Florida now has more Hispanic voters registered Democratic than Republican. ...more

May 10, 2008

TAMPA - Florida now has more Hispanic voters registered as Democrats than Republicans. The difference is small – less than a percentage point. But it reflects a long-term demographic shift that could benefit Democrats: the increasing dominance of non-Cubans, particularly Puerto Ricans, among Floridians of Hispanic descent. ...more

May 9, 2008

Blame Florida Officials Regarding Daniel Ruth's column "People Have Shed Blood For This?" (Metro, April 30): ...more

May 6, 2008

The firestorm over U.S. Ginny Brown-Waite's remark calling Puerto Ricans "foreign citizens" grew so hot this week that Brown-Waite finally responded with a statement late Thursday. ...more

February 8, 2008

Florida Democrats say they have no plans to take a second swipe at holding a presidential selection process so that delegates from the state might be seated at the party's presidential nominating convention. ...more

February 7, 2008

Florida's Republican Party chairman took a swipe at Democrats on Saturday during his party's annual meeting, saying they should apologize for disenfranchising voters during the state's primary election. ...more

February 3, 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

TAMPA - Occasionally disruptive and often confrontational, John Russell recently had been banned from a Pasco County Democratic fundraiser, even though he was the party's nominee in last year's race for a congressional seat. ...more

October 30, 2007

Florida may not have any Democratic delegates at the party's national convention next year, but it will have a huge influence in choosing the eventual nominee, political strategists said Sunday at the state party convention. ...more

October 29, 2007

The Democratic presidential candidates' boycott of the Florida Democratic Party's state convention this weekend in Orlando has hurt party enthusiasm and may harm the Democratic nominee's chances of winning the state in November, some party activists fear. ...more

October 27, 2007