A federal appeals court will hear a Florida Democrat's claim that the national party acted improperly when it stripped the state's convention delegates because it made its primary earlier. ...more

January 8, 2009

It's about four weeks to Nov. 4 but Blanca Macias of Avon Park doesn't know yet if John McCain or Barack Obama is going to get her vote. ...more

October 7, 2008

SEBRING — To citizens who have been told their votes on Tuesday won't count, vote anyway. First, the chairs of Highlands County's two political parties agree: Floridians will have a voice into who leads our nation for the next four years. Second, there's a tax cut on the Jan. 29 ballot that will decide how homeowners, mobile home owners, farmers and businesses will be taxed, affecting them all perhaps decades into the future. ...more

January 27, 2008

A last-ditch plea by Florida Democrats to allow their presidential candidates to campaign in Florida this weekend - including a televised debate Sunday - seems unlikely to get a positive response. ...more

January 23, 2008

Democratic leaders from states that pushed for sanctions and a candidate boycott against Florida's presidential primary said Thursday that those actions won't hurt their nominee's chances of winning the White House in 2008. ...more

November 30, 2007

Rudy Giuliani has moved to a lead over Hillary Rodham Clinton in Florida in a new poll, which also suggests that the boycott of Florida by Democratic candidates may be harming their chances of winning Florida in the 2008 election. ...more

November 20, 2007

Over the next two weekends, Democrats and Republicans in Florida will hold state conventions in Orlando to stoke their party activists for the upcoming presidential race. ...more

October 20, 2007

The position taken by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Democratic Parties in the states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina is harmful to Florida and other states, selfish, probably illegal, and should be reversed. It is causing harm to Democratic efforts to win Florida and the White House. ...more

October 7, 2007

TAMPA — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Friday filed by a Tampa Democratic activist against the national and state Democratic parties over the national party's decision to strip Florida of its delegates for next year's presidential nominating convention. ...more

October 6, 2007

Beleaguered by sanctions because of the state's Jan. 29 primary date, Florida Democrats are casting about for ways to strike back, and revealed a couple of possibilities Saturday. ...more

September 30, 2007