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Mitch PerryApril 7, 2017

The two Tampa Bay-area Democratic members of Congress — Kathy Castor and Charlie Crist — say they support President Donald Trump‘s military action in Syria Thursday night. both say that the House of Representatives should immediately reconvene so that members can debate the use of military force there. But both say the House of Representatives should reconvene immediately so members can debate […]

Associated PressNovember 17, 2016

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says he’ll seek re-election in 2018 but is ruling out a presidential bid in 2020. The former Democratic vice presidential nominee said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday that his place is in the Senate and his decision not to run in 2020 is final. “Period. Full stop,” […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 17, 2016

When asked about Sen. Tim Kaine during the presidential campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio never had a negative word. Though Kaine eventually took aim at Rubio on behalf of Patrick Murphy, that clearly was just campaign rhetoric. On Thursday, Rubio and Kaine came together to introduce an important bill in the United States Senate taking aim at anti-Semitism in Europe. […]

Bill RuftyNovember 8, 2016

Tuesday will reveal whether the I-4 corridor is still an important swing corridor or whether it has become an important Democratic Party corridor. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump hit the counties along that stretch of interstate many times as well — and not just the big cities of St. Petersburg, Tampa and Orlando. Smaller cities […]

Brendan FarringtonNovember 8, 2016

Another close election in Florida? Count on it. Through Friday, 2,268,663 Democrats and 2,261,383 Republicans had cast ballots by mail or at early voting sites – a difference of 7,280 in favor of Democrats. Overall, more than 5.7 million Floridians have voted, or nearly 45 percent of those registered. That far surpasses 2012 totals, when […]

Associated PressNovember 7, 2016

If recent history is any guidance, Floridians stand a decent chance of going to bed Tuesday night not knowing which presidential candidate won their state; they may even retire Wednesday and Thursday nights in the same condition. Results haven’t been determined on election night in Florida in half of the presidential races since 2000. Four […]

Mitch PerryNovember 7, 2016

In this space on Friday, we reminisced about October surprises in previous election cycles before referring to the dual bombshells that have rocked this year’s presidential election: First, the release of that 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape in which Donald Trump spoke lewdly about women, followed 10 days ago with the announcement of the discovery of hundreds of thousands […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterNovember 5, 2016

Tim Kaine has never lost an election. He doesn’t plan on breaking that winning streak Tuesday. “This is my ninth race. I’m 8 and 0, and I’m not planning on losing Tuesday,” said Kaine, the vice presidential nominee. “Here’s what I tell myself in every race I every run: I’m the underdog until they call […]

Mitch PerryNovember 5, 2016

Looking over the thousands of adoring fans who had waited for hours to see him speak, Donald Trump kicked off his 50-minute speech at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on Saturday morning by comparing his audience to Hillary Clinton’s campaign appearance with two of the biggest celebrities in America on Friday night in Cleveland. “We don’t need Jay Z to fill […]

Staff ReportsNovember 5, 2016

Get ready to rock the vote, St. Petersburg. Jon Bon Jovi is scheduled to perform during a get out the vote rally at the State Theatre, 687 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg on Saturday. The concert is part of the Hillary Clinton campaign’s “Love Trumps Hate” performance series, and is meant to rally support for […]

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Charlie Crist, Kathy Castor want Congress consulted on military force in Syria

Tim Kaine says he’s not going to run for president in 2020

Marco Rubio, Tim Kaine file bill combatting European anti-Semitism

Bill Rufty: Will I-4, Polk County go blue?

It’s likely to be a close election in Florida, again

A look at Florida, the ‘Always-Close-Election State’

Mitch Perry Report for 11.7.16 — Closing arguments

Tim Kaine: ‘If we win Florida, Hillary will be president’

Donald Trump talks up his support from blacks and Latinos in Tampa speech

Tim Kaine, Jon Bon Jovi to appear Saturday at State Theatre in St. Pete