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Ryan Ray writes about campaigns and public policy in Tampa Bay and across the state. A contributor to FloridaPolitics.com and before that, The Florida Squeeze, he covers the Legislature as a member of the Florida Capitol Press Corps and has worked as a staffer on several campaigns. He can be reached at [email protected].

Bernie Sanders wins Florida Young Dems straw poll 89%-11%

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to win Florida’s Democratic presidential primary contest on Tuesday over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, but the generational enthusiasm gap was evidenced in a big way in a straw poll conducted by the state’s Young Democrats. Sanders blew out Clinton by an overwhelming margin among Florida Young Dems, taking in 88.5 percent of the vote with more than 1,000 ballots cast, according to the group in a release Tuesday morning. “We are thrilled at the level…

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Bill Clinton campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Tallahassee

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Former President Bill Clinton paid a visit to the state capital Monday afternoon to campaign at the nation’s largest historically black college, Florida A&M University, on behalf of his spouse Hillary Clinton, who is looking to clinch the Democratic presidential primary in the face of a surging left-leaning rebellion led by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. In Tuesday’s Florida Democratic contest — as opposed to in Midwestern states like Illinois, Ohio, and Missouri also voting Tuesday night — the result is not much in doubt, as an older…

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Gwen Graham takes to the skies for Air Force Workday

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The office of U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham released footage of the freshman lawmaker zooming over her Panhandle congressional district on Monday as part of a signature Graham family “Workday,” this time with the U.S. Air Force in CD-2’s Tyndall Air Force Base. Graham sat in the cockpit of a T-38 trainer aircraft, traveling the North Florida gulf coast from Panama City Beach – where the city’s world-famous college vacationers milieu is in full force this week – down to the lower-key St. George…

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Patrick Murphy picks up Florida carpenters’ union endorsement

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U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy picked up more labor support on Monday in his quest to out-maneuver liberal challenger U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson in the Democratic primary for Florida’s open U.S. Senate seat. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters Florida Regional Council  endorsed Murphy’s bid for the seat left vacant by Marco Rubio. It’s betting on the Palm Beach congressman’s moderate approach to the issues and less combative personal style compared to Grayson, a natural ally of labor, according to many observers. The union’s political director, Tim Mitcheltree, said…

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Uber legislation finally flames out

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A compromise between Republican lawmakers and ride-hailing firms like Uber was on thin ice Friday afternoon as Session raced to a close, until finally, the bill hit a brick wall. Sen. David Simmons, the Senate Rules Chair, had worked on the bill (SB 1118) for months. It would have mandated minimum commercial insurance requirements for drivers with Uber and similar app-based companies, known as “transportation network companies” in Capitol-ese. The House — which favors a more Uber-friendly approach — passed its own bill (HB 509) last…

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Dems says Legislature “declared independence” from Rick Scott in rebuffing priorities

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Senate Democratic Leader Arthenia Joyner said Friday afternoon – after passing a tax package and budget widely divergent from that of Gov. Rick Scott – claiming lawmakers had “declared their independence” from an overbearing executive branch in doing so. “The 2016 Legislative Session may well go down in the history books as the year Florida lawmakers formally declared their independence from Governor Scott,” said Joyner, who is exiting the Legislature due to term limits after some 40 years of involvement with the process in…

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Lawmakers make case for dental carve-out bill at Session’s end

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On Day 60 of the 2016 Legislative Session and with passage of a bill to separate children’s dental insurance under Medicaid from other medical coverage secured, GOP lawmakers held a press conference to garner support for their plan and potentially avert a veto from Gov. Rick Scott. Senate President-designate Joe Negron and Rep. Jose Felix Diaz spoke to reporters to burnish their bill, saying it is keeping with national trends and would more efficiently administer care. Both legislators said having a separate policy and benefit…

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