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Pinellas GOP, Democrats poised to elect party leaders this Monday night

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When it comes to drama with their upcoming party reorganization meetings taking place next week, Pinellas County Republicans and Democrats have nothing on their Hillsborough County brethren. This coming Monday night, the local executive committees for the Republican and Democratic Parties in Pinellas County will be voting for their party leaders, and in both cases, it doesn’t appear to be many changes at hand – at least not yet. Pinellas Democratic Executive Committee Chair Susan McGrath is running to serve a second…

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Pinellas’ Nancy Riley ‘probably’ running for RPOF Vice-Chair

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Nancy Riley, the RPOF’s state committeewoman from Pinellas County, announced on her Facebook page that “I will probably be throwing my hat in the ring for Vice Chairman of the RPOF with the pledge not to run in January so we can have a “real” campaign from February to next January giving candidates running for the office time to educate us on their qualifications.” Riley is running for Vice-Chair in wake of Allen Cox’s resignation as part of the fallout…

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Pinellas’ Nancy Riley ‘probably’ running for RPOF Vice-Chair

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Nancy Riley, the RPOF’s state committeewoman from Pinellas County, announced on her Facebook page that “I will probably be throwing my hat in the ring for Vice Chairman of the RPOF with the pledge not to run in January so we can have a “real” campaign from February to next January giving candidates running for the office time to educate us on their qualifications.” Riley is running for Vice-Chair in wake of Allen Cox’s resignation as part of the fallout…

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Richard Corcoran picks up endorsements in H-45

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From the Bay Buzz: Richard Corcoran has picked up new endorsements in the Republican primary race for House District 45, this time from the state committeemen and state committeewomen of Pasco and Pinellas counties. Pinellas State Committeewoman Nancy Riley, Pinellas State Committeeman Tony DiMatteo, Pasco State Committeewoman Lona O’Reilly and Pasco State Committeeman Bill Bunting say they are supporting him in his bid for the seat being vacated by Republican Tom Anderson.

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On Endorsements

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Are endorsements helpful in state legislative races? Of course they are. When one candidate earns a majority of endorsements, like Charles Gerdes has in the Democratic Primary for House District 53, then that has to count for something. Often, though, the slate of endorsements are spread out among each of the candidates in a race. The Realtors endorsed this candidate, the PBA endorsed that candidate and so on. Sometimes, a candidate wins all of the “Democratic” endorsements, like ones from…

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