In a bizarre postscript to the problem-plagued Nov. 4 election, Hillsborough County officials said Friday they have discovered 440 uncounted ballots more than two months after the official results were submitted to the state for certification. ...more

January 17, 2009

After a race that was occasionally punishing but ultimately rewarding, incumbent Sheriff Susan Benton won her bid for a second term. ...more

November 5, 2008

When Congressman Tim Mahoney admitted two weeks ago he had paid a mistress not to talk about her affair with the freshman Democrat, then admitted to other extra-marital affairs, it was assumed his political goose was cooked. ...more

November 4, 2008

Highlands County will have a new commissioner and a new district judge, voters decided Tuesday. ...more

August 28, 2008

There's an old joke that explains the mood of the electorate Tuesday: What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? Nobody knows and nobody cares. ...more

August 27, 2008

Who will the Republicans choose as their champion, to meet Democratic incumbent Tim Mahoney in the 16th district congressional race? ...more

August 26, 2008

Early voting ended Saturday with a flurry, but so far, the 2008 primary is turning out to be a yawner for the voters. ...more

August 24, 2008

The old lever machines are long gone. We all know what happened with the punch cards and hanging chads. And now the touch-screen machines are relics, too. ...more

July 21, 2008

SEBRING — In 2005, when Tim Mahoney entered the 16th District congressional race against Mark Foley, political prognosticators gave him no chance to win. As late as Sept. 12, 2006, even a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee poll had Mahoney trailing Foley 35 to 48 percent. But on Sept. 29, Foley resigned after a Web site revealed the congressman had been sending salacious e-mails to teenaged House pages. ...more

December 27, 2007

Democrat Christine Jennings has withdrawn a lawsuit over her 369-vote loss in a 2006 congressional race because a federal investigation will meet the same goals as the court case, her lawyers said. ...more

November 29, 2007