SEBRING — By 2 p.m., almost 29 percent of Highlands County's registered voters had gone to the polls, which impressed officials of both political parties. "I think that's impressive," said Marian Perrin, who serves on the Democratic steering committee. Highlands County has 63,118 registered voters. Assistant Supervisors of Elections Norma Stokes said 18,116 had voted, which included early voters and absentee ballots. "That seems to be pretty good," Stokes said. ...more

January 30, 2008

Regarding "Denying Vote Now Part Of Party Policy" (Commentary, Jan. 27): I agree with Joe Brown that the refusal of both parties to seat the full complement of Florida delegates at their conventions is a disenfranchisement of the voters in the state of Florida. This year, the GOP is only half as bad as the Democrats, unlike in previous years. In those years, state elections officials, who were also the state chairs of GOP campaigns, did all they could to disenfranchise targeted voters in the election that counts - the one in November. ...more

January 29, 2008

Mike Huckabee appealed to his evangelical base Saturday, telling an overflow crowd at a Baptist school it will take victories in Alabama and other conservative states to win the Republican presidential nomination. ...more

January 27, 2008

Obama Wins Big In South Carolina This Section, Page 6 ...more

January 27, 2008

Sen. John McCain savored his victory Saturday in the state that derailed his 2000 presidential bid. ...more

January 20, 2008

The wait is over: U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young is running for another term in Congress. ...more

January 18, 2008

TAMPA - A new Quinnipiac University poll shows a statistical four-way dead heat in the Republican presidential primary in Florida, where Rudy Giuliani is making an all-out effort to win the state. ...more

January 14, 2008

As I write this, it seems Mitt Romney is under attack by his competitors for the GOP nomination who are trying to help themselves by hurting him. In fact, as to some it puts me in mind of those animals who eat their young. ...more

January 10, 2008

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

January 9, 2008

The Democratic National Committee voted Aug. 25 to punish Florida for scheduling its Jan. 29 primary earlier than party rules allow and stripped all its convention delegates. ...more

January 2, 2008