With U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., launching a bid for the U.S. Senate on Monday, former Gov. Charlie Crist said he will run for the open House seat if the chips fall his way after redistricting. The Florida Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that several of the current congressional districts, including Jolly’s, violated state constitutional amendments approved by voters back in 2010.
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THOSE WHO MADE THE LIST
Conservatives are starting to take aim at new U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla. On Monday, Jolly entered the race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016.
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On Friday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced a measure to reauthorize United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for six years while offering some internal reforms to it.
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Billing himself as an “effective conservative who delivers results,” U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., launched his campaign to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate next year. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and is not running for a second Senate term. A longtime aide to U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., after that congressman’s death, Jolly entered the special election to replace him, narrowly beating former state CFO Alex Sink in an upset last year. Democrats did not field a candidate against Jolly in November.
On Monday, U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., will enter the race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016. Jolly changed out his campaign site on Monday noting he was running for the Senate.
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The Tampa Bay Times pegged Carlos Curbelo as one of its “Losers of the Week” in Florida politics on Sunday despite things breaking the Republican congressman’s way in recent days.
With the Florida Supreme Court ordering the Legislature to redistrict her current congressional seat, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., could soon be facing more than one major Republican opponent.
Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, doubled down on his opposition to President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran on that nation’s nuclear program.
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Florida should think twice about following California's machiavelian anti-carbon regulation of petroleum products. The fact is, the rising cost of gasoline in the Golden State is straining an already choking economy, laying a world of hurt on families, businesses and individual quality of living. And it is directly related to the state's anti-global warming policies.
