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Former Ledger of Lakeland columnist Bill Rufty is Central Florida political correspondent for SaintPetersBlog and Florida Politics. Rufty had been with the Ledger from 1985-2015, where, as political editor, he covered a wide range of beats, including local and state politics, the Lakeland City Commission, and the Florida Legislature. Ledger editor Lenore Devore said about Rufty’s 30-year career: “[He is] a man full of knowledge, a polling expert and a war history buff … who has a steel trap in his brain, remembering details most of us have long since forgotten.”

Dennis Ross glad he’s “still living in his district” after redistricting

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Republican U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross of Lakeland said he can live with the new shape of his 15th Congressional District approved by the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday even though it cuts more of his home county out of his district. Like many Florida members of Congress, Ross’ district boundaries changed when the court certified the redistricting of congressional territories. He lost the cities of Bartow and Mulberry in Polk County from his district and Temple Terrace and Lutz in…

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J.C. Martin calls in chips for the Polk County Commission District 3 race

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J.C. Martin, a Republican candidate for the Polk County Commission District 3 seat, knows the value of hard work for his party and is learning the favors that can be stored up by it. He has an all-star cast of Republicans backing him for his Dec. 14 fundraiser including a personal appearance by Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, himself a U.S. Senate candidate. Okeechobee Republican congressman Tom Rooney has endorsed Martin by way of lending his name to the host committee…

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Redistricting recommendations change Darren Soto’s CD 9 campaign

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As Judge Terry Lewis’ congressional redistricting recommendations move to the Florida Supreme Court, candidates and would-be candidates along the I-4 Corridor continue to assess the impact — particularly the 10th Congressional District of U.S. Rep. Dan Webster and U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson’s 9th Congressional District. Without knowing the boundaries of the district, state Sen. Darren Soto, an Orlando Democrat, has campaigned in the Orange, Osceola and Polk county areas of the 9th Congressional District being left vacant by Grayson, who is running for…

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Dena DeCamp elected Florida Republican Women president

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Amid a weekend of candidates, policy discussions and a closer role with the state Republican Party, delegates to the Florida Federation of Republican Women Convention in Orlando elected Dena DeCamp of Lakeland as their new president Saturday. She was first vice president of the state federation, President of the Republican Women’s Club of Lakeland and is a former vice chair of the Polk County Republican Executive Committee. Former state Rep. Deborah Tamargo, who chairs of the Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee, was…

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Darren Soto to speak at Polk Tiger Bay on Oct. 15

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State Sen. Darren Soto will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Tiger Bay Club of Polk County next week. The Orlando Democrat, who is running for Florida’s 9th Congressional District, will speak at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Bartow Civic Center, 2250 S. Floral Ave. in Bartow.  Soto, who represents Senate District 14, is among five Democrats and one Republican seeking the office vacated by U.S. Rep Alan Grayson, the Orlando liberal vacating the seat…

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Janet Huckabee to address Florida Republican women convention on Saturday

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Former Arkansas First Lady Janet Huckabee, wife of Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, will address the Florida Federation of Republican Women at its Orlando convention at noon Saturday. The FFRW Biennial Convention begins Friday afternoon, and goes on through Sunday, at the Doubletree by Hilton, located at the entrance to Universal Studios, 5780 Major Blvd in Orlando. An avid hunter and a marathon runner, Huckabee was dubbed “First Tomboy” by her husband during his tenure as Arkansas governor from 1996 to 2007. Chartered in 1950,…

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Judicial history that changed government and life

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At a Wednesday night book signing for “50 Years of Justice,” a look at the history of the Federal Court Middle District of Florida, author James M. Denham noted that the district, which stretches from Jacksonville to Fort Myers with federal courthouses in Jacksonville, Ocala, Orlando Tampa and Fort Myers, has been responsible for numerous rulings that changed government and society. A meticulous researcher, Denham is professor of history at Florida Southern College in Lakeland and is director of the…

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