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With 45 days to the deadline to turn in 112,000 signatures, Kendrick Meek’s Campaign still struggling to collect required number of petitions

Published on February 13, 2010 in Peter/Statewide by Peter Schorsch

During the last month, I’ve written extensively about how Kendrick Meek’s sisyphean signature-gathering effort is further behind than the campaign wants to admit. With 45 days left before the March 29 deadline to turn in 112,476 verified signatures, it’s time to update again the status of Meek’s signature-gathering effort. That’s why I am introducing the Will Meek Make It? Meter to track the progress of Meek’s effort to put his name on the ballot via the petition process. As of…

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Thinking about Kendrick Meek, the Myth of Sisyphus and whether Dan Gelber regrets dropping out of the U.S. Senate race

Published on January 13, 2010 in Peter/Statewide by Peter Schorsch

Over the holiday break, I couldn’t help but keep up with the wonderful, wintery updates coming from Steve Schale’s Facebook page, as he shared with us photo after photo of a snowed-over North Carolina. This led me to further wonder if Steve has any second thoughts about Senator Dan Gelber’s decision to cede the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat to Congressman Kendrick Meek. At the time when Gelber withdrew from the Senate race to run for Attorney General,…

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What an active PCDEC could have done

Published on April 19, 2009 in Peter/The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

As I passed by the Saturday Morning Market and saw Scott Wagman’s hard-working volunteers continue to collect the requisite number of signatures from Saint Petersburg voters, a task which Jamie Bennett’s campaign only recently completed, I couldn’t help but wonder what a difference it would make if there was a more active, more politically astute Pinellas County Democratic Executive Committee. Let’s say I was chair of the PCDEC, a terrifying thought to some, I am sure. But if I were…

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Jamie Bennett raises more than 30K

Published on April 6, 2009 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

Jamie Bennett’s mayoral campaign took in more than $30,000 in cash and in-kind contributions during the most recent quarter of the fundraising calendar. The period began with Bennett’s formal entrance into the race on January 16 and ended on March 31. According to treasurer Bill Boots, who is finalizing the report, we raised $30,918.47 in cash and in-kind contributions. “Our fundraising effort demonstrates the viability of my campaign,” Bennett said. “Along with being the first candidate to collect the 1,000…

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