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American Crossroads welcomes Alan Grayson to Senate race with ‘open arms’

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Florida’s Democratic establishment might be worried over Alan Grayson entering the U.S. Senate race, but some conservatives are thrilled. In a statement Thursday, GOP-leaning American Crossroads says they are eagerly awaiting Grayson’s campaign. Communications Director Ian Prior couldn’t be happier that the outspoken liberal will force Democrats to be accountable. “Washington Democrats may be recoiling in horror as Alan Grayson enters the Florida Senate race,” Prior said, “but American Crossroads welcomes him with open arms. “Democrats up and down the ticket…

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Alan Grayson blasts Patrick Murphy in announcing his candidacy for U.S. Senate

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Alan Grayson is running for the U.S. Senate. “This is going to be the first real political race of the 21st Century,” said the Orlando Democratic congressman as he made the announcement this morning during a televised interview with WKMG-TV, the CBS affiliate in Orlando. He compared its national appeal to Elizabeth Warren‘s successful run for the Senate in Massachusetts in 2012.  “It’s going to be famous. What people see of us doing in this race is going to live until the…

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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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Despite Roll Call report, Jeff Miller insists he has not yet decided on Senate run

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State Rep. Jeff Miller has not decided on a U.S. Senate bid, despite at least one newspaper saying he is not only considering a run, but will announce one as soon as next week. Although Miller said he is leaning toward U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s seat, as the Republican runs for president, he is not ready to declare anything. “While I continue to seriously consider running for the U.S. Senate,” the Chumuckla Republican told reporters through a spokesperson, “a final decision…

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Mitch Perry Report 6.25.15 — Jeff Miller now in for GOP Senate bid?

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It’s been widely assumed that Jacksonville area U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis won’t be the only Republican running for the Senate seat being vacated by Marco Rubio next year, but he’s the only official candidate as of this morning, some 14 months before Republicans will make that choice. Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera made an announcement last Saturday that he will make an official announcement on July 15- – it looks like you can count him in. And now Roll Call reports that Panhandle area U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller…

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Mary Mulhern says she’s officially running for CD 13 seat in Pinellas County

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Mary Mulhern announced today that she will be soon filing to run for the Florida Congressional District 13 in Pinellas County currently being occupied by Republican incumbent David Jolly. The 56-year-old former Tampa City Councilwoman floated the idea just 11 days ago that she was contemplating a possible run for the seat, which was held for over 42 years by C.W. Bill Young until his death in late 2013. She said at the time that she had been meeting in recent…

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Patrick Murphy works Democratic Party event to build Senate campaign

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For now, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is the only prominent Democrat in the race to replace Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, and he took advantage of that Saturday at a Florida Democratic Party fundraising event in which he portrayed himself as a moderate who isn’t going to please everybody all the time. Murphy spent the day racing from one event to the next, speaking to Democratic caucuses for gays, women, Hispanics, African Americans and other groups. His message was that he…

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