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Libertarians — and third party candidates in general — have a difficult time reaching out to voters in modern American politics. Franklin Perez, Libertarian candidate for the Seminole County House District 28 does not make running on a third party platform any easier. In November, Perez will face the winner of Tuesday’s GOP primary, which will likely be incumbent state Rep. Jason Brodeur. Like most candidates, Perez will spend primary day at an Election Night meet-and-greet party. But his event…

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Surprising as it may sound, the caustic rhetoric surrounding House District 15 has reached new heights in the final weekend before Tuesday’s GOP primary. PaulRennerDeposed.com is first attack website to go after Republican candidate Paul Renner, a “conservative watchdog “claiming to be able to reveal the Jacksonville attorney’s “leftist place on the political spectrum.” Renner faces GOP business executive Jay Fant leads in an increasingly combative — and expensive – primary for the district covering the western part of Jacksonville…

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Lakeland Attorney and Marine Corps veteran John Shannon is maintaining a stable 13-point advantage over his Republican opponent, Colleen Burton, in the lead up to Tuesday’s GOP primary for House District 40. In the latest StPetePolls survey, Shannon leads Burton overall by a margin of 49-36 percent of likely Republican voters in the GOP primary. Just under 16 percent of respondents remain undecided. With voters who have already cast ballots, more than half (51 percent) supported Shannon, compared to 41…

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Norman Pellegrini enjoyed his role as the point man for bond sales at Orlando’s toll-road agency, winning more than $2 billion in business since 2003 and $9.5 million in commissions and fees for his employers. Now the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority is regional agency, with new managers and a board representing Seminole, Osceola and Lake Counties —  not just Orange. Pellegrini’s position could now be in jeopardy, writes Dan Tracy of the Orlando Sentinel. The new Central Florida Expressway Authority is considering…

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A morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. FIVE QUESTIONS FOR THE AHEAD 1. Over/under on Charlie Crist’s margin of victory? 2. Will Nan Rich immediately endorse Crist — or will she pull a Rod Smith and wait a few weeks? 3. George Sheldon or Perry Thurston? I’m betting Sheldon. 4. The real action this week in in a handful of legislative primaries; who will win the bruising races in House District 40 and 74? 5. Will Florida State…

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The Florida governor’s race has now become part of the #IceBucketChallenge phenomenon. Not one to back away from a challenge, especially a good-natured one, Charlie Crist has become the latest personality to accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge – calling out Gov. Rick Scott to do the same. The Challenge is a viral social media sensation where celebrities, political elites and thousands of ordinary folks are dousing themselves with buckets of ice water to raise awareness – and lots of cash…

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If anything, the House District 74 GOP primary could be one for the ages, as the soon-to-end battle between Richard DeNapoli and Julio Gonzalez experiences one last volley of campaign cash. DeNapoli and Gonzalez – busy fighting each other for the South Sarasota County “conservative” stamp – finished the GOP primary fundraising race with massive expenditures, seemingly committed to spend just about every penny before the ballot. It is a logical strategy in a race where fundraising tipped the scales…

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