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Charlie Crist, David Jolly fish for votes three days before election

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David Jolly and Charlie Crist spent much of Saturday the way theyā€™ve spent much of the past few months ā€“ casting a net for votes. Jolly, the Republican incumbent, is facing a challenge from Democrat Crist for the 13thĀ Congressional District seat. Jolly spent the first part of the morning at an Alzheimerā€™s Awareness Fair at the Barnes and Noble bookstore on the University of South Florida campus in downtown St. Petersburg. His office had helped arrange the event, which included…

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Mike Fasano making robocalls for Charlie Crist

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Former state Sen. Mike Fasano, who is now the Pasco County Tax Collector, has endorsed former Gov. Charlie Crist in his run for the Congressional District 13 seat. News of the endorsement came the same day that Fasano, a Republican, was featured in a robocall supporting Cristā€™s candidacy. Crist, a Democrat, is running against Republican incumbent David Jolly. In the robocall, Fasano says, “Hi, I’m Mike Fasano. I’m a lifelong Republican, and I’mĀ supporting Charlie Crist for Congress. Before you cast…

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Charlie Crist campaign adds another $5,500 to his campaign warchest

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Charlie CristĀ added another $5,500 in campaign contributions Wednesday. Among the contributions was aĀ $1,000Ā check from the political committee, Friends ofĀ Rose DeLauro. DeLauro hasĀ been representing Connecticut’s third district in the U.S. House of Representatives for over two decades. Crist also received a $1,000 contribution fromĀ Democrats Reshaping America (Dreampac), a Democratic super PAC, and aĀ $1,000 contribution fromĀ Lisa DeBartolo, whoĀ oversees the DeBartolo Family Foundation as its executive director. She is also executive vice president of DeBartolo Holdings. She’s perhaps best known for being the…

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DCCC to air radio ads in CD 7 and 13 featuring Barack and Michelle Obama

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Aiming at driving black voters to the pollsĀ to vote on down-ballot races, Ā the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is now airing radio ads featuringĀ Barack ObamaĀ andĀ Michelle ObamaĀ in Florida’s congressional Districts 7 and 13, two districts with a significant African-American population. This DCCC radio advertising campaign begins Thursday and runs until nextĀ Monday, Nov. 7Ā in the Orlando and Tampa markets. The DCCC says the ads will run on hip-hop, R&B, andĀ urban contemporary radio stations, in order to target voters young and old. In Orlando,…

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Charlie Crist nets another $7K from lobbyists, Morgan & Morgan employees

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Former Gov. Charlie Crist reported another $7,000 in contributions in a new FEC filing Tuesday, including checks from a pair of Morgan & Morgan employees. The donor roll included attorneys Adam Brum and Keith Carter of Morgan & Morgan, who gave $1,500 and $1,000, respectively. Crist took a job at Morgan & Morgan after his lone term as Florida governor ended in 2011. Also in the filing were Tallahassee lobbyist Jeff Sharkey and Nicholas Herbach of Index Management Services, who…

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Congressman, civil rights icon John Lewis: Vote, vote, vote

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Civil rights icon John Lewis, now a congressman from Georgia, came to St. Petersburg on Wednesday to support former Gov. Charlie Crist. Crist, a Democrat, is running against Republican incumbent David Jolly for Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Lewis, who has represented Georgiaā€™s Fifth Congressional District since 1986, said he had followed Cristā€™s career. ā€œIā€™m delighted and very pleased and honored to be standing here with you,ā€ Lewis told Crist. ā€œIā€™m here to support you. Iā€™m looking forward to getting things…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.2.16 ā€” Hillary Clinton returns to the oldie but goodies in Dade City speech

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Remember when Hillary Clinton would invoke Michelle Obama‘s phrase when dealing with Donald Trump that, “When they go low, we go high?” That was so, oh, I don’t know, October-like. In Pasco County yesterday, the Democratic presidential nominee spent considerable time tearing apart Trump, invoking his greatest hits of insults as she tries to rally the base in the final week of the campaign. Clinton dug deep, referring to how The Donald boasted on Howard Stern’s show about how he…

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