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Florida PBA endorses Dave Aronberg

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Big score for Dave Aronberg, who writes: Dear Friends, I am proud to announce that the Florida Police Benevolent Association has endorsed our campaign in the primary election for Attorney General. “The Florida Police Benevolent Association proudly endorses Dave Aronberg for Attorney General. Dave has spent his entire professional career fighting for stronger enforcement of our laws while also passionately advocating for the professional men and women of law enforcement and corrections. We ask each of you to please support…

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South Florida Fire Fighters endorse Dan Gelber for attorney general

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At least the South Florida Council of Fire Fighters didn’t issue a co-endorsement… Dan Gelber, who is running neck-and-neck with Dave Aronberg for the Democratic nomination in the attorney general race, won the support of the South Florida Council of Fire Fighters Tuesday morning. “Our Council is proud to endorse Dan Gelber as Florida’s next attorney general,” said Council President Dean Parkerson. “Dan has proven he understands the issues firefighters face day in and day out and I know he…

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Since she can’t pick Darryl Rouson, shouldn’t Alex Sink’s choice for LG be the ‘non-winner’ of Dave Aronberg vs. Dan Gelber?

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Watching (or is it witnessing?) Democratic state Rep. Darryl Rouson interact with gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink as she toured several African-American churches in south St. Petersburg, it’s obvious that the two would make a helluva political team. Rouson and Sink are everything the other is not, and therefore, together, they are greater than what either of them could be individually.  Sink is almost perfect, open, patient, temperate, understanding; Rouson is flawed, but redeemed, fiery, sharp, empathetic.  Sink has the background…

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Since she can’t pick Darryl Rouson, shouldn’t Alex Sink’s choice for LG be the ‘non-winner’ of Dave Aronberg vs. Dan Gelber?

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Watching (or is it witnessing?) Democratic state Rep. Darryl Rouson interact with gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink as she toured several African-American churches in south St. Petersburg, it’s obvious that the two would make a helluva political team. Rouson and Sink are everything the other is not, and therefore, together, they are greater than what either of them could be individually.  Sink is almost perfect, open, patient, temperate, understanding; Rouson is flawed, but redeemed, fiery, sharp, empathetic.  Sink has the background…

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Report: Questions raised about whether campaign money mingled by Dave Aronberg in attorney general race

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The Times‘ John Frank reports: A Democratic candidate for attorney general is facing questions about whether his campaign skirted election laws to pay staffers. A former fundraiser for Dave Aronberg received payments from the campaign and a little-known federal political committee called Citizens for Effective Government, according to campaign finance records. Ryan Hampton, a South Florida-based money man, made more than $10,000 from Aronberg’s campaign and another $1,000 from the federal committee. The committee — dubbed a 527 under IRS…

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Dave Aronberg announces 5 more endorsements

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Attorney General candidate Dave Aronberg announced the endorsements of five more Democratic Clerks of Court from across the state. This brings our total of Clerks to ten, with Aronberg saying there are more to come.   From Aronberg: Endorsements from these countywide elected officials are especially meaningful to me since Clerks have a great interest in supporting the Attorney General candidate with the best experience and motivation for doing the job. These endorsements continue to show the widespread support we…

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Going inside the Sachs/Mason-Dixon poll numbers on Florida’s Cabinet races and constitutional amendments

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A new statewide poll released by Ron Sachs Communications shows an open and competitive field in the state Cabinet races for Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer and Agriculture Commissioner, with most voters undecided. In a likely General Election match-up for Agriculture Commissioner, former Tallahassee mayor and past Democratic Party chairman Scott Maddox (D) and U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam (R) are neck-and-neck, with Maddox leading 31 percent to 30 percent, well within the 4 percent margin of error. Thirty-nine percent of…

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