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Mitch Perry Report for 9.9.15 — Another Democrat to enter Hillsborough County District 6 race?

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Rumor du jour is that there will be another candidate getting into the wide-open countywide Hillsborough County District 6 seat, but it’s not a Republican taking on Jim Norman. The rumor that percolated over the Labor Day weekend is that John Dicks, the 62-year-old former Plant City mayor and commissioner, is contemplating entering the Democratic primary, which already includes Thomas Scott, Brian Willis and Pat Kemp. Plant has been dormant in local politics since losing the Democratic primary race for…

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Tim Schock files to oppose Jim Norman in Hillsborough County GOP District 6 race

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Jim Norman isn’t the only Republican to enter the increasingly wild Hillsborough County Commission District 6 race today. Tim Schock, who lost a primary challenge to Al Higginbotham in the GOP Primary for the countywide District 7 seat last August, filed today to run for the open seat in 2016. The 42-year-old strategies and operations consultant says that he doesn’t see himself as the “anti” Norman. “I am a new voice experienced in business and experienced in some of the significant issues…

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Craig Latimer files for re-election as Hillsborough County elections supervisor

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Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer announced on Monday that he has filed papers to run for re-election in 2016. August 3, 2015: Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer declared his intention to run for re-election in 2016, filing required paperwork to establish his candidacy. Latimer, 62, served for 35 years in law enforcement before working at the SOE’s office. He retired as a major in the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in 2008 to manage the late Phyllis Busansky’s election…

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Pat Kemp contributes $25,000 to her County Commission campaign in June

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Fundraising numbers for Hillsborough County District 6 Democratic primary candidates Brian Willis and Pat Kemp for the month of June were reported on Friday night, and the news here is that Kemp has contributed $25,000 to her campaign. Willis got a head start over Kemp in terms of fundraising, beginning to actively campaign starting in April. While Kemp has been a candidate since that time, she deliberately said she would not begin fundraising until June. The numbers are now in for June,…

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Brian Willis starts early in his quest for a Hillsborough County Commission seat

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There have been too many election cycles where Hillsborough Democrats appeared to be missing in action, with the party frantic to recruit candidates to at least provide a semblance of a challenge to a Republican. But 2016 doesn’t appear to be one of those years. The fact is that in the Obama-era at least, Democrats come out in big numbers in presidential election years, and with the party base seemingly in love with Hillary Clinton’s chances this early out, Hillsborough…

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Tom Scott looking at run for Hillsborough County District 6 seat

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Thomas Scott, a former Tampa city councilman and Hillsborough County commissioner, says he is seriously considering a run for the Hillsborough County Commission District 6 seat next year. “It’s going to be interesting,” Scott told SaintPetersBlog on Wednesday afternoon, when he attended the Fight for 15 rally in Tampa’s Copeland Park that attracted hundreds of people. The seat is being vacated by Democrat Kevin Beckner because of term limits, and a growing number of Democrats are declaring their candidacy for it. In…

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Bob Buckhorn among the speakers at Fight for 15 protest in Tampa

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The “Fight for 15” movement for fast-food and retailer workers advocating for higher wages and better treatment has been ongoing for over two years now, and on this Tax Day culminated in a protests in over 200 cities across the country, including events at City Hall in St. Petersburg and later in the day in Tampa’s Copeland Park. Although the movement has focused on fast food workers, the effort – organized by the Service Employees International Union – has also…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

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