Technology has changed the way political campaigns are run, according to several local politicians, candidates and party officials. Chuck Oakes, state committeeman from the Highlands County Republican Party, said that the Internet made a major impact on political campaigning. "Instead of people coming out at night and listening to speeches, they rely on the Internet," said Oakes. "Instead of watching a debate on television, they're watching segments on the Internet." One real advantage is the number of computer savvy-younger voters who get their political information from the web. ...more

June 25, 2008

Leave it to Pasco County Republican Party Chairman Bill Bunting to use a hammer instead of gentlemanly diplomacy to promote GOP candidates this election season. ...more

June 1, 2008

SEBRING — A record number of Floridians went to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Republican and Democratic primaries, and to OK a property tax. But even more may have showed up if the national Democratic and Republican parties had said they would seat the Florida delegations at the national conventions this summer. "I think it's a very misunderstood situation," said Justine Devlin, chair of the Highlands County Republican Party. ...more

January 30, 2008

There will be no circus here for GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. ...more

January 9, 2008

LAKELAND - Fred Thompson's first campaign swing through Florida as a declared presidential candidate brought him to Lakeland Saturday morning for a brief stop at a gun show. ...more

September 15, 2007

Fred Thompson got a strong endorsement from gun control opponent Bill Bunting, who's also chairman of the Pasco County Republican Party, during a campaign stop Friday. ...more

September 15, 2007

Keystone Civic Association President Tom Aderhold says he will run for the District 2 seat of the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

September 12, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has been confirmed as a speaker for the annual Pasco Coujty Reagan Day Dinner here Friday night. ...more

September 10, 2007