Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that he will seek to restore the full Florida delegation to the Republican National Convention, but "can't dictate" that it will happen. ...more

June 5, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that he will seek to restore the full Florida delegation to the Republican National Convention, but "can't dictate" that it will happen. ...more

June 4, 2008

Last year Sen. John McCain was dead in the water as far as being nominated as the Republican candidate for president. ...more

May 2, 2008

TAMPA U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor of Tampa, a superdelegate in the Democratic presidential contest, has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama. ...more

February 21, 2008

Sen. John McCain has long aroused almost unanimous opposition from the leaders of the right. Angry over crimes against conservative orthodoxy such as voting against a big tax cut and opposing a federal ban on same-sex marriage, conservative activists have agitated for months to thwart his Republican presidential campaign. ...more

February 1, 2008

John McCain became the Republican presidential front-runner, and Florida homeowners got a smidgen of property tax relief, but the big winner in Tuesday's Florida primary may have been Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

January 31, 2008

In a fiercely contentious debate, Mitt Romney tried to halt the momentum propelling Sen. John McCain after his victory in the Florida primary by charging in a debate Wednesday that McCain's positions on immigration, campaign finance and the environment were "outside the mainstream of conservative Republican thought." ...more

January 31, 2008

While Republican presidential candidates battle for the votes of Floridians, the Democratic candidates, sworn not to campaign here, are battling over whether the primary matters. ...more

January 28, 2008

One political representative is urging voters to vote "yes" for a constitutional amendment to cut property taxes, regardless of what teachers unions and firefighter groups say. ...more

January 16, 2008

Rudy Giuliani brought his anti-tax, anti-terrorism campaign message to the Tampa Bay area Monday as polls showed the Florida primary, which Giuliani must win, turning into a four-way dead heat. ...more

January 15, 2008