#Sayfie Snapshot - October 19, 2015

Today's Hits and Bits in Florida politics

Hot Click

Massive Mormon ranch plan in Florida draws scrutiny via Mike Schneider of AP.

Twitter Trending

@FloridaGOP: Thanks to conservative principles, Florida’s September 2015 unemployment rate is lowest since February 2008. #sayfie

Quotable

"He's a very calm, kind of quiet, almost, individual. He's not a press hog, he's not a flame-flower in his dialogue. He's very measured, almost shy."

- Dr. Susan MacManus, professor of political science at USF, on Rep. Daniel Webster's selling points in his run for Speaker of the U.S. House.

Statworthy

$800,000. Republican candidates hoping to replace Rep. Patrick Murphy in Florida's 18th congresional district have already raised over $800,000. Republicans only raised about $519,000 in the entire 2014 election cycle, when Murphy chose to run for re-election.