This is a time of great doubt and uncertainty. At such a moment it is good to have something on which we can all hang our hats. Last week, the city of Oldsmar received a message on which all the hats in town could be hung: the residents of East Lake Woodlands do want to join you. ...more

March 21, 2009

It's no joke: Senate Democrats are moving toward letting comedian Al Franken join the chamber while Republican Norm Coleman's election lawsuit is pending. ...more

January 21, 2009

Newly elected Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busansky has discovered about 400 uncounted ballots from the Nov. 4 election. The discovery was made Thursday at the supervisor's Falkenburg Road offices. ...more

January 16, 2009

A Minnesota board has certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, but a legal challenge probably will keep the race in limbo. ...more

January 5, 2009

Minnesota voters won't know who won the state's U.S. Senate race this year, and it's looking more likely that the new Congress will be sworn in before the race ends between Democrat Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. ...more

December 23, 2008

Democrat Al Franken edged ahead of Republican incumbent Norm Coleman on Friday for the first time in Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate recount. ...more

December 19, 2008

Just when you thought the counting was done. Nearly 850 previously uncounted absentee ballots were pulled Wednesday from inside a vault at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office, four days after the county submitted unofficial results from the problem-plagued Nov. 4 election to the state. ...more

November 13, 2008

More than 850 previously uncounted absentee ballots were pulled from a vault at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office this afternoon. ...more

November 12, 2008

Fireworks over Hillsborough County's election debacle intensified on Thursday, as more indications of possible human error surfaced and Democratic officials called for state and federal intervention. ...more

November 7, 2008

With his lead over Democratic opponent Phyllis Busansky evaporating, Buddy Johnson appeared briefly before a crowd of reporters early Thursday night and conceded the Hillsborough supervisor of elections race. ...more

November 7, 2008