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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2015

In a Friday email, Florida Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Todd Wilcox offered a summary of an Iran Deal panel he moderated at the recent Republican Party of Florida meeting. The title? “Iran: ‘Deal’ or ‘Death to America?‘” Wilcox feels the fierce urgency of now in getting his message across, noting media reports in recent days that […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 3, 2015

Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera is challenging the leading Democratic U.S. Senate candidate to justify his support of the controversial Iran nuclear deal. In a statement Thursday, Lopez-Cantera asks U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy to join him for a series of unspecified monthly town hall meetings with Florida voters. The debates, he said, would be so the Jupiter Democrat could […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 1, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis is endorsing fellow Pinellas County U.S. Rep. David Jolly in his bid for the U.S. Senate. “As a Tampa Bay native, David is keenly aware of the issues facing Floridians at both the local and national levels,” Bilirakis said in a prepared statement. “His command of the legislative process and institutional knowledge will no doubt serve […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2015

The four Republican candidates attempting to succeed Marco Rubio as the next Senator from Florida convened together for the first time on Saturday morning in Tampa. The four men – Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Congressmen David Jolly and Ron DeSantis, and former military veteran and CIA officer Todd Wilcox – are so little known that […]

Mitch PerryAugust 28, 2015

Although they were already scheduled to speak on Saturday morning, three of the four Republicans running for the Senate in Florida took advantage of an opportunity to ingratiate themselves with dozens of Republican Party chairs throughout the Sunshine State on Friday night at the Republican Party of Florida’s summer quarterly meeting in Tampa (David […]

Mitch PerryAugust 27, 2015

Hundreds of members of the Republican Party of Florida will convene this Friday and Saturday in Tampa for the party’s summer quarterly meeting. “We are looking forward to our next quarterly meeting, and our next chance to bring Republicans from all over the state together,” Republican Party of Florida Chairman Blaise Ingoglia said. “We have planned […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2015

Rick Scott has been governor of Florida for over 5 1/2 years now, but other than his two election-day victories, he’s been more down than up when it comes to his personal approval ratings throughout his controversial tenure. That’s why the governor and his supporters have to be giddy this morning, after a Quinnipiac poll […]

Phil AmmannAugust 19, 2015

U.S. Rep. Richard Nugent is supporting fellow Republican U.S. Rep. David Jolly in his bid for the U.S. Senate. Nugent is the conservative former Hernando County Sheriff who since 2010 has represented Florida’s 11th Congressional District, covering the region north of Tampa through Sumter, Citrus, Hernando, and central Marion counties. Jolly represents Pinellas County’s 13th […]

Mitch PerryAugust 19, 2015

All summer, we’ve heard blowhards like Joe Scarborough inform the supposedly stuffy talking heads that they just don’t get it about the phenomenon that is Donald Trump. He likes to remind viewers that his brother, an alleged sophisticated Republican voter, really loves The Donald, and thus that explains why about 25 percent of Republican voters […]

Mitch PerryAugust 18, 2015

The issue of denying citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants has always been considered somewhat of a fringe idea, even amongst some of the biggest hawks fighting illegal immigration. The issue has come to the forefront this week after GOP presidential contender Donald Trump unveiled his white paper on immigration on Sunday, […]

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Email insights: Todd Wilcox gets mileage out of RPOF Iran deal panel

Carlos Lopez-Cantera challenges Patrick Murphy to justify support of Iran deal

Gus Bilirakis endorses David Jolly for U.S. Senate

Four GOP U.S. Senate candidates make their cases at Florida GOP meeting in Tampa

At Florida GOP quarterly meeting, Ron DeSantis blasts Hillary Clinton as acting above the law

Florida GOP to convene in Tampa this weekend

Rick Scott right side up in new Q poll, 45-44 percent

David Jolly gets endorsement of conservative Richard Nugent in Senate race

Mitch Perry Report for 8.19.15 — Fun with Donald Trump’s immigration plans

Several GOP presidential candidates support ending birthright citizenship; what about Florida GOP Senate candidates?