CallMarch 4, 2015

Voters in the 2nd Congressional District are still coming to terms with U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham’s campaign theme “The North Florida Way.” To help the process along, Graham on Wednesday announced she will hold regular mobile office hours in the 12 rural counties she represents in addition to Tallahassee and Panama City. Her defeat of […]

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Steve Southerland will not run in 2016

As Mary Thomas readies congressional bid, Steve Southerland prays on return

FDP comms director Joshua Karp signs on with Patrick Murphy’s U.S. Senate bid

Republican Mary Thomas considering challenge to Gwen Graham in CD-2

Memorial Day is brought to you by these Florida lobbyists, Publix, and a slew of political associations

Self-styled D.C. “outsider” Steve Southerland turns up as Washington lobbyist

Gwen Graham hauls in $525,000+ in first quarter fundraising

Five minutes with Congresswoman Gwen Graham

Gwen Graham debuts curbs on perks in Congress

Gwen Graham planning to go directly to the people