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Democrat Rod Smith raises more than $171K in April

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Rod Smith raised more than $170,000 in April, his campaign announced on Monday. The campaign announced Smith raised $171,625 in the one-month fundraising period. Of that sum, $87,375 went into his personal campaign account. The remaining $84,250 was given to Independent Leadership for Florida, the political committee supporting Smith’s election. The April numbers boost the amount Smith has raised to $456,210. “Because of Rod’s hard work over the last month, he has again put together a strong month of fundraising,”…

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Keith Perry announces SD 8 run

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Republican Rep. Keith Perry announced Thursday he would forego his final term in the House and run for the newly redrawn Senate District 8 seat. “It really has been an honor to work for you in the Florida House. I’m proud to have helped cut taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars, and because of the progress we’ve made, Florida was recently named the freest state in America,” Perry said in a news release. “However, there’s still a lot of…

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