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Big-name Dems back Berman for Hasner’s state House seat
With state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner, R-Boca Raton, term-limited in 2010, Democrats are making a serious play for his District 87 seat. The district, which includes parts of southern Palm Beach...
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Dem Berman holds early financial edge over Republican Hager in race for...
BermanIn a state House race that has attracted attention from legislative leaders of both parties, Democrat Lori Berman holds an early money-raising lead over Republican Bill Hager in state House...
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Big-spending GOP House hopeful Hager unchallenged — but probably not for long
Republican former Boca Raton councilman Bill Hager — whose $50,670 in spending is tops for all non-incumbent state House candidates in Florida — is without an opponent in his race for the seat of...
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Dems recruit another candidate for open Hasner seat
Democrats have long touted House Majority Leader Adam Hasner’s Palm Beach-Broward seat as a pickup opportunity when Hasner leaves this year because of term limits. Republicans have roughly a 39-to-35...
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Grass-roots cred: at least four local candidates make ballot by petition
DonnallyAt least four local candidates have secured spots on the 2010 ballot by collecting signatures rather than paying a filing fee. Democratic Palm Beach County Commissioners Jess Santamaria and...
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Palm Beach County Democrats back bills to bar guns from public buildings
Trying to fix what they call a glitch in a state gun law that went into effect in October, two Delray Beach Democrats are pushing a measure that would make it illegal to bring firearms into child care...
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Palm Beach County Democrats file universal background gun check bill
Rep. Lori Berman, Sen. Maria Sachs, Rep. Bobby PowellAcknowledging their proposal to close a “gun show loophole” is a long shot, two Democratic Palm Beach County lawmakers are hoping their identical...
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Rep. Berman uses poll showing overwhelming support for background checks to...
Rep. Lori Berman, D-Lantana, is hoping a new Quinnipiac University poll showing that 91 percent of Floridians support universal background checks for gun purchases will help her gun bill (HB 1343)....
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Palm Beach County Dems get high marks from lefties
Five Palm Beach County Democrats earned “Champions of the Florida’s Middle Class” status from progressives for their votes during the 2013 legislative session that ended in May. The scorecard is a...
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