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Trump campaign Florida chief Karen Giorno seeks national Republican post

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Karen Giorno, a former Donald Trump campaign senior adviser and Florida campaign director, announced Friday she is a candidate to be the state’s National Republican committeewoman for the Republican National Committee.

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Fourth Republican, Bruno Portigliatti, enters HD 44 race

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Republican businessman Bruno Portigliatti announced his candidacy for what will be a special election this summer for House District 44 in the Orlando area. Portigliatti, 29, of Orlando, is chief executive officer of Excellence Senior Living, a developer of luxury assisted living facilities for seniors, and executive vice president of Florida Christian University, a global online university. He also helps manage real estate enterprises for his family’s Portigliatti Group LLC. He’ll be running on a platform topped by his passions…

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Dan Gelber the Legislator vs. Dan Gelber the Candidate

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Dan Gelber is everything a progressive Democrat could want in a candidate.  Ideologically, Senator Gelber has a proven track record of fighting for causes important to both liberal and moderate wings of the party.  Personally, the man is simply impressive, with a distinguished resume and a dignified, but welcoming disposition that just radiates a sense of gravitas. I had the opportunity to speak with Senator Gelber last Thursday when he was in St. Petersburg and I immediately remembered why we…

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Birthday bash for Jack Latvala on Friday

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What do you get the candidate who already has everything or, at least 300K in his campaign account? I don’t know, but I will wish Senator Latvala a happy birthday.

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Marco Rubio victim of latest Twitter hack

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Yesterday’s Twitter phishing attack seems to be lingering on in to today, with numerous reports of DMs linking to dubious weight loss products. Most notably, however, it appears that a U.S. Senate candidate’s account has fallen victim to a Twitter scam. The account of Florida’s Marco Rubio posted a link to a colon cleansing product, which, we can only assume he didn’t intend to promote.

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