#Sayfie Snapshot - August 14, 2015

Today's Hits and Bits in Florida politics

Hot Click

Florida House panel OKs congressional map despite criticism, via Gary Fineout of the Associated Press.

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Quotable

"I enjoyed handing Charlie Crist his head every day on the campaign trail."

- Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, at a U.S. Senate GOP candidate forum in Palm Beach County., reflecting on his role in the 2014 governor's race.

Statworthy

63 percent. The African-American share of the 2012/2014 primary vote in the new Congressional District 5, under the legislature's current base map. Rep. Corrine Brown argued yesterday despite press criticism that an African-American would be unable to win that seat under the new map.