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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. FIRST AND FOREMOST… … before you read about Nice and Mike Pence and algae blooms and Zika, I’d like to give a shout-out to my dear friend, Ron Sachs, who is celebrating a birthday today for which there are not enough candles. As braggadocious as Ron may be, there’s probably a lot you don’t know about him.…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Joe Henderson, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. LATEST Q-POLL ONLY PROVES VOLATILITY IS NORM IN 2016 If the latest Quinnipiac poll is to be believed, Donald Trump has jumped in front of Hillary Clinton in Florida. The Q now has Trump leading 42-39 over Clinton, and that’s just head to head. Throw in Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. DEAR GOD, IT’S HERE ALREADY! The first round of ballots for primary election are in the mail — or at least will be by week’s end. The next round is set to go out beginning July 26. And in-person early voting will be here in the blink of an eye. If you thought the primary is Aug. 30, think…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. THIS IS THE END, BEAUTIFUL FRIEND Bernie Sanders improbable year-long run for the Democratic nomination officially will end later this morning when he is expected to endorse Hillary Clinton in Portsmouth, New Hampshire – but his legacy on the party should last for years. Although the Associated Press claimed Clinton had won the nomination on the eve…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Lloyd Dunkelberger, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. DALLAS SHOOTINGS PROMPT RARE RESTRAINT, CALLS FOR UNDERSTANDING FROM CANDIDATES The shootings marked the second time the fledgling general election campaign has been upended by violence. Just one month ago, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump also scrambled their schedules following mass killings at an Orlando gay nightclub. The political response to that attack was almost…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, and Jim Rosica. THE STATE WE LIVE IN Florida’s big cities have the lowest-paying urban jobs in America, according to a recently-released federal survey. The latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment data, for the year 2015, show that the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metropolitan area had the lowest median pay among the country’s 50 largest employment centers, according to an analysis by FloridaPolitics.com. Miami’s pay…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. THE BIGGEST DANGER FOR DONALD TRUMP: FLORIDA via Nate Cohn of The New York Times – If demographics are destiny, Trump’s political fate could very well be sealed in Florida … The big demographic threat to the Republican Party isn’t a “blue” Texas or Arizona or Georgia, but the possibility that Florida will follow Nevada and New Mexico to…

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