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The Scoop: Tues. April 8, 2025, Florida and Tampa Bay headlines by WMNF

Round up of WMNF news headlines including elections at Plant City and Pasco County, affordable housing, and immigration notifications from DHS.
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The Florida House cracks down further on ballot initiatives

The Florida House approved a controversial measure that would impose new requirements on the ballot-initiative process.
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Randy Fine & Jimmy Patronis win seats in Congress

Fine and Patronis were backed by President Donald Trump while Democrats rallied around candidates Josh Weil and Gay Valimont.
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Florida lawmakers consider county term limits

Rural officials are critical of allowing Florida voters to decide whether county commissioners should be term limited to 8 years.

The Scoop: Mon. Feb. 10, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Roundup of WMNF news headlines including Pinellas County elections, Citizens Property Insurance, Sinkhole database and Protest against President Trump
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Polk County Judge John Flynn is reprimanded for his campaign statements

The Chief Justice told John Flynn, “This serious misconduct risked undermining public confidence in your impartiality."
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DeSantis will take his fight with legislative leaders to GOP primaries

Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to channel “huge sums” of money to candidates in next year’s GOP gubernatorial and legislative primary elections.
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2025 Gulfport mayoral elections: Meet the candidates

3 candidates are running for mayor of Gulfport, Florida in 2025: incumbent Sam Henderson, Karen Love and John Liccione.
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The GOP continues expanding its voter registration edge in Florida

The Florida Republican Party has 5,635,902 active registered voters, while the Democratic Party has 4,479,820.
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An ACLU lawsuit seeks to spur special elections in Florida

The American Civil Liberties Union accuses Gov. Ron DeSantis of violating “his mandatory statutory duty” by not calling special elections.
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Randy Fine, Randall Terry and others qualify for election to replace Mike Waltz in Congress

Seven candidates had formally qualified as of Friday evening to run in a special election to replace Republican Congressman Mike Waltz.

Hillsborough’s New Democratic Party Leadership

The local county branch of the Democratic Party elected a brand new slate of progressive officers to lead local Democrats into the future. Meet them today on MidPoint.
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