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State Attorney Mark Ober today endorsed Jim Frishe for the State Senate District 22 GOP primary. Responsible for prosecuting within Hillsborough County, Ober is recognized as a top criminal attorney, having personally chaired over 250 criminal jury trials, including over 40 first degree murder convictions. Ober joins a long list of Republican leaders in Tampa Bay endorsing Jim Frishe in the Republican Primary for Senate District 22. “My responsibility as a State Attorney is to prosecute and convict individuals who…

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The Florida Chamber of Commerce today announces additional candidate endorsements for the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate. The endorsements follow a comprehensive and deliberative candidate selection process and are in addition to the Florida Chamber’s initial list of more than 90 candidate endorsements released just two weeks ago. “Interviewing candidates to determine where they stand on free enterprise issues is essential to helping ensure we endorse candidates who aren’t afraid to make bold pro-jobs, pro-business decisions once they…

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Kirk Pepper, a senior staffer in Speaker Dean Cannon’s office and a veteran Republican political operative, will serve as a senior political adviser to Speaker Designate Chris Dorworth. Dorworth is slated to lead the Florida House during 2015-16. In the lead up to that period, Dorworth will assume de facto control of the Florida GOP’s efforts to maintain its electoral control of the House. It is in this capacity Pepper is expected to most assist Dorworth. “Kirk has a unique…

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POLITICO announced today an impressive lineup of events and live shows to be produced from Tampa during this summer’s Republican National Convention, many of which will air nationally on C-SPAN. From newsmaker roundtables to watch parties with live analysis, POLITICO will offer convention-goers and its readers a variety of events and shows. Building off the momentum of its popular primary election analysis shows, several convention-editions of POLITICO LIVE will be produced, scheduled throughout the morning, afternoon and evening. Featuring top…

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Bradley Maxwell, who is challenging two-term incumbent state Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, D-Tallahassee, wants to protect state workers from the disclosure of their salaries, benefits and other personnel matters, reports the News Service of Florida. He told reporters Monday that as he’s gone door-to-door campaigning, he’s heard repeatedly that privacy is a top concern in House District 9, which includes thousands of people who work for the state, and was “shocked” by how much information is out there on them.…

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The chart below shows that US gun ownership is at or near all-time lows. “Thus long-term trends suggest that we are in fact currently experiencing a waning culture of guns and violence in the United States.  This is undoubtedly helping to dampen the public’s support forboth gun control and the death penalty.  There are growing partisan gaps on attitudes regarding the two policies, but enthusiasm for both has declined recently in lockstep with the drop in crime and violence.  The total effects of these trends…

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Ted Yoho unveiled a new ad in his effort to defeat Rep. Cliff Stearns in the August 14 Republican primary which features pigs and politicians throwing mud at each other.

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