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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].

TallyMadness update: Jim Magill keeping it close with #2 seed David Ramba

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Despite a number 15 seeding this year Jim Magill is hanging around in a close contest with David Ramba in 2015’s TallyMadness – the online voting competition to determine Florida’s “best” lobbyist. Magill, a regular in the pantheon of TallyMadness late-round contenders, has so far won 45.1 percent of the vote to Ramba’s 54.9 in a highly-trafficked Round of 64 matchup. Ramba’s colleague at his lobbying firm, Allison Carvajal is also leading her matchup in the early going, topping Gary Guzzo – Ramba’s second-round opponent in…

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TallyMadness upset alert: Jon Costello neck-and-neck with #1 seed Brian Ballard

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After two days of voting in 2015’s TallyMadness tournament, #16 seed Jon Costello is running better than even with Goliathan favorite Brian Ballard who is yet again one of four number one seeds this March. Costello so far has garnered 50.6 percent of the vote to Ballard’s 49.4 percent. Will Costello’s Harvey Dent-esque good looks carry him over the top and pull off the upset, or will the Ballard influence apparatus kick in to put down the uprising? Costello’s colleague at Rutledge…

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Andrew Korge kicks off state Senate campaign with pol-studded fundraiser

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In what is shaping up to be an expensive battle to succeed former Senate President Gwen Margolis in District 35, Andrew Korge starts his campaign with a fundraiser with an impressive roster of supporters filled with major Democratic contributors and elected officials from all over Miami-Dade. Former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, Cutler Bay Mayor Peggy Bell, South Miami Mayor Phillip Stoddard and Palm Beach State Attorney Dave Aronberg are among the 25 current and former electeds on the host committee, which is still in formation. A copy of the invitation…

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AHCA seems determined to shut down hospice facility despite good-faith effort

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A hospice care group is facing imminent revocation of its license to administer services in Florida on a technicality, despite concerns over the interruption of care administered to terminally ill patients who rely on its delicate work. The state Agency for Health Care Administration has denied Compassionate Care Hospice‘s motion to stay a disruption in payment to the group pending appeal, though AHCA has the discretion to continue to allow the group to operate without interruption under state law. The crux of AHCA’s rejection…

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Hailed by Senate sponsor, Uber bill pulls up to House

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A day after Florida’s capital city punted on regulated app-based ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft — partly in order to see where the Legislature lands on the issue before acting — a decidedly pro-ridesharing bill sponsored by state Rep. Matt Gaetz is through the committee process and ready for a vote before the full House of Representatives. State Sen. Jeff Brandes, the sponsor of a roughly equivalent Senate companion and ridesharing’s most prominent supporter, told Florida Politics he’s happy with the way the legislation is progressing through the process.…

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Embattled lawmaker Frank Artiles draws a 2016 challenger

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With the compasses of most statehouse watchers fixed north as the 2015 legislative session takes over Tallahassee, a pair of Democrats set their sites this week on House seats in Broward and Miami-Dade, according to the Florida Division of Elections. Roxanne Valies of Tamarac in heavily Democratic District 95 has filed to succeed term-limited state Rep. Hazelle “Hazel” Rogers of Fort Lauderdale, while Robert Asencio opened a campaign account in his bid to unseat Miami-area state Rep. Frank Artiles in District 118. Asencio, a…

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Jeff Brandes and Matt Gaetz make their case for ‘inevitable’ Uber, as taxi and limo drivers picket

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State Sen. Jeff Brandes of St. Petersburg and Shalimar state Rep. Matt Gaetz held a joint conference with representatives from Uber Technologies late this morning. Their message: Uber is here to stay in Florida’s streets and in state statute. “On the other side of this issue, though,” said Brandes, “you’ve got municipalities who, be it through crony capitalism or collusive capitalism, continue to throw up regulations to stop the free market. But I will fight with anyone who will fight with me to make…

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