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One thing is for sure about Joe Wicker, candidate for State House District 59, he is running a strong community-based campaign. Throughout an interview, Wicker talks of what people tell him when he’s on their doorstep. He would know. He and five dedicated walkers are out walking the streets, door to door in District 59, every day of the week. He has about 20 people helping him do this on the weekends. Beyond just providing that Wicker is in touch…

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As an organization, Associated Industries has never been known for avoiding a ol’ fashioned dust-up. On Friday, AIF lived up to its reputation, issuing endorsements in nine State Senate races, including several competitive primaries. AIF is endorsing former Senate President Tom Lee over Rep. Rachel Burgin in Senate District 24, just as that race is becoming increasingly personal and ugly.  The organization is also backing Victoria Siplin in the Democratic primary for an open seat in Central Florida over Rep. Geri Thompson.…

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President Obama and Mitt Romney might be taking a somber break from politics today after the shootings in Colorado last night, but not New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the New York Observer reports. Said Bloomberg: “You know, soothing words are nice, but maybe it’s time that the two people who want to be President of the United States stand up and tell us what they are going to do about it, because this is obviously a problem across the country. And everybody always…

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State Senate candidate Rob Wallace is demanding that his opponent in the GOP primary, Rep. John Legg, should resign from the Florida House. That’s because, Wallace argues, when he moved into Senate District 17, Legg moved out of his House district. “In Legg’s quest for a new job in the Florida Senate he has completely abandoned his Constitutional duty to reside with his constituents in District 46” , Wallace said. Wallace cites Article III Section 15(c) of the Florida Constitution…

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Alyssa Rosenberg reflects on the shooting in Colorado: Mostly what I feel is this: Midnight screenings are big, hyped, advertiser-driven events that have become a source of new information to feed the Hollywood data beast, but indicating how motivated audiences are to see a movie. But they’re also a product of genuine enthusiasm and an expression of collective joy. Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy has meant a lot to an enormous number of filmgoers. And as someone who writes about movies, and who…

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Former Gov. Jeb Bush asked the Tampa Tribune to make a correction to their editorial endorsing Tom Lee for State Senate District 24 in which the newspaper cited Bush’s backing as part of its rationale for recommending Lee. Bush has not and will not endorse anyone in the face-off between Republican State Senate candidates Lee and Rachel Burgin, reports Kevin Brady of Brandon Patch. “He’s staying out of that primary,” said Jaryn Emhof, a spokesperson for Bush, whose endorsement could be…

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Florida’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in June at 8.6 percent, 2.1 percentage points lower than a year ago, the Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday. The new figures come days after state economists attributed most of the recent downturn to workers no longer seeking jobs.

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