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Luis Viera announces new slate of Democrats backing his candidacy in Tampa City Council District 7 race

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The campaign regarding who will be the next representative for the Tampa City Council District 7 seat this week has turned into a series of dueling announcements regarding endorsements. After Jim Davison announced on Wednesday night that Avis Harrison, who finished third in the District 7 primary vote last week, was backing him in the Dec. 6 runoff election, his opponent, Luis Viera, announced a slate of current and former lawmakers in Tampa/Hillsborough County on Thursday. They include Hillsborough County Commissioner Les…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.1.16 — The wheels of justice move excruciatingly slow

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American celebrates its 240th birthday on Monday, and the 40th anniversary of the Bicentennial. I was a relatively young kid who doesn’t have a whole lot of recollection of that particular day (other than our family was on vacation someplace in Northern California), but I certainly do remember the yearlong hype into that summer. Two days ago in this space we commented on the length of the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton‘s emails at the State Department, and what was…

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Rena Frazier gets the backing of Les and Gwen Miller in her HD 59 contest

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Hillsborough County Commission Chairman Les Miller and his wife, former Tampa City Councilwoman Gwen Miller, are backing Democrat Rena Frazier in the HD 59 race. Frazier, a Brandon-based attorney, is running in a competitive Democratic primary against Brandon-based school teacher Naze Sahebzamani on Aug. 30. Frazier has raised more than three times as much campaign cash as Sahebzamani has in the campaign. At the end of May, Frazier had raised more than $94,000, Sahebzamani more than $28,000. “Rena Frazier has proven her leadership and commitment to her…

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Joe Redner files to run as an independent in Senate District 18 race

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Adult club impresario and progressive activist Joe Redner is once again running for office, this time in the Senate District 18 race that features Republican Dana Young and Democrat Bob Buesing battling it out. The iconoclastic Redner, who has been unsuccessful running for local and state offices for years, has previously run as a Democrat but in recent elections has filed as an independent. He calls Young a “typical, no caring Republican,” and says that while he thinks Buesing is a nice man, he believes the…

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Kendrick Meek to submit final Hillsborough petitions

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As U.S. Senate Candidate Kendrick Meek’s historic petition drive comes to an end, former Tampa mayor Sandra Freedman, State Representative Janet Cruz, Tampa City Council Chairman Thomas Scott, Tampa City Council Members Linda Saul-Sena and Gwen Miller and Meek campaign volunteers will submit the final Hillsborough County petitions to the Supervisor of Elections office Monday, March 29 10 a.m. Prior to submitting the final petitions, the group will hold a media availability outside the Frederick B. Karl County Center. By…

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