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Incumbents win the day in Orlando as Buddy Dyer, Patty Sheehan, Sam Ings win

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Amid reports of low turnout in Orlando municipal elections, Democratic Mayor Buddy Dyer defeated Republican veteran and businessman Paul Paulson by a wide 63-to-33 margin on Thursday. “Sunshine“ Lisa Grund, a local medical student, took in about 4 percent of the vote. District 4 City Commissioner Patty Sheehan also scored another term against challengers Randy Ross, who gathered 20 percent of the vote, and Aretha Olivarez, with 11 percent. The sitting commissioner in District 6, Sam Ings also won re-election Tuesday evening with 52 percent of the vote, defeating four challengers. Early…

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Florida Democrats rally for 2016 without Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders

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Hillary Rodham Clinton was a no-show Saturday. Ditto Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The Florida Democratic Party held a weekend convention to rally supporters for next year’s election without the benefit of a presidential candidate actually showing up. Sure, party activists could pose with life-size cardboard cutouts of Clinton and Sanders, but Clinton was in South Carolina on Saturday and Sanders was in New Hampshire – two of the first four states in the nominating process. While Florida will play a…

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Personnel note: Florida Democrats name Roosevelt Holmes as deputy political director

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Orlando political operative Roosevelt Holmes III has been brought on as new deputy political director for the Florida Democratic Party. Holmes, 30, has served as a Florida Democratic campaign staffer and legislative assistant, working on campaigns such as Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential bid and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s 2012 re-election campaign. Most recently, he worked in U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor’s office, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and served in the Government Affairs and Public Policy Department of UNCF.…

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Bob Poe tells Democratic donors he’ll run for Congress

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With Demi Lovato and John Legend slated to perform and comedian Amy Schumer mingling with guests, the star-studded birthday party for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was a must-attend event for much of the Democratic Party’s elite. Hosted by Vogue’s Anna Wintour at designer Vera Wang‘s Upper East Side home, there were dozens of celebrities, fashion icons and power brokers in attendance. Representing the Sunshine State were Alex Sink, Mitchell Berger, Chris Korge, Jared Moskowitz, and Ben Pollara. Another Floridian who was there and turned heads…

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Meet Josh Weierbach, one of ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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Josh Weierbach is no armchair quarterback, disinterestedly watching elections play out from afar: He spends his time on the front lines of Florida politics. As a one-time field organizer who now oversees the Florida Democratic Party’s often extensive field operations in the vital Tampa Bay region, Weierbach feels the pendulum swings of state political power from as close a range as anyone in the in the arena. The hands-on operations expert – who lives with his girlfriend, a medical student at University of…

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Ruth’s List partners with Florida Democratic Party for training candidates

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Florida Democrats are launching a first-ever partnership with progressive activist group Ruth’s List to prepare the next generation of women seeking elected office. The Florida Democratic Party House and Senate Victory committee announced the yearlong collaboration with Ruth’s List Florida — the state’s largest resource for Democratic women – which includes a series of political retreats for prospective candidates. Nearly 20 candidates recruited to run for office in competitive districts across Florida attended the inaugural two-day training session this weekend. On…

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House Democrats hire Steve Jackson as political director

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The Florida Democratic Party’s House Victory division — responsible for recruiting, directing and fundraising for Democratic state House campaigns — has hired Steve Jackson to fill the new role of political director. As first reported in the Tampa Bay Times, the move was announced by incoming Minority Leader-designate state Rep. Janet Cruz of Tampa. Jackson comes to the party by way of Obama for America — the president’s campaign apparatus known for mostly bypassing state Democratic parties on its way to victory in 2008…

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