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Jim RosicaNovember 13, 2015

Todd Wilcox, GOP candidate for U.S. senator from Florida, told Sunshine Summit participants that his non-politician, non-lawyer background is a plus for seeking office. Primary voters need to ask “which candidate has real-world experience,” he said. “Let’s face it, we’re all fed up with career politicians,” Wilcox said, a seeming dig at fellow Republican and […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2015

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Like his fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate race, Carlos Lopez-Cantera will be appearing this weekend at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit, but unlike his opponents, he’ll have a a number of Orlando-area lawmakers by his side supporting him. The lieutenant governor announced endorsements from nine Central Florida Republicans on Wednesday. They are: […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2015

The odds were stacked against him last night, and there were many who were writing him off before last night’s debate. And yet he had a breakthrough performance at the GOP’s 4th presidential debate in Milwaukee. Jeb Bush? No, Rand Paul. Paul’s been down so far this election cycle that the only stories you seem […]

Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2015

A new poll released on the Florida Senate race shows Pinellas County GOP U.S. Rep. David Jolly with a narrow, 1-point lead over South Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, 44-43 percent. The survey was conducted by the polling firm of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a polling firm with that includes Stan Greenberg, a longtime pollster for Bill […]

Mitch PerryNovember 5, 2015

After it became clear Marco Rubio wasn’t running for re-election, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater immediately became the odds-on favorite Republican to run for the to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat. Everything changed, though, after the CFO stunned the Florida political world in April when he said he wouldn’t run for the office. Since then, four lesser-known Republicans: U.S. Reps. David Jolly and Ron […]

Mitch PerryOctober 22, 2015

Donald Trump, the solid front-runner in Florida and nationally in the GOP presidential race, will be the sixth and final candidate to speak at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit taking place Nov. 13-14 at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando. Twelve candidates in all will participate in the event, a fundraiser for the RPOF and one that looked […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 14, 2015

Optimism is the watchword for emails from Florida Senate campaigns on Wednesday, as Todd Wilcox sent out an email touting his own fundraising numbers, the first report he’s had thus far. Wilcox’s numbers total $758,405.80, with $258,405.80 in contributions and a $500,000 candidate loan. He claims to have $683,515,16 on hand. In a statement, Wilcox refers to […]

Jim RosicaOctober 12, 2015

Congressmen Ron DeSantis and David Jolly, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, and combat veteran Todd Wilcox will appear at the the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit in Orlando next month, the party announced Monday. The candidates won’t debate each other, but will have set times to speak to Summit attendees and explain their campaigns. “In 2016, Florida […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

After John Boehner became Speaker following the GOP’s takeover of the House of Representatives back in 2011, Republican leaders decided Congress should meet less in Washington. So they announced a loose goal of two weeks on, one week off in the nation’s Capitol – giving members the chance to spend extended time back in their districts every third week. […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 7, 2015

If Republican primary politics are all about reaching out to the conservative base, then on paper, Jacksonville-area Congressman Ron DeSantis should be a strong contender as the GOP Senate nominee in 2016. The Sunshine State native (who grew up in the quaint Pinellas County town of Dunedin) has only been in elected office for three years, […]

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