Having campaigned with former President Bill Clinton on Monday, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meeks bid for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate election is getting another lift from the former president who recorded a call going out to Florida Democrats this weekend.
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In addition to fielding 21 of its own candidates statewide, the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party is endorsing several other hopefuls in the primary.
In a press release, TEA said it was recommending these "real Republicans for the GOP nomination":
Congress: Ross Bieling in CD 8 and Deon Long in CD 24. Both seats are held by freshman Democrats.
State Senate: Charles Perniciano in SD 8 (RPOF Chairman John Thrasher's seat).
State House:
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a member association representing over 3 million businesses in the United States, both big and small, says the uncertainty in the tax code is killing business in the U.S.
At a campaign stop in Miami on Friday, former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican nomination on Tuesday for the U.S. Senate, tackled issues relative to seniors.
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Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, weighed in on the announcement Friday that Floridas unemployment rate increased to 11.5 percent in July -- and took aim at President Barack Obama and Gov. Charlie Crist.
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As the primary contests enter their final hours, Mason-Dixon released a poll on Friday that showed Pam Bondi slightly ahead in the Republican battle for the attorney nomination while Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, was leading for the Democratic nod.
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Using the new Florida chapter of his national PAC, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and may again in 2012, sent an e-mail to supporters in the Sunshine State Friday afternoon, encouraging them to back candidates in Tuesdays primary elections.
The race to unseat Democratic Rep. Suzanne Kosmas is wide open, with five Republicans running in Congressional District 24.
With the primaries looming Tuesday, Florida politicians received an unexpected jolt on Friday when the Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI) announced that, after declining for three months, the state unemployment rate rose in July to 11.5 percent. This represents a slight increase from June when the rate stood at 11.4 percent -- with 1,055,000 Floridians out of work from a total population of 9,214,0000.
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Cutting government waste and improving efficiency will be the chief topics of a forum hosted by incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, and Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, on Friday afternoon at the State College of Floridas Lakewood Ranch campus in Sarasota.
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