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Former St. Pete Representative Rudy Bradley stars in David Jolly’s latest ad

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  David Jolly again revives Charlie Crist‘s visit to a prison in Alabama where he observed a literal prison chain gang in 1995 in a new ad running on television and online. The ad, called “See How it Feels,” stars former St. Petersburg Democrat-turned-Republican state lawmaker Rudy Bradley, who looks sternly into the camera and says the incident is personal to him, “because he forced my brother-in-law, Harry K. Singletary, to watch.” Singletary was selected as Florida’s Secretary of the Department of Corrections by then-Gov. Lawton Chiles. He accompanied…

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Convincing black folk to not vote for Charlie Crist now central to David Jolly’s re-election campaign

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With a week to go before Election Day, a shocking development has taken place in the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District. According to several sources, there are black people in the district! Not only that, they may not all vote as a monolithic block. And, believe it or not, the Republican incumbent, David Jolly, is actually campaigning for the votes of black residents. “It’s stunning,” said one St. Petersburg-based political consultant who asked to remain anonymous because it’s easier to…

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Direct mail round-up: Jack Latvala reminds Pinellas voters what’s at stake this election

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A new mailer from Clearwater Republican state Sen. Jack Latvala offers a simple message: “This election is not just about Washington D.C.” Latvala’s mailer lets Pinellas County voters know what he believes is at stake this November — at both the state and local levels — with a handy voters’ guide for down-ballot races. “It’s also about Florida and Pinellas County!” he says. On the congressional level, the mailer suggests support for Republicans Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate and David Jolly for…

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October money race shows David Jolly keeping pace with Charlie Crist in CD 13

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Charlie Crist reported another $24,100 in contributions to his congressional campaign at the end of last week, while incumbent Republican Rep. David Jolly reported $22,600. Crist reported another 17 contributions since Thursday, including $1,000 from Democratic State Sen. Maria Sachs, $1,000 from Connecticut Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, and $2,700 from philanthropist and former diplomat Elaine Schuster. Jolly’s newly filed numbers showed eight new contributions, including $5,000 from Caspers Company CEO Blake Casper, $1,000 from Maryland Republican U.S. Rep. Andy…

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David Jolly casts himself as beleaguered outsider in forum with Charlie Crist

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U.S. Rep. David Jolly and former Gov. Charlie Crist had two sharply different approaches to the audience at a candidates’ forum Thursday sponsored by the Gulfport Area Chamber of Commerce. Jolly, a Republican, pictured himself as a man abandoned by his political party and attacked by the other party when all he wants to do is create a “third way” of crossing the aisle and creating consensus between differing views. Jolly warned the audience that in the waning days of…

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Duke, FPL fuel pro-David Jolly super PAC

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U.S. Rep. David Jolly’s re-election campaign in Florida’s 13th Congressional District took in $625,000 over the first 19 days of October, with half coming from utility companies. People for Pinellas, the committee backing the incumbent Republican, received a $250,000 check from Florida Power & Light and another $100,000 from Duke Energy, with the American Society of Anesthesiologists PAC donating $100,000, and St. Pete businessmen James MacDougald and Bill Edwards giving $50,000 apiece. Jolly has been on the receiving end of attack…

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Pro-David Jolly super PAC calls Charlie Crist a ‘career flip-flopper’ in new ad

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A super PAC backing Rep. David Jolly is out with a new advertisement slamming Charlie Crist. “People for Pinellas,” the super PAC backing Jolly’s re-election bid in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, released a new ad this week. The 30-second spot, called “Enough,” calls the former Florida governor a “political lightweight” and “career flip-flopper.” “We’ve had enough. These politicians making it about them, not us. And that’s the Charlie Crist story. Thirty years running for office, nothing to show for it,”…

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