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Mitch Perry Report for 10.13.15 — Hillsborough Dems in denial about the Joe Redner factor in SD 18 race?

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A St. Pete Polls survey released this morning shows Republican Dana Young with a six-point lead over her Democratic challenger, Bob Buesing, 38 percent to 32 percent. Independent candidate Joe Redner is in third place with 16 percent. Sheldon Upthegrove is at 3 percent, and 11 percent are undecided. A survey taken earlier this summer showed Young and Buesing essentially tied, but that poll did not ask voters about Redner. Although Redner has run many times for office, he’s actually…

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Joe Redner to Dana Young in new TV ad: “You are the government”

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In his latest campaign television ad, independent Joe Redner is mocking Republican Dana Young’s own campaign spots. “My opponent likes to talk about puppies,” begins the ad, which then cuts to Young’s much talked about campaign spot featuring cute puppies. “Puppy ads are great,” Redner says. “It tells you what Dana Young can do when she’s not being paid off by the special interests.” The ad then cuts to the climax of another Young ad where she stares into the camera and asks, “Has government…

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In SD 18 race, Dana Young faces the toughest challenge of her political career

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After it was revealed last month that Mosaic had withheld information for weeks about the massive sinkhole at their New Wales facility in Polk County which spilled 215 million gallons of contaminated water into the Florida aquifer, the Conservation Florida Voters attacked Dana Young for receiving campaign contributions from the phosphate corporation — and the fact that it’s vice president of public affairs co-hosted a fundraiser for her last year. “Rep. Dana Young’s environmental record is as dirty as her campaign contributions,” said Jonathan Webber, deputy…

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Joe Redner’s ‘not for sale’ in his first ad in the SD 18 race

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Local television stations in Tampa are now airing Joe Redner’s first ad in his independent bid to win the state Senate District 18 race. The ad begins with the adult club entrepreneur referring to his successes in his business career and as an activist. It then segues into him talking about his concern that Florida’s environment “is under assault from corporate interests that have the Legislature in their pocket,” as the ad shows clips of the massive sinkhole at Mosaic’s facility in Mulberry and the poison algae…

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Joe Redner says he’s committed to winning Senate District 18 race

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Contrary to speculation, independent Joe Redner says he “absolutely” is not about to end his candidacy in the state Hillsborough County Senate District 18 race, declaring that “I’m just getting started.” The perennial candidate has usually ran as a Democrat in numerous local and state elections over the years, but he’s running as an independent this year, and insists he’s the best candidate to win the seat that’s also being contested by Republican Dana Young and Democrat Bob Buesing. Campaign reports show that Redner has spent…

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Florida Conservation Voters endorses Bob Buesing in Senate District 18 race

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Florida Conservation Voters, an environmental group initially formed to support the Water and Land Conservation Amendment on the 2014 ballot, is endorsing Tampa Democrat Bob Buesing in his race for the state Senate District 18 seat. Buesing is running for the seat against Republican Dana Young and independent candidates Joe Redner and Sheldon Upthegrove. Aliki Moncrief, the executive director of Florida Conservation Voters, has written that environmental values transcend party politics, and in fact the organization tapped two Republicans out of their five endorsements leading…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.7.16 — Pam Bondi’s reluctance to investigate Trump University resurfaces on the campaign trail

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Who knew Hillary Clinton was a fan of the University of South Florida Bulls? “Hello, Tampa! Hello, USF! I know I’m only the second-most exciting thing that’s happened here in the last few days. Your big win to open your football season got some attention,” the Democratic presidential nominee said to the audience who gathered at the rather intimate student recreation center on the North Tampa campus on Tuesday (And yes, that 56-20 victory over Towson was impressive). After dispensing…

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