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Personnel note: Florida Dems tap Sheyla Asencios as new deputy political director

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The Florida Democratic Party has announced on Wednesday the hiring of Sheyla Asencios as deputy political director in charge of Hispanic outreach. Asencios replaces the outgoing Jeff Branch, who served in a similar capacity until this month, primarily working on outreach to African-American communities. Branch was tapped by U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy’s campaign for Senate as political director. “We absolutely are thrilled to have Sheyla join our team,” said state party chair Allison Tant in an announcement Wednesday. “Sheyla was a tremendous asset last cycle, and I look…

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Patrick Murphy for Senate hires Jeff Branch as political director

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U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s campaign for U.S. Senate has again dipped its cup into the Florida Democratic Party’s talent pool, announcing the hiring of Jeff Branch as political director Wednesday. Branch, who aided the state party in a similar capacity with an emphasis on minority outreach until now, will lead the Murphy camp’s statewide efforts to solidify support among elected officials and grassroots leaders. “I’m honored and excited to be joining Representative Murphy’s winning team,” Branch said Wednesday. “In Congress, Patrick has…

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Is Florida Democratic Party pulling strings in the St. Pete District 7 race?

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As a candidate for St. Petersburg City Council District 7, Lisa Wheeler-Brown has enjoyed her share of success, collecting key endorsements and leading in fundraising ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Nevertheless, some big Democratic players seem to be working behind the scenes in her favor in the supposedly nonpartisan municipal race. Is the Florida Democratic Party pulling some strings in the District 7 race for Wheeler-Brown? Some proof might be found in recent mailers supporting Wheeler-Brown, the civic activist looking to…

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FDP comms director Joshua Karp to join Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate

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Communications Director for the Florida Democratic Party Joshua Karp is leaving his post to join U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s Democratic campaign to replace outgoing Marco Rubio in the Senate. Karp will remain with the FDP — where press secretary and Twitter gadfly extraordinaire Max Steele is set to replace him — until the end of the month. He has worked with the state party since 2013. The William & Mary alum coordinated closely with fellow comms guru Eric Conrad on a media strategy to elect…

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Critics want ‘do-nothing’ Carlos Lopez-Cantera to drop Senate race, before he even runs

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Before launching his U.S. Senate run, which is expected to come soon, Carlos Lopez-Cantera is getting blasted by Florida Democrats who already want him to drop out. A new email from the Florida Democratic Party says last week was nothing but a headache for the lieutenant governor, who says he will announce a decision on Marco Rubio’s Senate seat July 15. This “headache,” FDP spokesperson Joshua Karp says, comes while Lopez-Cantera earns nearly $1,300 an hour from Florida taxpayers. At issue with…

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Today on Context Florida: High-functioning Democrats, Escambia ZIP Codes and identity theft

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Today on Context Florida: According to Daniel Tilson, the 99 percent of us who haven’t benefited from — and in many cases have been harmed or held back by — almost 20 years of increasingly conservative Republican domination of Florida government and public policy, deserve and desperately need a high-functioning opposition party with a specific plan and timeframe for restoring political and legislative balance to our state. After all, independent and Republican 99-percenters benefit just as much as Democrats do from…

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Democrats divided on free trade agreement in South Florida

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Although a majority of House Democrats rejected President Obama on expanding his trade negotiating power, two of the three Democrats who met the press hours before the Florida Democratic Party’s big summer dinner did and do support the Trans Pacific Partnership. “We are a big tent party, and we have wide ranging views on the best approach to dealing with trade,” said Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the DNC Chair and Congresswoman from South Florida at a press conference held hours before…

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