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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. OBAMA CAMPAIGN MACHINE REVVING UP TO ELECT HILLARY CLINTON via Josh Lederman of The Associated Press – With Obama‘s popularity rebounding, Democrats have been eagerly awaiting the president’s return to campaigning, and he’ll hold his debut event for [Clinton] in North Carolina. Yet campaign officials say just as critical to her success could be an Obama political operation that…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. WHEN ELECTIONS OFFER FEW CHOICES via Joe Henderson of Florida Politics Elections are supposed to be about choices, but after candidate qualifying ended last week in Florida many of the elections are already decided. Voters in 11 districts won’t get to choose their state Senator because the incumbent faces no opposition – seven Republicans and four…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SARAH BASCOM Your friends in The Process would like to wish you a happy birthday: “It’s always special to work with family, even more special when they’re the best in the business. I know I speak for many, many people — Republicans and Democrats — in wishing her a very happy birthday.” —…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. DIVIDED WE STAND The partisan divide looks more like a gulf than a gully. For the first time since 1992, the majority of Democrats and Republicans have a very unfavorable view of the opposing party. And when they say very, they mean it: Democrats think Republicans are close-minded and immoral. Republicans think Democrats are lazy…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. THEY’RE OFF AND RUNNING At noon this past Friday, Secretary of State Ken Detzner stood under a digital clock that marked the moment the political carriages, horses and footmen turned into pumpkins, mice and lizards. Candidates either qualified for the 2016 ballot or they did not. They either submitted a check and their paperwork or they…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. CANDIDATE QUALIFYING CLOSES IN LESS THAN SIX HOURS… … what last-minute filings will surprise observers of Florida politics? Although, after this past week, what’s left that could happen? Marco Rubio’s decision to run for re-election has set off dominoes in a half-dozen directions, with several candidates going back to their political futures they held a…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. The race to replace Marco Rubio is now a race to unseat him. The Miami Republican announced Wednesday he is running for a second term in the U.S. Senate. The announcement came just two days before the end of the qualifying period, and instantly reshaped the Republican field. Ron DeSantis and Carlos Lopez-Cantera are out. Carlos Beruff and Todd Wilcox are staying in. And Democrats — and…

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