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Janet Cruz says she has no desire to run for Mayor of Tampa

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Although it’s well more than three years away before Tampa voters are scheduled to go to the polls to select a Mayor to succeed a term-limited Bob Buckhorn, that’s never stopped local political junkies from speculating about who might succeed him after he steps down in 2019. Some names floated about include City Council members Mike Suarez and Harry Cohen, and Hillsborough County Commissioners Ken Hagan and Sandy Murman. Another name frequently mentioned in some circles is state Rep. Janet Cruz.…

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Pat Frank says she never told Kevin Beckner she wouldn’t run in 2016 — He disagrees

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As we reported yesterday, Kevin Beckner is running for Clerk of the Circuit Courts in Hillsborough County in 2016. Generally that would be somewhat interesting news for local political junkies and fans of the Hillsborough County commissioner, who is going to be termed out of office in a year and a half and needs to find another position to run for if he wants to continue to stay in public service. But the big story here is that he’s running…

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Young turks lining up for plum City of St. Petersburg lobbying job

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At least 95 individuals have applied for the City of St. Petersburg’s governmental relations manager position, according to application documents obtained from a public information request made last week. Many of the applicants are the ‘young turks’ who have staffed local campaigns and elected officials, such as Nick Hansen, who helped organize Mayor Bill Foster’s election effort, Brian Shuford, Rebekah Torres, an aide to former state House Rep. Mike Scionti. Also, see that the talented Steve Cline is on the…

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Early voting begins in House D-58 race

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From Mitch Perry: Early voting begins today in the House District 58 special election taking place in West Tampa, Seminole Heights, and northwest parts of Hillsborough County. The election is between Democrat Janet Cruz and Republican Hunter Chamberlin, with the winner replacing Democrat Mike Scionti, who stepped down from his seat back in December to take a job with the Obama administration in the Defense Department. Despite the fact that it’s a national holiday, don’t expect a stampede of voters…

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More intrigue out of the aftermath of the Special Election in House District 58

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At approximately 9:40 p.m., the Supervisor of Elections office in Hillsborough County announced that Janet Cruz had taken 58 more votes than Pat Kemp, and won by 2%, 47-45. Gil Sanchez finished in 3rd place with 8% of the vote. Stunningly, the margin in Hunter Chamberlin’s defeat of Jackie Rojas-Quinones in the GOP primary was just 12 votes, 355 votes to 343, or 1.7% of the vote, but still too big of a margin to trigger an automatic machine recount.…

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Janet Rifkin set to file for Mike Scionti’s seat in Florida House

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Within minutes of Tampa state Rep. Michael Scionti announcing his resignation to take a position with the Obama administration, a West Tampa activist has emerged as his possible successor. Janet Rifkin, a veteran local Democratic party activist and fundraiser, will run in the special election for heavily Hispanic district representing West Tampa and Town ‘N Country, said Ana Cruz, a local Democratic operative and Rifkin’s daughter. Rifkin, a former county Democratic Hispanic caucus chair, could have some competition for the…

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