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Patrick Murphy tells Hillsborough County Democrats “The Senate is full of Allen Wests”

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Patrick Murphy’s improbable victory over Allen West in Florida’s 18th Congressional election in 2012 made the then 29-year-old construction executive an immediate budding star in Florida Democratic politics. Outspent by more than four times than in a Republican-leaning district against a Tea Party hero, Murphy’s victory over West made national news. He followed that up by easily winning reelection against Republican Carl Domino in 2014. Not even a full year later, he’s now the favorite of many establishment Democrats in the race for the…

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Tampa Bay area party chairs deal with Supreme Court ruling on redistricting

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With no official word in yet when the Florida Legislature will reconvene to begin the process of redrawing congressional districts, much of the Tampa Bay area political picture remains fuzzy 13 months from the 2016 primary elections. Most of the uncertainly resides in Pinellas County, where a newly created CD 13 district is expected to improve the odds of a Democrat taking control of the seat for the first time in generations. “We’re excited that the courts have taken a…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

William March reports what we’ve already reported

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William March is something of a hero among journalists in the Tampa Bay area. He’s been a staple of enterprise reporting for decades. When he was abruptly let go from his longstanding post at the Tampa Tribune, colleagues and competitors alike were astonished, angered and, of course, saddened. But alas, he has returned as a correspondent for the Tampa Bay Times. Now March is penning columns for the area’s biggest print newspaper following all the insider politics readers loved from…

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Hillsborough County commissioners want winery owner to pay Al Higginbotham’s legal fees

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The Hillsborough County Commission voted 6-1 on Wednesday to ask the Florida Commission on Ethics to pursue legal frees from a Plant City winery owner whose ethics complaint against Commissioner Al Higginbotham was deemed to be without merit by that same commission. Joe Keel, owner of Keel and Curley Winery, filed an ethics complaint against Higginbotham last summer, complaining that the county commissioner used the power of his office to shut down the winery’s beer tasting operation. But after the ethics commission…

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