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Nina Hayden’s chances of beating Jack Latvala

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549-to-1.  Odds of the Bucs winning the Super Bowl this year?  Nah, the Bucs aren’t that bad.  549-to-1 represents the cash-on-hand difference between Republican Jack Latvala and his Democratic opponent Nina Hayden.  After raising $504,259 and spending just over $85,723.82, Latvala still has $418,534 left in the bank.  Hayden has raised $8,490 and spent $7,728, leaving her with just $762 in the bank.  In fact, Latvala has received more in in-kind contributions ($12,683) than Hayden has raised in total contributions.…

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Nina Hayden’s chances of beating Jack Latvala

in Peter/The Bay and the 'Burg by

549-to-1.  Odds of the Bucs winning the Super Bowl this year?  Nah, the Bucs aren’t that bad.  549-to-1 represents the cash-on-hand difference between Republican Jack Latvala and his Democratic opponent Nina Hayden.  After raising $504,259 and spending just over $85,723.82, Latvala still has $418,534 left in the bank.  Hayden has raised $8,490 and spent $7,728, leaving her with just $762 in the bank.  In fact, Latvala has received more in in-kind contributions ($12,683) than Hayden has raised in total contributions.…

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Live-blogging, tweeting of Pinellas GOP’s straw ballot showdown between Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio

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Life has its little ironies. For me, one of them is the fact that I get along much better with my old Republican friends than I do with my new Democratic colleagues. I’d much rather have a drink with Tony DiMatteo than Ramsey McLaughlan. Maybe that’s why I’ve enjoyed going to the Pinellas Republican Executive Committee meetings (do the Pinellas Democrats even have meetings?) I’ll be at January’s meeting of the PCREC to blog and tweet about the straw ballot…

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