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Email insights: Gwen Graham shares a Father’s Day message of her inspirational role model

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Father’s Day gives children (of all ages) a chance to honor the chief man in their lives; devoted dads who provided guidance, inspiration, and love. First-term Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Graham knows a thing or two about inspirational fathers; hers is former Governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham – a North Florida political icon beloved by many. But to Gwen, “he’s always just been Dad.” “When I was growing up, my dad was my role model,” Gwen Graham says in a…

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Democrat Edward James files for House run in Sarasota’s HD 72

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After several weeks of deliberation, Edward James III has made it official — the Sarasota-born Democrat told SaintPetersBlog he filed 2016 campaign paperwork on Tuesday to run in House District 72. James said he was spurred to run by what he called the “cold-heartedness” of the GOP-led House, which abruptly adjourned and left town early last month in opposition to the Senate-led “FHIX” proposal to expand healthcare access to uninsured Floridians by drawing down federal Medicaid dollars left on the table. “You…

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Gwen Graham, David Jolly lead bipartisan fight to ban oil drilling off Gulf beaches

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U.S. Reps. Gwen Graham and David Jolly introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress on Thursday to extend the prohibition on oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico through 2027. HR 2630, which seeks to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, extends the drilling ban — 125 miles off much of Florida’s Gulf Coast and as far as 235 miles in some areas – that is now set to expire in 2022. Graham, a Tallahassee Democrat, represents Florida’s…

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DCCC singles out David Jolly on highway trust fund vote — even though Nancy Pelosi, other Fla. Dems did the same

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U.S. Rep. David Jolly caught fire from progressives Thursday over a vote this month on HR 2353, the short-term Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015. The Indian Rocks Republican was one of the 387 members of Congress to support a two-month extension of the highway trust fund. But singling out Jolly – who represents the mostly moderate Florida Congressional District 13 – may not have been the right thing to do politically. In a new radio ad launching this week,…

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Gwen Graham announces Apalachicola Bay Restoration Act during workday on the river

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U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham continued her district-focused work in Congress this morning with a visit with the Apalachicola Riverkeepers. The event doubled as an announcement of a new legislative initiative to help save the region’s threatened oyster beds, once known as especially fruitful but lately in evident decline. The freshman Democrat from Florida’s vexing 2nd Congressional District announced this morning that 20 of her fellow Florida delegation members are joining her in co-sponsoring the Apalachicola Bay Restoration Act, which would compel the…

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Democrat Edward James ‘seriously considering’ a challenge to Ray Pilon in HD 72

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SaintPetersblog has learned that Democrat Edward James, III is in the early stages of a likely run for the state House in northern Sarasota-based House District 72. “I’m exploring the idea right now,” said James on Friday. “Several people have reached out to me about running for that particular seat. I’m seriously considering it and consulting with trusted advisers and close friends as of this time.” The 25-year-old James — who recently found electoral success as a consultant to the local…

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Gwen Graham moves three measures through the U.S. House

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Today’s passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of the National Defense Authorization Act, which appropriates $612 billion in spending for the Pentagon and military priorities, also marks the House approval of three initiatives sponsored by Democratic congresswoman from Florida’s Panhandle Gwen Graham.  Graham heralded the passage of the bill — by a vote of 269-151, with 143 of her fellow Dems voting “Nay” and 40 joining her in the “Yea” column — in a news release on Friday. “The government’s first…

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