While he’s not sure if heĀ will attempt to resume his political career by running against Charlie CristĀ in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, former Republican congressman David Jolly says he will be part of another campaign in the future – a GOP effort to blockĀ Donald Trump from being renominated in 2020 as the party’s presidential nominee.
It has been said that money is the lifeblood of politics. If so, many members of the Florida congressional delegation are very healthy, while others are on life support.
Everyone expected Florida to play an important role in politics this year. And why wouldnāt they? Presidential hopefuls hailed from here; the stateās electoral votes were coveted; and its Senate race could have determined control of the U.S. Senate. But just like many predictions in 2016, some of the prophecies for Floridaās outsized role on the national stage fell flat. Many believed a Sunshine state politico would be a presidential nominee (not quite right) or that the election would hinge…
On the verge of being snuffed out by Obama administration regulators, Floridaās traditional and culturally distinct premium cigar industry has a chance at new life. Late last week, U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., the incoming chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, met with President-elect Donald Trump and submitted a list of 232 items that could be repealed immediately after Trumpās Jan. 20Ā inauguration. āWe must undo Obamaās harmful regulatory regime that has hurt hardworking Americans across the nation,āĀ the group saidĀ in…
Last week, the digital geniuses at the Tampa Bay Times debuted a multimedia presentation that used animated Lego figures and constructions to tell a complicated story about a planned toll road onĀ the Howard Frankland Bridge. “How the plan to fix Tampa Bay’s most important bridge fell apart, told in Legos” fromĀ Eli Zhang, Caitlin Johnston, Anthony Cormier,Ā andĀ Martin FrobisherĀ is an absolute must-clickĀ for its combination of shoe-leather reporting andĀ “Everything Is Awesome” visualization. It’s a great read. It’s visually stunning. It’s also ā to…
Floridaās 29 Republican presidential electors gather in Tallahassee today to vote for well, presumably forĀ Donald Trump, who defeatedĀ Hillary ClintonĀ by 1.2 percent in the Sunshine State on November 8. While the world awaits to see if thereās any movement with the 290 nationwide Republican electors, our electors will be voting in perfect conditions, with the forecast setĀ for 65 degrees today in the Capitol. That’s a far cry from the weather conditions of electors from much of the country today, and should…
Democrat U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson is downplaying prospects that his filing to run again for Congress means he’s going to run again for Congress ā but he’s not ruling it out. The Democrat from Orlando ā who leaves office Jan. 3 because he did not seek re-election in Florida’s 9th Congressional District ā has filed paperwork to run in 2018. And this time he filed to run in Florida’s 11th Congressional District, centered in Lake County. Yet Grayson insisted Tuesday…
