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Brian Willis announces raising more than $75,000 for his Hillsborough BOCC District 6 seat

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Brian Willis, the Tampa-based attorney running for the Hillsborough County Commission District 6 seat, announced on Monday that his campaign has raised more than $75,000 from over 450 contributions since he started last spring. “We’ve been spreading our message across the county,” Willis said in a statement. “Everywhere I go, we add new supporters to our team who want to volunteer, donate, and spread the word. It’s clear that voters are ready for new leadership and new ideas to move Hillsborough forward.”…

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More Tampa Democrats indicate no interest in open legislative seats in Hillsborough County

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In a few days from now, or perhaps a few weeks, Democrats in Hillsborough County may rise to announce that they’re challenging Republicans in two nearly created opportunities where analysts believe they have a decent shot at winning in a presidential election year. But that’s not the case today. With a new Senate seat created as part of the implementation of a redistricting lawsuit, Tampa Republican Dana Young has announced that she will depart her House District 60 seat that she’s held since…

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John Dicks poised for Hillsborough County Commission District 6 run

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John Dicks appears poised to become the fourth Democrat to enter the highly competitive Hillsborough County District 6 countywide race. The former Plant City Mayor has not officially filed papers with the Supervisor of Elections office, but a website – VoteJohnDicks.com – has been created but still appears in the construction stage. Though he was not available for comment on Monday, Dicks details his motivation for running and what he could bring to the county if elected on his website.…

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Jim Norman burn rate rises in December in Hillsborough County Commission race

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December was a lackluster month of fundraising for all five of the candidates running in the countywide Hillsborough County Commission district 6 race, with only Republican Tim Schock raising more than $2,000 during the busy holiday season. Schock is challenging Jim Norman for the GOP nomination next August, and still trails him significantly in overall fundraising. Norman has raised a total of $108,575 in the race, while Schock has taken in $40,450. Norman raised only $1,000 in December, but spent $5,550…

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Jim Norman fundraising slows in November, yet still rules roost in District 6 fundraising

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Jim Norman is probably never going raise as much money in one month for his campaign for the Hillsborough County District 6 seat that he took in back in September, when he brought in over $83,000. Though wildly impressive as a statement about his political viability after being in the hinterlands for the past three years, it was also was somewhat less impressive overall, since his supporters had been hinting to reporters that he was going to bring $100,000. Diminished expectations…

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Jim Norman raises $100,000 for commission race in 2 months

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When Jim Norman began making the media rounds in late August to lay the groundwork for his political comeback, his advocates saying the formerly disgraced Hillsborough County commissioner would be stronger than ever going into the 2016 District 6 countywide race, predicting he had $100,000 in contributions already in the bank by the time he declared his candidacy Sept. 1. That wasn’t exactly the case when fundraising totals for the month of September were released in October, but it wasn’t…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.11.15 — The return of Rand Paul to the GOP presidential race

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The odds were stacked against him last night, and there were many who were writing him off before last night’s debate. And yet he had a breakthrough performance at the GOP’s 4th presidential debate in Milwaukee. Jeb Bush? No, Rand Paul. Paul’s been down so far this election cycle that the only stories you seem to read about him these days are when he’s going to quit and concentrate on being re-elected to the Senate in Kentucky. But for one…

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