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Peter SchorschAugust 31, 2016

It is often said that “elections have consequences,” and for those engaged in the political struggle to convince voters to purchase land south of Lake Okeechobee, these consequences will soon seem all too real. Among the biggest losers in Tuesday’s primary were candidates who signed the “NowOrNeverGlades” declaration to buy land from Florida sugarcane growers. […]

Mitch PerryAugust 31, 2016

Good morning, everyone. Florida’s primary election is history. So, where to begin? Patrick Murphy will face Marco Rubio in November. Murphy crushed Alan Grayson, 59 to 18 percent, with Pam Keith a close third at 15 percent. Rubio gets credit for honesty, saying that he can’t say for sure that he’ll fulfill all six years of his term if elected, […]

Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2016

In one of the most closely watched congressional primaries in the nation, Debbie Wasserman Schultz defeated her Democratic challenger, law professor Tim Canova, 57 percent to 43 percent, to win another two-year term representing Florida’s 23rd Congressional District. Wasserman Schultz has held her suburban Fort Lauderdale-based seat since 2004 and had never been challenged in a primary election […]

Staff ReportsAugust 30, 2016

Win or lose, at least there will be a party. Election night parties will be raging across the state Tuesday night. For some candidates, it’s a chance to celebrate and thank supporters; maybe even have a little bit of fun before the final sprint to November. It will be a somber event for others, marking […]

Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2016

Primary Election Day is here, finally, for those of us who care. Because that isn’t close to the majority of registered voters in Florida. Going into today, the turnout by percentage via early and absentee voting here in Hillsborough County where I’m located was lower than it turned out to be in 2012, which Congresswoman Kathy Castor […]

Associated PressAugust 29, 2016

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy are campaigning as if Tuesday’s primary was already over and they won their parties’ nominations for U.S. Senate. And it may be for good reason. Rubio’s main challenger, Carlos Beruff, appeared to throw in the towel, essentially shutting down the campaign he’d sunk $8 million of […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2016

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund is endorsing Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her bid for re-election to Florida’s 23rd Congressional District. The endorsement comes just hours before voters in the Broward/Miami-Dade County district go to the polls to decide whether they’ll keep her in office, or go with insurgent challenger Tim Canova in […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2016

Ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, challenger Tim Canova took to MSNBC on Monday morning to say the polls, which show incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz up by 10 points, are flawed and that DWS “needs a Hail Mary pass” to win the Tuesday primary. “The polls are only focusing on likely voters,” Canova […]

Mitch PerryAugust 26, 2016

Attention, Florida Democrats: Time to get off you a** if you want Hillary Clinton to win the state in November. A Mason-Dixon poll shows the Trump-Clinton battle in a virtual tie, with the former secretary of state up by two points, 44 percent to 42 percent. As has been said a thousand times, Trump cannot win […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2016

The Tim Canova for Congress campaign announced Thursday it has taken in more than 200,000 individual financial contributions, more than any congressional campaign in history. Canova is running against former Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, which encompasses parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The winner in Tuesday’s primary will likely […]

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Las Vegas Strip transforms into a Grand Prix.

Voters throw cold water on ‘Buy the Land’ candidates in primaries

Mitch Perry Report for 8.31.16 — Moving on to November

Debbie Wasserman Schultz handily defeats Tim Canova in CD 23

It’s not the party … it’s the after party! A rundown of where Florida candidates will be on Election Night

Mitch Perry Report for 8.30.16 — Election Day questions

Marco Rubio, Patrick Murphy look confident before Florida’s Senate primary

League of Conservation Voters backs Debbie Wasserman Schultz in CD 23

Tim Canova says Debbie Wasserman Schultz ‘needs a Hail Mary pass’

Mitch Perry Report for 8.26.16 — Mason-Dixon says the presidential race in Florida is super close

Tim Canova has now received more than 200,000 individual contributions to his campaign for CD 23