In this episode: A number of lavishly funded candidates fell to grassroots challengers running on shoestring budgets during this week’s primary elections, showing that Big Money can become a big liability. Then again, Facebook’s favorite legislators survived their races and the candidate with the biggest bank account of them all — Byron Donalds, the new Republican nominee for governor — won his contest with (relative) ease. Plus: A book-banning backlash continues, Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP loosens, and the development lobby scores a split decision in the two communities that are driving so much of the statewide fights over growth management and local control.
Show notes
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Some post-primary reading:
The Left Notches Another Win With This Secret Weapon: Old-Fashioned Organizing
Sarasota County school board likely to have shift in political leaning as Democrats win the primary
Sarasota, Manatee voters deal a blow to grassroots candidates in primary
Slow-Growth Candidates Sweep St. Johns Commission Races Despite DeSantis Endorsements
Maxwell: Mills loses, Donalds underperforms as Trump influence wanes in Florida
Rawson downplays League of the South connection as ‘desperate’ play to win
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