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Florida Democrats to convene this weekend at Disney Resort

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The Florida Democratic Party will gather this weekend for their fall convention in Lake Buena Vista. The confab comes almost a full  year before the 2016 election, where in addition to trying to keep the state blue for the third straight time at the presidential level, the party is hoping to get one of their own to join Bill Nelson in the U.S. Senate. One of the highlights of the three-day event takes place Saturday night when Senate candidates Alan Grayson, Patrick…

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Personnel note: Florida Democrats name Roosevelt Holmes as deputy political director

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Orlando political operative Roosevelt Holmes III has been brought on as new deputy political director for the Florida Democratic Party. Holmes, 30, has served as a Florida Democratic campaign staffer and legislative assistant, working on campaigns such as Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential bid and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s 2012 re-election campaign. Most recently, he worked in U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor’s office, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and served in the Government Affairs and Public Policy Department of UNCF.…

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Poll: Buddy Dyer leading Paul Paulson in 50-31 Orlando mayor’s race

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A new poll released Tuesday morning shows Mayor Buddy Dyer leading Republican challenger Paul Paulson by a margin of 49.7 percent to 30.5 percent in his quest for a fifth term as Orlando’s chief executive. Polling firm St. Pete Polls concluded that UCF medical student “Sunshine” Lunda Grund has also garnered support to the tune of 5.8 percent in her quixotic no-party bid that has yet to gain much traction. A scientific poll conducted Monday found 52.1 percent of registered City of Orlando voters…

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Bob Buckhorn still ‘looking at’ possible run for governor in 2018

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For several years now, it’s been a given that Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn was going to try to take his brand of leadership to a new level in 2018 and run for the Democratic nomination for governor. Facing just token opposition in his bid for re-election, Buckhorn won with nearly 96 percent of the vote in March, setting himself up perfectly for a presumptive run for higher office. But, as Jeb Bush said recently, stuff happens. It began in late April…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

Buddy Dyer ‘unequivocally’ not running for governor, but would consider UCF presidency

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On Wednesday afternoon, the three candidates for Orlando mayor made their case before the Orlando Sentinel editorial board as to why they should be the one to lead “The City Beautiful” into the future. During that discussion Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer pledged he would serve a full four-year term saying, “I am unequivocally not running for governor.” Dyer was considered a favorite to run for the Democratic nomination in 2018. The mayor — who is seeking a fifth term —…

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Eric Lynn’s campaign team includes high-profile Obama staffers

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CD 13 Democratic candidate Eric Lynn, the only declared candidate in the Pinellas County congressional race, announced his campaign team today, and it includes two nationally known figures who played important parts in getting Barack Obama elected president twice. Bill Burton and Anita Dunn from the political communications firm SKDKnickerbocker have signed on to the campaign as Lynn’s media consultants. Burton has been acting as the press spokesperson role ever since Lynn got into the race. He was the national spokesman for…

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USF campuses in St. Pete and Tampa still celebrating budget wins

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One of the big winners out of last week’s budget signing by Florida Gov. Rick Scott was the University of South Florida, which received $12 million in funding for its Kate Tiedemann College of Business building on its St. Petersburg campus, and for the $17 million it received toward the construction of the Morsani College of Medicine building to be built in Tampa developer Jeff Vinik’s $1 billion project in the Channelside area. USF intends to house two buildings in the…

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