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For congressional candidate Gwen Graham, “Work Days” have become a true family tradition. Two new TV ads released on Monday highlight the Tallahassee Democrat’s longstanding custom of spending a full work shift with ordinary citizens in Florida’s 2nd Congressional District — a family tradition taken directly from the successful campaigns of her father, former governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham. The 30-second spots, called “Tradition” and “Hard Work,” are the first in the campaign that feature the senior Graham. Together,…

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Gravis Marketing’s new poll of Florida’s Democratic Primary finds that Charlie Crist is the clear favorite to be the Democratic nominee for governor. The poll shows Crist leading his primary opponent Nan Rich, 68 to 20 percent. Unless Charlie Crist makes any serious mistakes between now and the primary, then he essentially has this race locked up. Unlike the gubernatorial race, the race to be the Attorney General nominee for the Democrats is up in the air. Two-thirds of the respondents were uncertain of who they were voting…

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House District 67 GOP hopeful Chris Latvala continues his fundraising dominance with another $6,900 from July 5-18, according the Florida Division of Elections. The Largo Republican, son of state Sen. Jack Latvala, reached $180,165 in his effort to succeed term-limited GOP State Rep. Ed Hooper to represent northeast Pinellas County. Latvala served as Hooper’s legislative aide for three years. At the same time, Latvala received in-kind donations of $2,925 from the Republican Party of Florida for research and spent $19,812…

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Friends of Greenlight, the independent political committee supporting the Greenlight Pinellas Plan, posted more than $26,000 in fundraising from July 5-18. According to reports filed with the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections office, the PAC raised $26,260 in the two-week reporting period. It now shows a total of $615,175. Twenty-four donations came in during the reporting period — the largest was $25,000 from Oldsmar-based information technology firm Vology. At the same time, the group spent $35,875 with SGA, a data…

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GOP business executive Jay Trumbull added a blockbuster $26,500 in the reporting period of July 5-18 for the crowded Aug. 26 Republican primary in House District 6. The Panama City Republican now brings his total to $182,320, and with major media spends of more than $42,000 in two weeks, still has $105,092 cash-on-hand. To date, Trumbull’s fundraising performance has outpaced all other candidates seeking to replace term-limited Rep. Jimmy Patronis in the region of southern Bay County, Panama City, Panama…

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In Florida politics, the rich candidates get richer with the help of public financing. Matt Dixon of the Naples Daily News reports that the three Republican incumbent members of the Florida Cabinet — CFO Jeff Atwater, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam — got a nearly $1 million, taxpayer-financed boost Friday to their already large campaign war chests. Unlike most other regulations governing political money, the requirements to receive public financing are relative straightforward. If a candidate agree to limit…

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Florida Trend Magazine named public affairs firm Sachs Media Group as one of the state’s “Best Companies to Work For,” one of only two Tallahassee communications firms to make the list. As a leading independent communications firm, Sachs’ focuses on public outreach, awareness and marketing, with clients that include nonprofit organizations and Fortune 500 companies, as well as associations in Florida and nationwide. Florida Trend and Best Companies Group created the “Best Companies To Work For” program in 2009 to feature…

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