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NRSC ‘confident’ GOP will hold on to Florida Senate seat in 2016

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Earlier this week, POLITICO speculated that the Democrats have a “narrow” path to recapture the U.S. Senate next year, which appears to be a much friendlier year in terms of victories compared to 2014 (when they lost nine seats) or 2018, when they must defend seats in red states like Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia. One the biggest states up for grabs at this early juncture is Florida, where incumbent Marco Rubio will not be on the ballot. The field is still being…

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Alan Grayson to enter race for Marco Rubio’s seat

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U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, an unapologetically outspoken critic of Republicans who calls himself a congressman with guts, will enter the race to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a close friend and major Democratic Party donor said Wednesday. Trial lawyer John Morgan said he exchanged a series of emails with Grayson in which the congressman confirmed he is going to seek the seat Rubio is giving up to run for president and asked for Morgan’s help with the campaign. The…

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Analyzing the latest Gravis Marketing poll: Between half and a full shaker of salt

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The recently released Gravis Marketing poll of the Florida Presidential Preference Primaries and the U.S. Senate races is truly confounding. On one hand, it appears thorough and reasonably well-conceived. On the other, it has some very serious problems that all but make the poll useless and even misleading. The poll had large numbers of voters and was conducted using so-called “robo-calling” technology (also called “IVR technology”), which is not necessarily a bad thing, especially for simple test ballot questions. This…

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‘Embarrassed’ by Alan Grayson, Eleanor Sobel endorses Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate

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If liberal U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson was counting on progressive backing for a possible Senate bid, ethical concerns cost him at least one important local supporter. Today, state Sen. Eleanor Sobel endorsed U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s bid for the U.S. Senate, citing the latest revelations about Grayson as an important tipping point in her decision. “I cannot, in good conscience, sit back and watch Alan Grayson continue embarrassing my party and my state,” said Sobel. “His profane tirades were one thing, but…

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Red flag alert? Alan Grayson wants Rand Paul to be his next president

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Florida progressives may have been seeing red Monday morning. When a local Sunday morning cable news show asked liberal U.S. Rep. (and possible Senate candidate) Alan Grayson what he thought about the GOP presidential field, the Orlando Democrat made a surprising endorsement. Grayson wants Republican Rand Paul to be his next president. “I look at the Republican field and I can’t see a single person in that field, with the possible exception of Rand Paul, who I actually want to be my president,” Grayson told host Ybeth Bruzual…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.30.15 Chris Christie wants to ‘tell it like it is’ — But will anyone be listening?

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Welcome to Tuesday, June 30th — also known as the last day you’ll be receiving annoying fundraising emails for… at least a few more days. Yes, it’s the end of the fiscal second quarter, and candidates are flooding email boxes of those even marginally involved in politics to an all-time annoying level. Meanwhile, Chris Christie is choosing this day to do what his entire political career has led to — running for the highest office in the land. #TellingItLikeItIs is…

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Tampa Democrats, including former Gov nominees, fundraising for Patrick Murphy tonight

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A group of Tampa-area Democrats, including the last three Democratic nominees for governor, are hosting a June 28 Tampa fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s 2016 Senate campaign. Charlie Crist, Alex Sink and former U.S. Rep. Jim Davis join Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, former state Sen. Betty Castor and other high-profile Democrats at the Hyde Park home of Linda and Tom Scarritt, lead partner of the Scarritt Law Group. The $250-a-ticket event begins 5 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at 824…

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