Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report – Wednesday, August 31, 2016

 

Floridians Warned to Prepare for Five to Ten Inches of Rain from Tropical Storm

The clock is ticking as Floridians prepare for a Tropical Storm which threatens to dump heavy rains and strong winds on the Big Bend and Gulf Coast areas later this week, SunshineStateNews.com’s Allison Nielsen reports.

 

The Establishment Strikes Back in Florida Congressional Primaries

For all the talk of this being an Anti-Establishment Anti-Incumbent year in Florida, those U.S. House and Senate Candidates backed by the Insiders and the big moneyed interests of the political system came out on top in Tuesday’s Congressional Primaries, Politico Florida reports.

• Who’s Going to Congress? Not Corrine Brown or Annette Taddeo
• Wasserman Schultz Cruises to Victory over Canova after Spirited Democratic Primary
• Gaetz Easily Wins Congressional Primary
• Dan Webster Handily Wins GOP Primary in U.S. House District 11
• Congressman David Jolly Coasts in Republican Primary, then Spars with Democratic Foe Charlie Crist
• Fall of the House of Grayson
• Francis Rooney wins GOP Primary for US House
• Congressman Vern Buchanan has Cakewalk in 16th District Primary
• Demings Beats Crowded Democratic Field for District 10
• First Time Candidates Brian Mast, Randy Perkins to Vie for U.S. House

 

Florida Senate Primaries Wrap Up After Nail-Biter Races

Dreams of the Florida Senate were ignited for some Candidates and extinguished for others Tuesday.  Some State Senate Races were predictable, while others came down to the wire, with every vote counting to send Candidates towards their next step to the Florida Legislature, SunshineStateNews.com’s Allison Nielsen reports.

• Debbie Mayfield Defeats Ritch Workman in Senate GOP Primary
• Darryl Rouson Holds Narrow Lead Over Ed Narain, Senate District 19 may go to Recount
• Voters choose Kathleen Passidomo to Replace Senator Garrett Richter
• Senate District 23: Steube Wins Contentious GOP Primary
• Bullard Bulldozes Korge, Wins Senate District 40 Seat 
• Rader, Clemens, Powell Win Palm Beach County Senate Races
• Broxson Beats Hill to Claim Senate Seat
• Baxley Edges Out O’Toole and Gee for Senate Seat

 

Incumbents Prevail in State House Races

Under Federal Indictment, State Representative Reggie Fullwood was one of Nine State House Incumbents who successfully turned back Primary Challengers Tuesday.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Lloyd Dunkeqerger reports via FOX35-Orlando.

• State House District 73: Gruters Edges Vernon
• House District 72: Miller Wins Primary, Set For Tough General
• Odds are in Grall’s Favor for Florida House 54
• In Florida House 26, it’ll be Henry v. Cantu

 

Florida House Members Graduate to Senate Primary Wins

Republican State House Members Doug Broxson and Kathleen Passidomo, along with Democratic State Representatives Kevin Rader and Randolph Bracy are ready to move to the Senate after Primary Victories Tuesday.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim Turner reports via FOX35-Orlando.

  

Northeast Florida Voters Kick Controversial State Attorney Angela Corey Out of Office

Melissa Nelson, an unknown Corporate Lawyer and Former Prosecutor three months ago, cleared her path to become one of the most powerful and influential figures in Northeast Florida on Tuesday night when she easily defeated Incumbent 4th Judicial State Attorney Angela Corey, the Florida Times-Union reports.

  

$170 Per Vote and Still Not a Winner: Self-Funded Primary Candidates Didn’t Fare Well

Tuesday night’s Primary Election was not kind to Candidates who pumped hundreds of thousands of their own money into their races, the Miami Herald’s Michael Auslen reports via the “Naked Politics” blog.

  

Latino Influx is Upending GOP Politics in the Battleground of Florida

The demographics are changing rapidly here in Central Florida, a mecca of undecided Voters stretching from Orlando to Tampa that helps Swing State Elections and that is rapidly becoming home to more Puerto Ricans, Venezuelans, Colombians and Dominicans, the Washington Post reports.

  

Florida Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Solar Tax Break

A Constitutional Amendment to extend from Residential to Commercial a Property Tax Break for Renewable Energy Source Devices easily passed on Tuesday, Politico Florida’s Bruce Ritchie reports.

 

A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Florida-Based American Capital Assurance

Ark Royal Senior Management is well seasoned and has managed profitable insurance operations in the challenging Florida Marketplace, Insurance Journal reports.

 

 

 

 

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