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Florida politicians react to today’s redistricting ruling

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Florida’s Supreme Court threw out the state’s congressional map on Thursday, in a ruling that found lawmakers illegally gerrymandered political districts. Justices then ordered the Republican-led Legislature to redraw eight congressional districts, with two that expect to be heavily contested in 2016. Incumbents directly affected by the ruling are Democratic Reps. Corrine Brown, Kathy Castor, Ted Deutch, and Lois Frankel, as well as Republican Reps. David Jolly, Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Curbelo, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. At least 14 more will be…

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Email insights: Ted Deutch’s lightning-fast redistricting response

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Say what you will about U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, he strikes while the iron is hot. With breakneck speed, the Boca Raton Democrat representing Florida’s 21st Congressional District sent out the first fundraising email in the wake of Florida’s Supreme Court throwing out parts of the state’s congressional map. The state’s highest court found that lawmakers violated Florida’s Fair Districts constitutional amendment, which bans political influence when drawing districts. Deutch’s is among the eight congressional districts state legislators must now redraw – including swing seats of Republican U.S.…

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J.B. Bensmihen posts $100K in race to unseat Lois Frankel in CD 22

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Boca Raton healthcare executive John “J.B.” Bensmihen announced he will be posting solid fundraising numbers in his campaign to unseat two-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel. Bensmihen, a self-described moderate Republican, says he raised over $100,000 in the second quarter of 2015 for his bid for Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, the Democratic-leaning region of Palm Beach and Broward. Frankel, the former mayor of West Palm Beach, was elected to her second term last November in a close race against Republican Paul Spain.…

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Four South Florida mayors join growing support for Patrick Murphy’s Senate bid

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Four South Florida mayors have added their names to the growing list of supporters for U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy in his bid for U.S. Senate in 2016. In a joint statement on Wednesday, Plantation Mayor Diane Veltri Bendekovic, Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank Ortis, Palm Beach Gardens Mayor Eric Jablin, and Delray Beach Mayor Cary Glickstein officially endorsed Murphy, who is seeking Marco Rubio’s Senate seat. Murphy currently represents Florida’s 18th Congressional District, which covers much of the Treasure Coast. “Support for our…

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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 co-sponsoring ban on seismic oil testing along Florida’s Atlantic coast

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U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham announced on Wednesday that she has joined several key Florida Democrats — plus one Republican, U.S. Rep. Bill Posey — in supporting a new bill on Capitol Hill to prevent seismic testing for oil along Florida’s eastern coast. The bill — H.R. 2276 — would partially contravene a decision made last year by the Obama administration to open up much of the Eastern Seaboard for oil exploration by way of sending powerful seismic sonar waves through the ocean. “North Florida…

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Republican Joseph Bensmihen set to challenge Lois Frankel for U.S. House

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Boca Raton businessman John “J.B.” Bensmihen will give two-term U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel a general election challenge that his camp believes has a serious shot in the Democratic-leaning district based in Palm Beach and Broward. Bensmihen describes himself as a moderate Republican, and stresses that although the seat is historically Democratic, it is he that is best positioned to speak for the 22nd Congressional District due to his business acumen and pragmatic approach to politics. “I am running for Congress for four reasons;…

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