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TallyMadness upset alert: Jon Costello neck-and-neck with #1 seed Brian Ballard

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After two days of voting in 2015’s TallyMadness tournament, #16 seed Jon Costello is running better than even with Goliathan favoriteĀ Brian BallardĀ who is yet again one of four number one seeds this March. Costello so far has garnered 50.6 percent of the vote to Ballard’s 49.4 percent. Will Costello’s Harvey Dent-esque good looks carry him over the top and pull off the upset, or will the Ballard influence apparatus kick in to put down the uprising? Costello’s colleague at Rutledge…

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Chris Christie lands top Florida fundraiser Meredith O’Rourke

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Meredith O’Rourke, chief fundraiser for Gov.Ā Rick Scott, is set to join the growingĀ America LeadsĀ political committee as New Jersey Gov.Ā Chris ChristieĀ and his allies staff up for a 2016 White House bid. There the well-thought-of O’RourkeĀ will join the likes ofĀ longtime GOP staffers such as former Republican Governors Association executive directorĀ Phil Cox, who will lead the super PAC, and communications directorĀ BrianĀ Jones, who has exhibited an exemplary nose for the ball so to speak, having advised the last three Republican nominees in a row.…

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Personnel note: Ballard Partners adds legislative expert Jessica Baker

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Florida lobbying house Ballard Partners announced today it is adding legislative expert Jessica Baker to its team based out of Jacksonville and Tallahassee. Baker, a graduate of Florida State University College of Law, will be working out of the Jacksonville office and in Tallahassee during the 2015 legislative session, which begins tomorrow. Ballard President Brian Ballard cited Bakerā€™s legal insight and knowledge of the legislative process, adding that she will become a ā€œvital resourceā€ for clients. ā€œSheā€™ll be a great…

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2015 Legislative Session Preview: Big tobacco, Brecht Heuchan, and the most interesting food fight this Session

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Almost all of the headlines surrounding the annual session of the Florida Legislature will have already been written by the time lawmakers are gaveled into business on March 3. Those headlines will involve calls to expand Medicaid; a budget hole created by the federal government’s refusal to fund the Low Income Pool health care program; how to spend the money derived from Amendment 1,Ā  etc. You’ll readĀ about gambling and water and Uber and grad school tuition and tax breaks and…

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