
Before launching his campaign for mayor last spring, Bob Buckhorn was a three-time loser written off by much of Tampa’s political establishment. He had lost the primary for a state House seat in 1992. He finished third in a race for mayor in 2003. And he lost a 2004 County Commission race to Brian Blair, best known as [...]
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Mar 23 2011 | Posted in
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With When (it’s no longer a question of if) Bob Buckhorn’s win on Tuesday with, I predict, 55% over sixty percent of the vote, it will represent the best political news Florida’s Democrats have had since Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008. With a win on Tuesday, The politically astute and savvy Buckhorn will be is immediately [...]
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When (it’s no longer a question of if) Bob Buckhorn wins Tampa’s mayoral race on Tuesday with, I predict, 55% of the vote, it will represent the best political news Florida’s Democrats have had since Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008. With a win on Tuesday, the politically astute and savvy Buckhorn will be immediately catapulted [...]
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Evidently a disappointing second-place finish in the Republican primary for House District 47 is not enough to keep a good man down. Brian Blair, defeated by James Grant in August’s GOP primary for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives, is resurfacing as an advocate for “No Tax for Tracks” a political organization opposed to a referendum [...]
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Sep 14 2010 | Posted in
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In a screed to whatever supporters Brian Blair still has left, Blair’s publicist Shannon Rose threatens promises that “that this will not be the last you hear from Brian Blair on a campaign trail. He does not give up” while attempting to blame Blair’s loss on the media coverage, which originated on this blog, about the troubles Blair’s [...]
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