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Pat Kemp not too concerned about Brian Willis’ quick start in Hillsborough District 6 race

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When the Hillsborough County supervisor of elections updated the fundraising totals of candidates on the 2016 ballot earlier this week, the contrast between Democrats Pat Kemp and Brian Willis in the District 6 county commission race was rather stark. Willis announced that he had raised $45,357 in April, which his camp informed reporters is the third largest opening month of fundraising for a country commission candidate in the past decade. Impressive stuff. Especially when compared to Kemp’s totals — $1,350. “I’m…

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Brian Willis posts big fundraising numbers vs. Pat Kemp in District 6 Hillsborough County Commission contest

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Ten days ago, Florida Politics reported that Brian Willis, the Tampa attorney who is running for the countywide Hillsborough County District 6 seat next year, had raised $45, 357 in his first month of campaigning for the seat. Advisers for Willis said it was the third best first-month of fundraising for a county commissioner candidate over the past decade, trailing only Al Higginbotham and Ken Hagan’s totals during their respective runs for office last year, both of whom were well known quantities…

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Brian Willis touts fundraising prowess in Hillsborough County bid

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Buoyed in part by a very successful inauguration fundraiser/birthday party at an Ybor craft brewery last week, Hillsborough County Commission District 6 candidate Brian Willis is touting his first fundraising totals in a press release issued on Friday. The 32-year-old Tampa attorney and transit activist took in $45,537 in April, the first month that he has officially been campaigning for office and collecting money. The Willis campaign says that is the third best start for a county commission race in the…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.28.15 — Jeb Bush. And his money.

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The Democratic National Committee’s oppo research team enjoyed poking fun at Jeb Bush yesterday, sending out an email after he was quoted in one setting over the weekend as saying that “I don’t think you need to spend $1 billion to be elected president of the United States,” while another quote attributed to him Sunday night while addressing hundreds of top donors in Miami that his organization had him saying that he “has raised more money in its first 100…

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Brian Willis starts early in his quest for a Hillsborough County Commission seat

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There have been too many election cycles where Hillsborough Democrats appeared to be missing in action, with the party frantic to recruit candidates to at least provide a semblance of a challenge to a Republican. But 2016 doesn’t appear to be one of those years. The fact is that in the Obama-era at least, Democrats come out in big numbers in presidential election years, and with the party base seemingly in love with Hillary Clinton’s chances this early out, Hillsborough…

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Tom Scott looking at run for Hillsborough County District 6 seat

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Thomas Scott, a former Tampa city councilman and Hillsborough County commissioner, says he is seriously considering a run for the Hillsborough County Commission District 6 seat next year. “It’s going to be interesting,” Scott told SaintPetersBlog on Wednesday afternoon, when he attended the Fight for 15 rally in Tampa’s Copeland Park that attracted hundreds of people. The seat is being vacated by Democrat Kevin Beckner because of term limits, and a growing number of Democrats are declaring their candidacy for it. In…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.15.15 – Waiting on Hillary

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Love her or loath her, Hillary Clinton’s official presence in the 2016 presidential sweepstakes is a big deal. But does the political media class have to lose their collective sh*t in the process? It was sort of humorous to read that story the other day about how Mrs. Clinton’s delayed video release announcing her campaign on Sunday (it came after 3 p.m. when it was rumored to happen at noon) had affected the leisure schedules of so many reporters on…

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