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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. NO BREAKOUTS IN GOP DEBATE, MUDDLED STATUS QUO Marco Rubio emerged unscathed. Ben Carson defended his integrity. Donald Trump flashed his dominant personality. And Jeb Bush avoided disaster. Mission accomplished. Aided by tentative questioning, the GOP’s top presidential candidates executed their strategies with little resistance in Tuesday night’s prime-time debate. Yet with no breakout moments — good…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. The political world will focused on Milwaukee tonight, as the Republican presidential candidates engage in their fourth debate of the political season, this time on the Fox Business Channel starting at 9 p.m. eastern. Ben Carson has been feeling the intense media scrutiny that comes with being a front-runner, though in fact he remains second to Donald Trump in many…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. FIRST AND FOREMOST — PRAYERS FOR STACEY WEBB John Webb (a fraternity brother) posts to Facebook about his wife, the wonderful Stacey Webb, a lobbyist at Southern Strategy Group: “Please send your thoughts and prayers for my wife, Stacey Smelser Webb, as she is literally fighting for her life right now at Emory hospital in Atlanta. She has…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. ALL HAIL JOE NEGRON! JACK LATVALA DROPS BID FOR SENATE PRESIDENCY, WILL SERVE AS APPROPRIATIONS CHAIRMAN The bitter race between Jack Latvala and Joe Negron for the Florida Senate presidency has come to an end. “I am withdrawing from the race for Senate President,” said Latvala, a Clearwater Republican, in an exclusive to FloridaPolitics.com. “I am supporting Joe Negron…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. FIRST AND FOREMOST, happy birthday to the great, great, great, grandson of Florida House SpeakerRobert Brown, David Johnson. Like many, I am blessed to call DJ a friend. And, genuinely, he makes me think — and laugh — as much as anyone in this process. I savor every conversation with him, even the ones when he calls…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. BUDDY DYER RE-ELECTED ORLANDO MAYOR, AS ST. PETE, MIAMI BEACH & VOTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY HEAD TO POLLS FOR OFF-YEAR ELECTIONS In most states, the big elections will come next year. But on Tuesday, voters in a few cities states electing governors and legislators, some cities elected mayors, and a variety of major issues were settled at…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. FIRST AND FOREMOST Hearty happy birthday wishes from Michelle, Ella, and I to our friend, Senator Jack Latvala.  Save the late U.S. Rep. Bill Young, no one has done more during the last three decades for Pinellas County than Sen. Latvala. And few current lawmakers, if any, care more about the institution that is the Florida Senate…

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