Daily Archives: June 29, 2016

One-Quarter of Legislature Elected at End of Qualifying

News Service of Florida – Jim Turner Floridians won’t get to cast a ballot for more than one-fourth of the people in charge of making laws and piecing together the state budget over the next two years. Of the 160 offices that make up the Florida House and Senate, 42 drew only a single candidate…

House Races Reshaped by Qualifying Period

LobbyTools More than one-third of the House races were affected by the qualifying period which ended June 24. House District 4 — Christopher Eugene Schwantz joined the race as a write-in, closing the crowded Republican primary to GOP voters. House District 8 — NPA Richard Burns did not qualify for House District 8. Frantz Millien…