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Kevin Burns ends bid for U.S. Senate to run for State Senate seat Dan Gelber is vacating

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Less than a week after filing papers to run, former North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns will announce at  Wednesday’s Democracy for America meeting in Coral Gables that he is ending his campaign for the U.S. Senate and will instead run for the state Senate seat that Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, is vacating to run for attorney general. With real estate billionaire Jeff Greene announcing on Friday that he would enter the Democratic primary for the Senate, Burns and his team…

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Dan Gelber: No Floridian was safe this legislative session, no man, woman, or child

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In his final video message from Tallahassee, State Sen. Dan Gelber describes the 2010 legislative session in one word: horrible. No Floridian was safe this legislative session, no man, woman, or child. The legislature veered hard to the right, moving even farther out of step with Floridians. They spared no one as their politically driven agenda took aim at women’s privacy rights, children, public school teachers, working families and vulnerable citizens. While the unemployment rate reached an all time high…

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PolitiFact refutes Dan Gelber’s claim he raised most money of all AG candidates

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State Sen. Dan Gelber says he has received more contributions than any other candidate in the race to become Florida’s next attorney general. “We received over $325,000 in contributions, and we did this during a shortened fundraising quarter of two months,” he wrote. “I have received more contributions than any other candidate in the race — Republican or Democrat.” We wondered if this was accurate, so we checked in with the Gelber campaign where aide Christian Ulvert told us the…

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PolitiFact refutes Dan Gelber’s claim he raised most money of all AG candidates

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State Sen. Dan Gelber says he has received more contributions than any other candidate in the race to become Florida’s next attorney general. “We received over $325,000 in contributions, and we did this during a shortened fundraising quarter of two months,” he wrote. “I have received more contributions than any other candidate in the race — Republican or Democrat.” We wondered if this was accurate, so we checked in with the Gelber campaign where aide Christian Ulvert told us the…

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Video: Dan Gelber urges veto of SB 6

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Champions and chumps of governmental transparency

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From the Tallahassee Democrat: A selection of legislators who have acted in the interest of Florida’s Sunshine Laws or who have sponsored bills that are contrary to them. Champions: •Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland. Dockery is Senate sponsor of a bill to enact the recommendations of the Governor’s Commission on Open Government. She was a member of the commission. •Rep. Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota. House sponsor of a bill that would open the legislative process, particularly budget negotiations. •Rep. Clay Ford, R-Gulf…

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Revising Florida Democrats’ to-do list

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At this point, it does not appear likely Congressman Kendrick Meek will collect the requisite number of voters’ signatures to place his name on the ballot. Even if Meek does end up collecting the requisite number of signatures, it won’t matter. He has wasted any chance of seizing the momentum from the two GOP candidates who have captured the attention of the nation’s political class. Rather than investing further in Meek’s fledgling campaign, as Meek’s campaign manager Abe Dyk suggests…

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