Tampa Mayor Iorio Issues Statement on her immediate political future

May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Received this via email:

A Statement from Mayor Iorio May 11, 2009
There has been a lot of political interest generated since Florida’s Senator Mel Martinez made his announcement about stepping down in 2010. I have gotten my share of phone calls and letters from people wanting to know what political plans I had for the [...]

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Marco Rubio to Headline at Hispanic Fiesta

April 1, 2009 | 1 Comment

Former Florida House Speaker, Marco Rubio, will make a special appearance during the Hispanic Republican Fiesta & fundraiser hosted by the RHCHC (Republican Hispanic Club of Hillsborough County) on Friday, May 15. For those closely watching his next move, this will be an opportune time to be present for what may be the beginning stages [...]

Mar

10

Doh! Hagan’s Hillsborough Commission seat will be elected after all

March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Okay. I goofed. Y’all read it. I proclaimed Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan’s to-be-vacated seat would be appointed. Allow me to clean the egg off my face.
You see, I was going on the literal reading of the Florida Constitution … but I knew the entire case hinged on the definition of “vacancy.” [...]

Mar

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Ken Hagan’s seat will be filled by appointment in 2010

March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, the news broke that Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, currently in District 2, has filed to run for outgoing Commissioner Jim Norman’s District 5 seat. I posted about this a few weeks ago. Wayne Garcia posted last week that State Senator Victor Crist has filed to run for Hagan’s [...]

Feb

10

May the Future State Committeewoman please Stand Up?

February 10, 2009 | 5 Comments

Hillsborough’s GOP will be holding an election on March 17 for a new State Committeewomen following the resignation of Carol Carter. According to facebook and other sources 5 women are in the run: Heather Weintrobe, Mel Jurado, Christine Vasconcelo, Janice Torgersen, and Anne Voss. Some are business owners and all are long time advocates for [...]

Feb

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Hagan running for Norman’s seat; Governor may have to fill vacancy

February 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

With a hat-tip to Mariella Smith, who posted a note on Facebook, it seems County Commissioner Ken Hagan has decided after all to run for outgoing County Commissioner Jim Norman’s seat. This could trigger Governor Crist to appoint a replacement to fill the remainder of his term.
The issue is, Hagan’s was just re-elected to [...]

Feb

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Ken Welch has decided to remain on the county commission

February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

It came in the form of a Facebook status update: Ken Welch is remaining on the County Commission, and looking forward to the challenges ahead…
This comes the same day that State Representative Rick Kriseman decided not to run for mayor. When Kriseman bowed out, conventional wisdom was that Welch was getting in. Guess [...]

Feb

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UPDATE: Kriseman will not run for Mayor

February 2, 2009 | 2 Comments

Last week, Peter Schorsch Posted the CW was State Representative Rick Kriseman would be staying in his seat, not running for Mayor of St. Petersburg.
This morning there is a headline with no post on Kriseman’s personal website: “Running for Mayor“.

UPDATE
Kriseman posted update on his website:
An opportunity like this doesn’t come along often, and as I’m [...]

Jan

29

Lakeland Ledger reports: McKeel won’t run for Congress

January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

In an interesting turn of events, it seems State Representative Seth McKeel likely won’t be running for Congress. McKeel was among those publicly considering running for Congressman Adam Putnam’s seat when (if?) Congressman Putnam announces his bid for Commissioner of Agriculture.
According to the Ledger:
At least one person looking at the race and a [...]

Jan

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Crist Would Not Need Hagan ‘Deal’

January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment

First, let me say at the outset that I used to work for State Senator Victor Crist, and I consider him a friend. That said, I wanted to take a second to comment on a story that has appeared on the Political Whore.
Earlier this month, Wayne Garcia posted his thoughts about the 2010 campaign, [...]

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