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Patrick Murphy to headline this week’s Suncoast Tiger Bay gathering

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U.S Senate candidate Patrick Murphy will field questions at a Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon this Friday at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club in downtown St. Pete. The 32-year old politician is taking on the controversial Alan Grayson for the Democratic nomination in that race. Tickets to the event are still available on the Tiger Bay website, but the deadline for reservations is Tuesday. Murphy currently serves as the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 18th Congressional District covering parts of the East Coast…

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Mitch Perry Report for 2.26.16 – New survey shows that Florida Dems aren’t feeling the Bern

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Although many pundits are pontificating that Marco Rubio‘s pummeling of Donald Trump in last night’s CNN/Telemundo/Salem Radio debate from Houston was entertaining, they still contend that it’s not going to matter on Super Tuesday or the subsequent elections to follow. We’re not so certain about that. If anything, Rubio’s “kitchen sink” opposition research dump against the New York City business mogul surely had to give second thoughts to the strongest Trump supporters out there, right? Trump was flustered in a way that he hasn’t…

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David Jolly calls on Congress to support his bill banning fundraising on the job

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Speaking from the well of the House of Representatives, Congressman David Jolly gave what he called of the most “uncomfortable” speeches that he will ever give on Wednesday. The Pinellas County Republican asked for co-sponsors to his STOP act, a radical proposal that would ban all federally elected officials from fundraising while on the job. “Members of congress might have a quiet anger, but the American people have a very loud anger, and understand that we are not not accomplishing things here,…

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Florida GOP Senate candidates fear a liberal Supreme Court

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GOP Senate hopeful Todd Wilcox understands the need to analyze the politics of a change in the Supreme Court, but he says that he wishes there could have been a little more time to mourn the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Saturday in Texas at the age of 79. “This was a core conservative with a consistent conservative voting record and ideology,” says Wilcox, who specifically praised him for his view on textualism and originalism, and the fact that…

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Todd Wilcox looks to woo Republican voters during Naples stop

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Todd Wilcox said Republicans have a clear choice in the race to replace Sen. Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate. They can choose from one of several career politicians running for office, or they can pick him, a first-time candidate who spent years as an entrepreneur. Wilcox made his pitch to the Women’s Republican Club of Naples Federated luncheon on Friday. The visit marked the latest in a series of stops in recent months to the conservative stronghold to woo…

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David Jolly Senate campaign announces over $1 million raised in 2015

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The David Jolly campaign announced on Sunday that it had raised more than $1 million in “total receipts” in 2015. “I’m excited about where our campaign is with our unapologetic message of advancing Florida values, with recent polls showing us ahead by 20 points, and with receipts this cycle now exceeding $1 million,” Jolly said in a statement.  The Pinellas County congressman is running for the Florida Republican Party nomination for U.S. Senate this year. Total fundraising numbers are not available, but at…

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Florida Democrats have clear choice in race to replace Marco Rubio

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Florida Democrats must decide whether their best shot at winning the Senate seat now held by Marco Rubio is a liberal firebrand who has said the GOP health plan was to hope people die quickly, or a moderate Democrat who often votes with Republicans. Rubio is giving up his seat to seek the Republican nomination for president, and it’s targeted by Democrats hoping to regain a majority in the chamber. The two major candidates are U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, a…

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