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Romney endorses Mack

2012-05-16T15:29:06-05:00

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has endorsed Rep. Connie Mack in the Florida Republican Senate primary.

“Connie Mack is a friend, a strong conservative and the type of principled leader we need in Washington to restore fiscal responsibility,” Romney said in a statement from his campaign. “By electing Connie…

Romney campaigns in St. Pete

2012-05-15T10:56:10-05:00

Mitt Romney will hold what his campaign is calling “an event,” with no further details, at the Mirror Lake Lyceum in St. Petersburg Wednesday.

The campaign hasn’t released any details about the nature of the event or even said for certain that it’s open to the public, but presumably it…

Mack smacks LeMieux over backing of Obama jobs bill

2012-05-14T16:18:46-05:00

Rep. Connie Mack IV has released a “TV-ready web ad” criticizing his opponent in the GOP Senate primary, former Sen. George LeMieux, as one of two Republican senators who backed an Obama administration jobs bill in 2010.

The ad includes video of President Barack Obama publicly thanking LeMieux by name…

LeMieux allies echo his call for Mack travel records

2012-05-14T14:09:42-05:00

Seven state legislators, most allied with Republican Senate candidate George LeMieux, have echoed LeMieux’s call for his primary opponent, Rep. Connie Mack IV, to release travel records showing how much time he spends in Florida and how much he spends in California, the home of his wife, Rep. Mary Bono.

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Nelson lawyers demand stations pull Chamber ad

2012-05-14T17:26:02-05:00

In a letter to television stations across Florida, attorney for Florida Sen. Bill Nelson have said television stations should stop airing an ad by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce attacking Nelson, saying its contentions about the Affordable Care Act, which Nelson backed, are false.

The ad says Medicare beneficiaries “will…

Local GOP picnic to include Senate candidates

2012-05-14T12:37:39-05:00

The three leading Republican U.S. Senate candidates, George LeMieux, Connie Mack IV and Mike McCalister, will appear at a Hillsborough County Republican Party picnic in Plant City Saturday.

The 11 a.m.-3 p.m. event, for a $2 fee, will include free barbecue and other state and local GOP candidates. Attendees…

Obama attack on Bain Capital includes Fl events

2012-05-14T12:29:53-05:00

President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign will hold Florida events in connection with its criticism of Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital while Romney is doing a fundraising tour of Florida this week.

The Obama for America campaign came out of the box this morning with a news conference call, a…

LeMieux not buying Mack explanation on mailer

2012-05-10T15:36:11-05:00

In a news conference call, George LeMieux said he doesn’t buy Connie Mack IV’s explanation of how a mailer promoting Mack’s Penny Plan, which resembles a campaign mail piece, was sent to Republican voters statewide at taxpayer expense.

“What the facts show in my belief is that the was a…

U.S. Chamber of Commerce targets Nelson

2012-05-09T12:46:57-05:00

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, one of the biggest-spending independent political groups in the nation, announced today it is airing television ads attacking Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat who’s up for re-election in November, along with Democratic House candidates Alan Grayson and Lois Frankel.

In a conference call with…

Rand Paul backs Connie Mack in Senate primary

2012-05-09T12:18:39-05:00

The latest salvo in the endorsement war between George LeMieux and Connie Mack IV in the Florida U.S. Senate primary: Sen. Rand Paul, son of presidential candidate Ron Paul, backs Mack, according to a note from Mack campaign spokesman David James.

Among those who supported Ron Paul for president, Rand…