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Jacob OglesOctober 17, 2018

Democratic state Senate candidate Mel Martin issued a demand to debate new Republican opponent Tommy Wright in the race to succeed the late Dorothy Hukill. “The voters of Senate District 14 are long overdue a debate on the issues that affect their families and communities,” Martin said. “They deserve to hear from both of us […]

Jacob OglesOctober 15, 2018

Democratic candidate Mel Martin has yet to meet her new Republican opponent in the Senate District 14 race, Tommy Wright. But so far, she doesn’t like what she’s hearing. When Martin heard Wright pitched to Republican Executive Committee leaders that he would “carry the Republican seat,” that’s all she needed to know. “To me, that’s indicative of the […]

Drew WilsonOctober 9, 2018

The Republican Party of Florida on Tuesday informed the Florida Department of State that it was beginning the process of selecting Sen. Dorothy Hukill’s replacement ahead of the November election for Senate District 14. Hukill died Oct. 2, just days after announcing that she could no longer campaign due to a recurrence of cancer first […]

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