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Ray Pilon won’t run for Senate, opts for final term in HD 72

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State Rep. Ray Pilon, claiming “unfinished business,” will not run for the state Senate, instead choosing to seek a last term in the Florida House for 2016. The Sarasota Republican faces Democrat Edward James III in the House District 72 race, making it possibly one of the most competitive races in the state. Pilon told reporters that recent polling showed he would have been competitive in the race for the seat now held by Venice Republican state Sen. Nancy Detert, who…

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Edward James set to kick off House campaign Thursday in Sarasota

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Democrat Edward James III will hold his first campaign event since filing his paperwork to run in northern Sarasota-based HD 72. Among the attendees at tomorrow’s kick-off at the Bayfront Community Center are expected to be Mayor Willie Charles Shaw, former Mayor Fredd Atkins, newly minted City Commissioners Liz Alpert and Shelli Freeland Eddie, Sarasota School Board member and former state Rep. Shirley Brown, and former Commissioner Ken Shelin, the city’s first openly gay member of the commission. Well-regarded Sarasota Democrat and former state Rep. Keith…

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Campaigns for Florida Senate’s eight term-limited seats shift into gear

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As of June, none of the 12 Florida senators running for re-election is facing much of a challenge — Democratic state Sen. Jeff Clemens is the only incumbent to draw an opponent so far, but it won’t derail him from another term. District 29 looks set as well, with Democratic state Rep. Jim Waldman having a clear path to take over for outgoing state Sen. Jeremy Ring. The other open seats – Districts 1, 5, 13, 19, 23 and 31…

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Film tax incentive bill again dies on cutting-room floor in Tallahassee

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A sizable percentage of the 100,000 or so entertainment industry professionals in Florida feel let down this week. The Legislature once again refused to include money in the state’s $80 billion budget for tax incentives to lure Hollywood to film in the Sunshine State. “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed,” said Gus Corbella, chairman of the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council and the director of government law and policy for Greenberg Traurig. The regular legislative session…

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Democrat Edward James files for House run in Sarasota’s HD 72

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After several weeks of deliberation, Edward James III has made it official — the Sarasota-born Democrat told SaintPetersBlog he filed 2016 campaign paperwork on Tuesday to run in House District 72. James said he was spurred to run by what he called the “cold-heartedness” of the GOP-led House, which abruptly adjourned and left town early last month in opposition to the Senate-led “FHIX” proposal to expand healthcare access to uninsured Floridians by drawing down federal Medicaid dollars left on the table. “You…

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Paul Renner gears up ahead of 2016 re-election bid

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Republican state Rep. Paul Renner may have just joined the Florida House, but already he is getting a taste of the “permanent campaign” that characterizes the chamber. After officially taking office following a swearing-in ceremony on April 7 along with state Rep. Cyndi Stevenson — another electoral beneficiary of the long tail of state Sen. John Thrasher‘s exit from the Legislature in favor of assuming the presidency of Florida State University — Renner filed his re-election paperwork just one month later, on…

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Film Florida wants incentives bill included in special session

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After being passed over for funding during the past couple of legislative sessions, members of the film, television and digital media community in Florida had their fingers crossed long before the 2015 session started that this would be the year that the state’s film tax incentive program would be replenished, after it used all of its funds up a few years ago. But House Speaker Steve Crisafulli’s decision to blow off the session with three days left to go last month killed numerous…

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