Democrat Scott Maddox said Monday he wants to make the debate over offshore oil drilling a major issue in his 2010 race for the office of state agriculture commissioner. ...more

November 24, 2009

Florida voters want Charlie Crist to remain governor instead of going to the U.S. Senate, but he is a strong contender for either race, new poll results show. ...more

February 19, 2009

Florida voters want Charlie Crist to remain governor instead of going to the U.S. Senate, but he is still a strong contender for either race, new poll results show. ...more

February 18, 2009

Floridians on Tuesday may be the voters who settle one of the longest, most historic and downright weirdest presidential elections in history. ...more

November 3, 2008

Presidential candidates took turns lambasting an unpopular war, a flagging economy and a controversial president. In Washington, a sitting Republican president urged the faithful to circle the wagons; in Florida, partisans swore that the president was as dangerous as his vice president was loony. The field included a woman, who was black, and a fiery populist. ...more

June 22, 2008

Hotly contested local elections and efforts to educate voters have prompted nearly 10,000 requests for absentee ballots for the Aug. 26 primary. ...more

June 18, 2008

Moving into his new role as the likely Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama will seek to mend fences with his first visit in months to Florida, including a Tampa campaign event, next week. ...more

May 13, 2008

TAMPA - Moving into his new role as the likely Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama will seek to mend fences with his first visit in months to Florida, including a Tampa campaign event, next week. ...more

May 12, 2008

Sen. John McCain of Arizona all but sewed up the Republican presidential nomination Thursday after Mitt Romney withdrew from the race, saying the war in Iraq and the terrorist threat made it imperative that the party unite. ...more

February 8, 2008

In a dramatic surprise Saturday night, Gov. Charlie Crist handed John McCain an endorsement in Florida's GOP presidential primary that could prove crucial in Tuesday's tight race. ...more

January 27, 2008