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Alan Grayson to enter race for Marco Rubio’s seat

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U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, an unapologetically outspoken critic of Republicans who calls himself a congressman with guts, will enter the race to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a close friend and major Democratic Party donor said Wednesday. Trial lawyer John Morgan said he exchanged a series of emails with Grayson in which the congressman confirmed he is going to seek the seat Rubio is giving up to run for president and asked for Morgan’s help with the campaign. The…

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Marco Rubio inspires, yet experience question lingers

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Marco Rubio is campaigning for president on the promise of a better future and on his powerful personal story about the American Dream. As he treks across Iowa this week, however, he often leaves unmentioned a record of accomplishment that is thin next to that of some rivals, thanks to his youth if nothing else. Opponents compare him to another rookie senator who sought the White House: Barack Obama. “These are major differences between me and the person who’s there…

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Family matters: Excitement builds for western Panhandle Senate primary

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Florida’s western Panhandle has not been exactly known as a hotbed of electoral campaigns during recent election cycles. The region stretching from Pensacola to Panama City is steadfastly Republican in registration and in electoral dominance. GOP primaries decide most fights in the region, and incumbency has ensured few contentious primaries outside of local offices. The region is made up of Congressional District 1, part of Congressional District 2, Senate District 1 and Senate District 2. Several State House districts dot the landscape,…

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Despite Roll Call report, Jeff Miller insists he has not yet decided on Senate run

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State Rep. Jeff Miller has not decided on a U.S. Senate bid, despite at least one newspaper saying he is not only considering a run, but will announce one as soon as next week. Although Miller said he is leaning toward U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s seat, as the Republican runs for president, he is not ready to declare anything. “While I continue to seriously consider running for the U.S. Senate,” the Chumuckla Republican told reporters through a spokesperson, “a final decision…

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Mitch Perry Report 6.25.15 — Jeff Miller now in for GOP Senate bid?

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It’s been widely assumed that Jacksonville area U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis won’t be the only Republican running for the Senate seat being vacated by Marco Rubio next year, but he’s the only official candidate as of this morning, some 14 months before Republicans will make that choice. Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera made an announcement last Saturday that he will make an official announcement on July 15- – it looks like you can count him in. And now Roll Call reports that Panhandle area U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller…

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In Tampa, Jeb Bush says post-Charleston: ‘We need to bring love back into our society’

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Although he was criticized earlier on Friday for seeming to downplay the racial aspect of 21-year-old Dylann Roof’s murdering nine people in a historic black church in Charleston on Wednesday night, Jeb Bush had no problem acknowledging that fact while addressing approximately 500 people at the Hillsborough County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in Tampa on Friday night. “It just breaks my heart that someone — a racist — would do what he did. It just breaks my heart, and I know it…

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Film tax incentive bill again dies on cutting-room floor in Tallahassee

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A sizable percentage of the 100,000 or so entertainment industry professionals in Florida feel let down this week. The Legislature once again refused to include money in the state’s $80 billion budget for tax incentives to lure Hollywood to film in the Sunshine State. “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed,” said Gus Corbella, chairman of the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council and the director of government law and policy for Greenberg Traurig. The regular legislative session…

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