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CD 15 Democratic candidate Jim Lange finds it rough going in trying to defeat an entrenched incumbent

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(UPDATED) Lutz business consultant Jim Lange is learning the hard way why incumbent members of the House of Representatives get elected on average more than 96 percent of the time. The first-time Democratic candidate is challenging three-term incumbent Republican Dennis Ross in Florida’s 15th Congressional District, and he’s not doing all that great right now. “Overwhelmed,” “frustrating,” and “humbling” are some of the words he uses to describe life on the campaign trail as an unknown challenger with limited campaign funds against a well known incumbent.…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.22.16 – TBX showdown tonight

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Our latest form of participatory democracy takes place in Tampa tonight, where scores of people will comment on whether or not the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization should include the Tampa Bay Express project in what is known as their Transportation Improvement Plan. If past is prologue, the majority of speakers will be against the project, and the MPO will go ahead and approve the plan. That’s what happened ten months ago on a very similar vote. Only one member of the MPO, Tampa City…

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Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

CD 15 Democrat Jim Lange blasts Dennis Ross for omitting LGBT community in post-Orlando comments

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Last week, both Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi came under heavy criticism for showing a lack of support toward the gay community after the Orlando shootings, and now the Democratic opponent of Polk County Republican Congressman Dennis Ross is making the same claim about his initial comments. Democrat Jim Lange is running against Ross in Florida’s 15th Congressional District this year. In a posting on his Facebook page last week, Lange blasted Ross for failing to mention the LGBT community in the statement he released immediately after the massacre took place…

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Dennis Ross blasts President Obama as he kicks off his re-election campaign for CD 15

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Dennis Ross says he’s heard the anger that Republicans have towards Washington, and he joins them in that anger. “I’m angry about it because yes, we’ve tried to seal our borders but what has happened? Nothing,” said the Polk County Republican, speaking before a group of about 50 employees at a milk distributor in Plant City to kick off his 2016 re-election campaign. Ross was elected in the Tea Party year of 2010 to the Congressional District 15 seat that had been…

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Dennis Ross to announce re-election bid

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U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, a Lakeland Republican, is announcing Monday that he is seeking re-election to Florida’s 15th Congressional District. Ross’ district boundaries were redrawn during the recent Supreme Court orders that changed borders of several Florida congressional districts and state Senate districts. He plans three stops in his slightly reshaped district for the announcement: at 1 p.m., he will be at the Southeast Milk Plant, 2502 Turkey Creek Road, Plant City. At 2:30 p.m., Ross will announce Draken International,…

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.1.16 – Will Clinton vs. Trump be a “hate and castrate” election?

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For political reporters and everyone else who wants to keep the excitement of the 2015-2016 presidential election cycle going strong, you’ve got to be pulling for Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz to exceed expectations in the Super Tuesday contests. Otherwise, we’re staring at an eight-month slog of Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump in the general election. That matchup could likely be the most negative in U.S. history. Think otherwise? Then I suggest you dip into the reporting that The New…

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