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Ben Diamond gets backing of firefighters for HD 68 bid

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Another day, another endorsement for Democrat Ben Diamond. The Florida Professional Firefighters announced Wednesday their endorsement of Diamond in the competitive race for House District 68.  “The Florida Professional Firefighters are proud to endorse Ben Diamond,” said Winthrop “Will” Newton, 2nd District Vice President. “Ben cares about his community and will do an excellent job representing his district in Tallahassee. We can also trust Ben to do what’s right for the firefighters and emergency medical services personnel of Florida.” Since announcing…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.20.16 – Vetting Paul Manafort

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A political convention is often called “the Super Bowl” of politics, and that’s true in this respect: There are a sh*tload of reporters on hand around, and not that many storylines that are unique. Hence, the constant discussion of Melania Trump’s speech on Monday night. Donald Trump’s top campaign aide, Paul Manafort, said early Tuesday that the claims that the possible next First Lady in America had cribbed portions of Michelle Obama’s 2008 RNC was all about …..Hillary Clinton? “This…

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Ben Diamond now puts up his first ad in his HD 68 contest

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St. Petersburg attorney Ben Diamond is going up with his first television ad in his House District 68 campaign in Pinellas County. Coincidentally or not, it comes a day after his Democratic opponent, Eric Lynn, announced that his first ad would begin airing today. The 30-second ad starts with a narrator saying about the candidate that “he knows how to take on took on big polluters” which helped clean up Tampa Bay’s water supply. A campaign spokesman say that’s a reference to Diamond working hard to get…

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Eric Lynn goes up with first TV ad in HD 68 race

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Pinellas County House District 68 Democrat Eric Lynn will begin airing a local 30-second television ad that will run through the primary election on August 30. The ad begins with Lynn taking a stroll with his wife, kids and dog, and then places him in front of the Vinoy Hotel. A photo with President Barack Obama also makes an appearance. Lynn began working for then Senator Obama in 2006, and then went to work in his Defense Dept. after Obama became president in January of 2009. Lynn stepped down from…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.7.16 – Tea Party Patriots heart Marco Rubio

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f you remember when we first heard about the Tea Party in early 2009, its supporters talked about having a pox on both houses – that is, they felt that Republicans and Democrats were part of the same dirty cesspool that is Washington D.C. A lot of things have changed since then, but I became a bit cynical in early 2010. That’s when the late C.W. Bill Young received a Tea Party challenger by the name of Eric Forcade in…

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Eric Lynn accepts Ben Diamond’s challenge to debates in HD 68 Dem race

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UPDATE: As we reported last week while observing state House District 68 candidates Eric Lynn and Ben Diamond at the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club, there doesn’t appear initially to be too much that separates the two St. Petersburg Democrats. With less than 60 days before voters in Pinellas County will go to the polls, Diamond is now calling for a number of political debates to give the voters a better look at who the two candidates are, and what they believe.…

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Eric Lynn’s fundraising prowess continues in HD 68 race in June

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Eric Lynn raised an impressive amount of money in his bid for Congress in Florida’s 13th Congressional delegation in 2015 and the first part of 2016, and that fundraising prowess is continuing now that he is running for a state House seat. The Lynn campaign announced on Friday that the former Defense Department adviser had raised over $105,000 in the first 24 days of June, with $53,000 going into his House District 68 campaign, and an additional $52,000 into his political committee, Pinellas Community Voters Fund.…

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