The run for Rubio’s senate seat heats up and a deadline is set for redistricting

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Today on Radioactivity, we listen back on WEDU’s Florida this Week, a political discussion show moderated by Radioactivity host Rob Lorei. Today’s guests look at the race for the US senate as  Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera announces his run Marco Rubio’s seat in 2016. They also discuss the deadline for congressional redistricting that was recently set by a Tallahassee Judge, and petition drive for a solar energy amendment that will rival one that is already in the works.
This week our panelists are:

Mike Deeson
Senior Investigative Reporter
10 News

Mike Fasano
Pasco County Tax Collector and a former state Legislator
Republican

Amy Hollyfield
Deputy Managing Editor/for Politics & Business
Tampa Bay Times

Barry Edwards
Political Strategist
Democrat

 

 

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