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#Sayfie Snapshot - December 31, 2015

Today's Hits and Bits in Florida politics

Hot Click

Florida judges hire lobbyist — a former judge — to fight proposed term limits by Steve Bousquet of the Times/Herald bureau.

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@mcimaps: Here we go! CPS4a, as picked by Judge Reynolds, maps and quick thoughts https://t.co/trGAhAoBdL https://t.co/ueOde8mARs

Quotable

"Richard is my absolute best friend."

- Paul Hawkes, former 1st District Court of Appeals judge, on his relationship with incoming speaker Rep. Richard Corcoran. Hawkes was hired by Florida's appellate court judges to lobby on their behalf in next year's legislative session.

Statworthy

21. The new Senate map that was handed down by a circuit court yesterday has 21 districts that were won by President Obama in 2012. The previous map had only 17 "Obama districts".