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Republican Party of Florida chairman Tony DiMatteo (center) (Pic via 29in2012.com)

DiMatteo on his state GOP rivals: ‘Past experience is the best indicator of future performance’

By Virginia Chamlee | 01.03.11 | 11:14 am

With the race to become Republican Party of Florida chair coming down to the wire, candidates are scrambling to make a name for themselves — and at least one of the leaders in the race is saying that those voting should look to candidates’ “past experience” when deciding who will be the best person to run the party after former chair Jim Greer was forced out of the job amidst scandal.

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook)

Will Buchanan campaign lawsuit tarnish former manager’s bid to run the state GOP?

By Virginia Chamlee | 12.23.10 | 8:30 am

On Monday, The Florida Independent reported on a lawsuit filed by the Federal Election Commission, alleging campaign fraud during Rep. Vern Buchanan‘s 2006 and 2008 congressional campaigns. Alhough Buchanan was not named as a defendant in the suit, could the case tarnish the campaign to become the head of the Republican Party of Florida currently being waged by Buchanan’s former campaign manager?

State Sen. John Thrasher, R-Jacksonville, with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. (Pic via Facebook)

Thrasher ‘does not condone’ group that says Planned Parenthood efforts similar to ‘genocide’

By Virginia Chamlee | 12.17.10 | 11:10 am

John Thrasher, a Republican state senator from Jacksonville and the chair of the Republican Party of Florida, “does not condone” the controversial comments of an anti-abortion group he helped raise money for — comments that include the claim that Planned Parenthood’s efforts are similar to “genocide.”

Florida GOP hopes early straw poll will end presidential calendar dispute

By Lynda Waddington | 12.16.10 | 1:21 pm

Despite that the fact that no individual has come forward as a 2012 presidential candidate on either side of the aisle, skirmishes related to the nominating calendar are already underway.

Greer civil suit over severance package thrown out

By Luke Johnson | 11.23.10 | 2:05 pm

Former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer sued his employer for cheating him out of a $123,000 severance package, but it turns out he can’t bring the suit while he is under a criminal indictment on charges that…

Protect Your Vote picks up $540K more from Republican Party, $200K from wife of Las Vegas Sands chair

By Cooper Levey-Baker | 11.01.10 | 2:34 pm

Protect Your Vote — the Republican-bankrolled political action committee created to defeat Amendments 5 and 6, the so-called “Fair Districts” amendments — picked up another $540,000 in donations from the Republican Party of Florida, bringing the party’s contribution total…

State Rep. Gaetz: Amendments 5 and 6 would blunt ‘conservative comeback’

By Cooper Levey-Baker | 10.28.10 | 10:02 am

In a guest editorial published in Northwest Florida Daily News, state Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Shalimar, makes an explicitly partisan argument for the newspaper’s readers to vote down Amendments 5 and 6 — the so-called “Fair Districts” amendments that would…

Crist’s decision to ditch GOP could lead to ‘sore loser’ statute

By Brett Ader | 10.22.10 | 12:28 pm

Starting next year, it could become more difficult for candidates to change or altogether drop party affiliation mid-campaign, as a report produced by the Florida Senate’s Committee on Ethics and Elections this month details the shortcomings of current law. Citing…

Political newcomer Gianoulis waging a strong campaign against Republican insider Thrasher

By Virginia Chamlee | 10.22.10 | 12:00 pm

“Politics was never in the plan,” says Deborah Gianoulis, a well-known Jacksonville news anchor and longtime nonprofit board advocate, who is now running against Republican incumbent John Thrasher for Florida’s District 8 Senate seat. “I spent 25 years in journalism and, especially within the past few years, I’ve been seeing firsthand how unresponsive politicians are to their constituents.”

Republican Party of Florida gives $750K to anti-Fair Districts group

By Cooper Levey-Baker | 10.20.10 | 9:25 am

In a piece on gerrymandering published last week, Tristram Korten noted that Protect Your Vote — the organization that is fighting Amendments 5 and 6 — was lacking in the fundraising department: “According to disclosure reports the only…

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