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Adam Putnam espouses the importance of water to Florida while speaking at “Cafe Con Tampa”

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If Florida Agricultural Commissioner Adam Putnam has a central governing philosophy, it might be the importance of having a long-term memory about the Sunshine State. “Having a longer memory I think helps us maintain the types of protections for our citizens that they expect and that they deserve,” he said while speaking at an hour long town-hall meeting at Hugo’s restaurant in South Tampa Friday morning. The Polk County native, who just turned 42 last month, loves to talk policy, and if he ultimately…

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Endorsement Watch: Associated Industries of Florida, Democratic Progressive Caucus, the Florida Retail Federation and others issue endorsements

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There are just a few weeks until the election, and organizations across the state are rolling out endorsements for state and federal candidates. Several organizations — including Associated Industries of Florida, the Democratic Progressive Caucus, and the Florida Retail Federation — issued endorsements. — Associated Industries of Florida has endorsed Marco Rubio in his U.S. Senate re-election bid. “Marco has led rational efforts to reassert American principles of freedom and representative government throughout the globe,” said Tom Feeney, the president…

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Florida Medical Association endorses Dana Young in SD 18

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The Florida Medical Association has thrown its support behind Dana Young. The organization’s political committee announced Tuesday it was endorsing Young in her Senate District 18 bid. In a letter to the Tampa Republican, Dr. Chris Pittman, the president of FMA PAC, said the organization looked forward to working with Young “to address health policy issues affecting Florida’s physicians and their patients.” Young, the House Majority Leader, was first elected to the Florida House in 2010. She is forgoing a…

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Email insights: Dana Young touts her support of Uber and Lyft in fundraising pitch

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Even before they began operating in Tampa, a coterie of Tampa Bay area Republicans have championed ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft. Those state Representatives include Jeff Brandes, Jamie Grant and Dana Young. In a fundraising pitch sent to supporters in her bid for the state Senate District 18 seat this fall, Young boasts about the work that Republicans have done in Tallahassee in recent years, saying that the state leads the country in job growth and that unemployment is at an eight-year low. “But there’s…

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Dana Young widens fundraising lead in SD 18 race

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Senate District 18 candidates Dana Young and Bob Buesing’s fundraising numbers for June 1-24 shows both candidates received significant cash infusions from one particular source. In the case of Young, it was the $25,000 she received from the Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. Meanwhile, Buesing has contributed $24,000 of his own cash to his campaign. Overall, Young has raised over half a million dollars — $526,326 in the campaign. Buesing, who just entered the race in early May, has raised $129,838. However, Young…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.24.16 – CNN’s questionable move

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I was driving to a dental appointment yesterday when I heard via Sirius/XM’s POTUS channel that CNN had hired former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski as a “contributor” to their network’s political team. The motivation for hiring such a prominent surrogate, obviously, is to get somebody on set who can get into the candidate’s head, if you will. So perhaps Lewandowski can provide some insight in their political coverage. Probably not. Upon leaving the campaign this week (or being unceremoniously dumped, to…

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Joe Redner files to run as an independent in Senate District 18 race

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Adult club impresario and progressive activist Joe Redner is once again running for office, this time in the Senate District 18 race that features Republican Dana Young and Democrat Bob Buesing battling it out. The iconoclastic Redner, who has been unsuccessful running for local and state offices for years, has previously run as a Democrat but in recent elections has filed as an independent. He calls Young a “typical, no caring Republican,” and says that while he thinks Buesing is a nice man, he believes the…

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