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Mitch Perry Report for 2.26.16 – New survey shows that Florida Dems aren’t feeling the Bern

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Although many pundits are pontificating that Marco Rubio‘s pummeling of Donald Trump in last night’s CNN/Telemundo/Salem Radio debate from Houston was entertaining, they still contend that it’s not going to matter on Super Tuesday or the subsequent elections to follow. We’re not so certain about that. If anything, Rubio’s “kitchen sink” opposition research dump against the New York City business mogul surely had to give second thoughts to the strongest Trump supporters out there, right? Trump was flustered in a way that he hasn’t…

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Dan Bongino endorses Ron DeSantis for Senate

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An active day for the Ron DeSantis press shop continued on Thursday evening, with the GOP Senate campaign trumpeting the endorsement of Dan Bongino. Bongino, who lost general elections in Maryland during the last two cycles, 2012 for Senate and 2014 for House, noted in a statement put out by the DeSantis team that he will “not be running for Florida’s vacant Senate Seat,” as there is a “superb candidate” (DeSantis) already in the race. Bongino moved to Florida in 2015; at…

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David Jolly calls on Congress to support his bill banning fundraising on the job

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Speaking from the well of the House of Representatives, Congressman David Jolly gave what he called of the most “uncomfortable” speeches that he will ever give on Wednesday. The Pinellas County Republican asked for co-sponsors to his STOP act, a radical proposal that would ban all federally elected officials from fundraising while on the job. “Members of congress might have a quiet anger, but the American people have a very loud anger, and understand that we are not not accomplishing things here,…

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David Jolly says Carlos Beruff’s entrance into the GOP Senate race will only boost his own candidacy

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Pinellas County Congressman David Jolly says he’s not concerned at all concerned about the effect that wealthy Manatee County developer Carlos Beruff’s entrance into the GOP race for U.S. Senate campaign might mean for him, saying, “If anything, it’s a huge win for the David Jolly campaign.” Beruff. a multimillionaire, has ties to Governor Rick Scott. He’s reportedly close to becoming the latest entrant to the race, which already includes Jolly, Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Congressman Ron DeSantis, and former CIA contractor…

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Club For Growth president David McIntosh eyeing more Florida races

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The fiscal conservatism political organization Club For Growth has its hands unusually full with the presidential race this year but is taking a close look at weighing in on several Florida races beyond the two it already has targeted. CFG President David McIntosh said Wednesday in Orlando that the fluidity of Florida’s congressional races, due in part to the redistricting ordered last fall, has the club looking at two or three more races. Club For Growth typically targets congressional and…

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Florida GOP Senate candidates fear a liberal Supreme Court

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GOP Senate hopeful Todd Wilcox understands the need to analyze the politics of a change in the Supreme Court, but he says that he wishes there could have been a little more time to mourn the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Saturday in Texas at the age of 79. “This was a core conservative with a consistent conservative voting record and ideology,” says Wilcox, who specifically praised him for his view on textualism and originalism, and the fact that…

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Todd Wilcox looks to woo Republican voters during Naples stop

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Todd Wilcox said Republicans have a clear choice in the race to replace Sen. Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate. They can choose from one of several career politicians running for office, or they can pick him, a first-time candidate who spent years as an entrepreneur. Wilcox made his pitch to the Women’s Republican Club of Naples Federated luncheon on Friday. The visit marked the latest in a series of stops in recent months to the conservative stronghold to woo…

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