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• American Conservative Union to the rescue, backs Connie Mack in Senate race

  Congressman Connie Mack, whose Senate campaign has lost luster in the eyes of some Republicans, is scheduled to get a big endorsement Tuesday from the American Conservative Union, the nation's largest grassroots group, the Associated Press Reports.

  The endorsement comes none too soon for Mack, who is favored by FreedomWorks but [...]

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• Divided JNC bars members from supporting any judicial candidates

  In a sign that Florida’s merit retention fight is becoming increasingly testy, the members of the board that nominates candidates to the Florida Supreme Court adopted a policy Monday banning its members from contributing to or actively participating in any judicial race in the state -- including races the board [...]

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• FL CFO Jeff Atwater: I'll "take a hard look" at running for U.S. Senate. Bad news for Connie Mack?

  It started as a few shaking heads, some whispers, a sense of disappointment in the Republican U.S. Senate race. Now the feeling that Congressman Connie Mack might not be what Republicans need is leading to a draft-CFO-Jeff-Atwater campaign.

  The Shark Tank reports that Sen. Marco Rubio's former finance chair, Nancy [...]

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• Herald named Pulitzer finalist for series on neglect at assisted living facilities

  The 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists have been announced and the Miami Herald was a finalist in the category of Public Service Journalism for its series, Neglected to Death, by reporters Rob Barry, Carol Marbin Miller, Mike Sallah, Kenny Malone  and Ana Larrauri.

  The judges commended The Herald "for its exposure [...]

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• Movers and Shakers: Hughes leaves RPOF, Scott hires new top jobs guy

  Hughes resigns from RPOF to focus on own firm

  Brian Hughes resigned from his post with Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Republicans to oversee his own strategic communications firm, Meteoric Media Strategies.

  Hughes was deputy executive director for the Republican Party of Florida.

  Previously, he has served as deputy communications director for the [...]

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• John DeGrove, Florida's father of growth management, dies

  From 1000 Friends of Florida statement:

  Dr. John DeGrove, “Father of Growth Management,” passes away

  The Board and staff of 1000 Friends of Florida deeply regret the passing of one of its most eminent founders. A fifth generation Floridian, Dr. John DeGrove was born on May 4, 1924 in St. [...]

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• Herald and others sue to open Zimmerman documents

  The Miami Herald and other media outlets are asking a judge to unseal court documents in the prosecution of George Zimmerman in Sanford.

  In a motion filed Monday, the press asked that a Seminole Circuit Judge reconsider a quickly made decision last week to seal the court file, which in Florida [...]

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