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Matt Gaetz comes out swinging with new digital ad in Senate race

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State Rep. Matt GaetzĀ unveiled a new ad Tuesday in his race to succeed his father, stateĀ Sen. Don Gaetz,Ā in the Florida Senate aimed at seizing the “true conservative” label in what may be a testy Republican primary. The new one-minute spot, entitled “Fighting Obamacare,” was unveiled in an email message to supporters Tuesday morning in response to news that Bay County CommissionerĀ George Gainer — reportedly recruited to run by state Sen. Jack Latvala — will challenge him in SD 1. “Today,…

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Jeff Brandes optimistic about ridesharing bill passing in Florida in 2016

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The 18-month feud between representatives of Uber and the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission has been reignited over the past few weeks, after the PTC lost a battle in Hillsborough Circuit Court that could have put the San Francisco based ride-sharing company out of business in the county. After the PTC said it would continue to have its agents write tickets citing Uber and Lyft drivers despite having their request for a preliminary injunction denied by a judge, Florida state…

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Top Senate fundraisers have slow July

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July fundraising numbers are in, though none of the big-ticket Senate races for 2016 got much action, and with the Special Session on Redistricting, it should stay that way for sitting lawmakers duringĀ the back half of August. Fort Walton Beach Republican state Rep. Matt Gaetz brought in $16,855 for the month and spent $7,629, leaving him with a formidable $441,907 cash-on-hand heading into August. Gaetz is still uncontested for the District 1 Senate seat currently held by his father, Niceville…

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Email insights: Matt Gaetz enters the fray over ‘In God We Trust’

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For state Rep. Matt Gaetz, ā€œIn God We Trustā€ is more than the nationā€™s motto since 1956. In a new email, Gaetz says it is ā€œliterallyā€ the founding values of both Florida and the United States. So when Police Chief Chris Wells of Bonifay ā€“ a small town in Holmes County — is criticized for wanting to keep ā€œIn God We Trustā€ decals on police vehicles, Gaetz felt obliged to step in. Gaetz asks supporters: ā€œDo you think it is…

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Family matters: Excitement builds for western Panhandle Senate primary

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Floridaā€™s western Panhandle has not been exactly known as a hotbed of electoral campaigns duringĀ recent election cycles. The regionĀ 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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Amid legislative turnover, new House candidates reach for safe GOP seats

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As ever in the term limits era, the makeup of the Republican House majority is set to shift in terms of personnel, if not necessarily inĀ degree of dominance. As the very House-inflected state Rep.Ā Matt GaetzĀ seeks to take over his father state Sen.Ā Don Gaetz‘s spot in the Legislature’s upper chamber, a Walton County commissioner has filed to replace him in his deeply conservative District 4 seat. CommissionerĀ Wayne HarrisĀ filed paperwork to run on June 10, according to the Florida Division of Elections.…

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Rick Scott signs $400 million tax-cut package into law

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After working alongside members of the House in a coordinated “No Tax is Safe” tax-cutting crusade, Gov. Rick Scott today signed into law HB33A, a tax package that reduces rates on the Communications Services Tax, reduces various licensure fees and creates a “supercharged” 10-day back-to-school sales tax holiday, to use state Rep. Matt Gaetz‘s jaunty phrase. ā€œGiving Floridians back more of the money they earn in tax cuts is the best thing we can do to keep Floridaā€™s economy growing,”…

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