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Michael Steinberg signs on to Jose Vazquez Figueroa’s campaign

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Michael Steinberg, a Tampa lawyer and former Democratic political candidate, says he’s volunteered to be campaign treasurer for Jose Vazquez Figueroa, the Democrat running in the House District 58 special election. “I support him because I know he’ll support all the Democratic Party’s issues,” Steinberg tells SaintPetersblog. “I also know how hard it is as a candidate and want him to be on top of all the paperwork.” Steinberg—who specializes in Social Security disability claims—has run unsuccessfully for the state Legislature,…

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Is U.S. Term Limits coordinating a grassroots campaign against Jamie Grant?

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Several state lawmakers — including Reps. Scott Plakon, Neil Combee, and Randy Fine — have received messages from their constituents asking them to block James W. Grant from running for re-election and running for Speaker during the 2022-24 term, saying the Tampa Republican has already served eight years in office and any more would be in violation of the state Constitution. The push comes just days after Nick Tomboulides, the executive director of U.S. Term Limits, wrote a post on the group’s…

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Jamie Grant doesn’t miss 2014-15 election drama

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This year, Jamie Grant got lucky. The Hillsborough County Republican qualified for office with no opposition, meaning he’s an automatic walk-on for the 2016-18 term. But for Grant, who represents Florida House District 64, that’s far from the story two years ago. He was re-elected, then had the results thrown out after legal challenges put them into question, before finally regaining his seat. “While it’s hard to imagine a more frustrating campaign than last cycle, I’m a big believer in focusing on what…

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Jake Raburn, Jamie Grant re-elected without opposition to Tampa Bay-area seats

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A pair of Tampa Bay-area Republicans will return to Tallahassee in 2017, having ended the qualifying period without drawing an opponent. Plant City-based Rep. Jake Raburn has been re-elected to the House District 57 seat, while Hillsborough County Rep. Jamie Grant will continue in HD 64. The qualification period ended noon Friday. Raburn was a prime co-sponsor this past year a bill on agri-tourism. The legislation prohibits a local government from enforcing a local ordinance that lists an agri-tourism activity on land classified as agriculture land. “Agriculture is…

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Joseph Wilkinson, lone opponent to incumbent Jamie Grant in HD 64, withdraws from race

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Little-known political novice Joseph Wilkinson was never much of a threat to the incumbency of Republican state Rep. Jamie Grant of Tampa, but now he has completely removed himself from consideration by voters in HD 64 altogether. Wilkinson, also a Republican, had not reported raising any contributions. Grant, for his part, has raised $25 ahead of his 2016 re-election campaign. Grant has faced real primary heat in the past: local attorney Miriam Steinberg won the endorsement of the Tampa Bay Times and 41 percent of…

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Surprising no one, James Grant easily wins special election in HD 64

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With just over two weeks left in the regular 2015 Legislative Session, former state Rep. James “Jamie” Grant is finally returning to House District 64. In what the Tampa Tribune called an “unnecessary and costly special general election,” Grant, 32, easily defeated write-in candidate Daniel Matthews to reclaim his place in Tallahassee. With absentee and early voting tabulated soon after polls closed at 7 p.m., Grant had more than 92% of the vote. “Although the journey was long, and despite…

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Early voting in Jamie Grant’s House District 64 special election begins Saturday

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Early voting starts Saturday in the Florida House District 64 seat formerly held by Republican Jamie Grant. And after the election takes place on April 21, it will once again be controlled by, yes, Jamie Grant. The early voting will continue throughout next week in the district, which encompasses northwest Hillsborough and eastern Pinellas counties. It’s been without representation in the Florida House for the past five months, after lawmakers there disallowed Grant’s 19-point victory over fellow Republican Miriam Sternberg,…

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