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Carlos Beruff touring the state to rally support for U.S. Senate bid

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In the four weeks since Carlos Beruff launched his U.S. Senate campaign, he’s visited more than a dozen cities across the state, crossing off counties along the way. The Manatee County businessman plans to visit all 67 counties before the August primary. It’s a tactic the first-time candidate is hoping will help propel him to the front of a crowded Republican field and on to the general election. Beruff announced he was running for the U.S. Senate in February. The…

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Self-proclaimed ‘taxpayer hero’ Ron DeSantis carries most debt in Florida’s U.S. Senate race

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For Ron DeSantis, fixing the national debt is a cornerstone of his U.S. Senate campaign, as his rhetoric reflects. The North Florida Republican has even gone so far as to decline his congressional pension after taking office. Nevertheless, boasting a reputation as a “leading fiscal conservative in the House,” DeSantis doesn’t quite walk the same walk in his own campaign. As he frequently rails against the national debt, comparing a recent budget deal to “giving a shopaholic an unlimited credit card,”…

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Todd Wilcox and David Jolly clash early and often during Tiger Bay debate in Tampa

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Todd Wilcox was the early aggressor against David Jolly in the first one-on-one encounter between the two aspiring Florida Republicans for the U.S. Senate on Friday, but Jolly more than held his own in a spirited debate at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club. The two men are part of a field of five candidates running to succeed Marco Rubio in the what used to be called the world’s greatest deliberative body later this year. Manatee County developer Carlos Beruff, north Florida Congressman Ron DeSantis and Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera round out…

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Democrats’ new ad targets GOP Senate candidates’ support for Donald Trump

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A new video from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee mocks the Republican U.S. Senate candidates, including Florida’s U.S. Reps. David Jolly and Ron DeSantis, for supporting Donald Trump. The spot is summed up in the last lines of the video: Footage of Trump at a podium has him declare, “What the hell are we doing?” “Exactly,” text on the screen responds. The 90-second video “Support” features a dozen Republican U.S. Senate candidates across the country including Jolly of St. Petersburg…

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Poll: Floridians wants Ben Carson to join Senate race

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Five Republicans are in the United States Senate race. Yet if you believe a statewide poll released Monday, a lot of voters want Ben Carson to jump in. 56 percent would “definitely vote for Carson,” with another 29 percent saying it’s “too soon to say.” Carson was over 50 percent in all regions but Northwest on “definitely,” which was at 42 percent, and 48 percent in that region opted for “too soon to say.” The poll run without Carson had David Jolly in…

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Carlos Lopez-Cantera highlights his family’s Cuba history in first campaign video

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Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera wants Floridians to know his love of America comes in part from his family’s flight from Cuban oppression, in a new video ad released by his U.S. Senate campaign. In the 60-second spot called “Freedom,” Lopez-Cantera tells the story of how his grandfather was arrested and detained in Cuba in 1960, and how, upon release, he gathered his family and fled with just the clothes on their backs. The video includes grainy, black-and-white stock footage of 1960…

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Patrick Murphy to headline this week’s Suncoast Tiger Bay gathering

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U.S Senate candidate Patrick Murphy will field questions at a Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon this Friday at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in downtown St. Pete. The 32-year old politician is taking on the controversial Alan Grayson for the Democratic nomination in that race. Tickets to the event are still available on the Tiger Bay website, but the deadline for reservations is Tuesday. Murphy currently serves as the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 18th Congressional District covering parts of the East Coast…

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