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Do We in the #NeverTrump Class Keep Going ... Somehow?

May 4, 2016 - 1:00pm

Liz Mair and Make America Awesome, the anti-Trump SuperPAC among the GOP faithful, penned this note Wednesday morning about the 2016 presidential race, addressing the movement's tens of thousands of supporters:

Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. Or Ohio. Or Colorado. Or any of the other number of states that have rejected Donald Trump.

We're in 2016, what looks likely to be the most disappointing, insane presidential contest in my lifetime.

Hillary, Donald and the Gender Wars

Mona Charen

May 4, 2016 - 7:00am

The greatest failures of the past generation concern men, women and sex -- and there could not be two more awful representatives of what has gone wrong than Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

S.O.S.

Glen McCoy

May 4, 2016 - 2:15am

Cruz Drops Out, Path Clear for Trump

Nancy Smith

May 3, 2016 - 9:15pm

UPDATED 4 a.m. Wednesday -- There will be no contested convention. The steam is gone from what might be the hottest Republican primary in history. Donald Trump -- an American original, the only presidential nominee in more than 150 years besides Dwight Eisenhower who never held office -- is the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in 2016.

Lisa Edgar Won't Seek Fourth Term as Utility Regulator

Jim Turner News Service of Florida

May 3, 2016 - 7:15pm

Lisa Edgar, the longest-serving member of the Florida Public Service Commission, will not seek a fourth term on the state's utility regulatory board.

Edgar, who did not submit an application for reappointment to the $131,000-a-year position before a Tuesday deadline, said in a prepared statement she intends to use her "regulatory and governmental experience as I pursue new endeavors and other career opportunities.”

House Freshmen Shine Among AFP-FL's 'Champions of Economic Freedom'

Nancy Smith

May 4, 2016 - 6:00am

Thirteen freshmen or redshirt freshmen in the Florida House were among 32 representatives named "Champions of Economic Freedom" on Americans for Prosperity-Florida's 2016 scorecard, released Tuesday.

Crist Benefits as Eric Lynn Bows Out of CD 13

Sunshine State News

May 3, 2016 - 6:45pm

Charlie Crist’s chances for a successful political comeback went up on Tuesday as his main rival for the Democratic nomination to replace David Jolly in Congress shifted his focus to running for a state House seat.

Wilton Simpson Puts $100,000 into Senate Majority Campaign Committee

Allison Nielsen

May 3, 2016 - 6:30pm

Future Sen. President Wilton Simpson is putting his weight behind Republican Senate reelection efforts, funneling $100,000 from his political committee to the Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee last month.

RPOF Plans RNC Delegate Selection in Tampa

Submitted by Anonymous on May 3, 2016 - 3:25pm

The Republican Party of Florida is heading to Tampa next week to select 15 of its presidential delegates, according to an email from the party.

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Adam Putnam Raises Profile, Champions Ag

Sunshine State News

May 3, 2016 - 2:45pm

Fresh off remarks that he’ll wait until after November to announce whether he will seek to claim the governor’s office when Rick Scott terms out, Adam Putnam continues to raise his statewide profile, kicking off an agricultural summit Wednesday hosted by some of Florida’s heavy hitters, in one of the state’s largest counties.

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