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Todd Wilcox takes straw poll of Hillsborough County Republicans

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Todd Wilcox easily won a straw poll taken Tuesday night at the Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee meeting at the Museum of Industry and Science in Tampa, getting 59 votes. Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera was a distant second with 14 votes;  Ponte Vedra Beach Congressman Ron DeSantis had five votes, and David Jolly and Manatee County developer Carlos Beruff were shut out. “I’m a candidate for the United States Senate because I aim to alter our current form of government that is…

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Dena DeCamp elected Florida Republican Women president

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Amid a weekend of candidates, policy discussions and a closer role with the state Republican Party, delegates to the Florida Federation of Republican Women Convention in Orlando elected Dena DeCamp of Lakeland as their new president Saturday. She was first vice president of the state federation, President of the Republican Women’s Club of Lakeland and is a former vice chair of the Polk County Republican Executive Committee. Former state Rep. Deborah Tamargo, who chairs of the Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee, was…

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#6 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Tom Lee

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The 53-year-old Brandon-based homebuilder moves up one notch from his 2014 ranking, in part because of his status as chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee for the next two legislative sessions. Tom Lee initially served in the Senate from 1996-2006, serving as Senate president for those last two years before an unsuccessful run for chief financial officer against Alex Sink in 2006. He returned to Tallahassee in the Senate in 2012, and in 2014 worked double duty on the…

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Daniel Blair dropping out of the race for House District 60

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Daniel Blair is dropping out of the race for House District 60: Dear Friends and Neighbors, Over the past months of this campaign, I have had the opportunity to meet so many great people across Hillsborough County. I am thankful and humbled to have such a large number of supporters, throughout State House District 60 and beyond. In recent months, as a result of various personal and professional situations, I regret that I have not been able to dedicate the…

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