The voter registration deadline for the Jan. 26 special primary election to replace state Rep. Michael Scionti, D-Tampa, is 5 p.m. Dec. 28. ...more

December 19, 2009

With Councilman Tom Scott running for mayor, the sprawling district that he represents is wide open for a challenge in the 2011 city elections. ...more

December 12, 2009

Vincent Pawlowski, a personal injury lawyer and former Ybor City nightclub owner, filed paperwork this week with the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections to run for City Council District 5, which comprises East Tampa, Ybor City and parts of West Tampa. Councilman Tom Scott, who currently owns the seat, is running for mayor. ...more

December 11, 2009

Beth Rodriguez has seen her share of tearful smiles and heartfelt thank-yous, especially of late. ...more

November 11, 2009

A New Tampa real estate broker plans to challenge incumbent Tampa City Councilman Joseph Caetano in the 2011 elections. ...more

October 3, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist announced today that he has chosen Earl Lennard to be Hillsborough County's supervisor of elections. Lennard replaces Phyllis Busansky, a Democrat, who was elected in November 2008 and died last month. Lennard, a Republican, will fill the position until 2010, at which point he may run for election. ...more

July 14, 2009

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busansky was found dead today in a St. Augustine hotel room, sheriff's officials in St. Johns County said. She was 72. Busansky was found unresponsive in her room at the Renaissance Hotel at the World Golf Village, where a conference of Florida's elections supervisors was held. ...more

June 23, 2009

Dormant for several years, the New Tampa Republican Club has a new charter and officers. ...more

March 18, 2009

Find The Money In reading "Johnson Overspent By $940,000," (Feb. 4), it raised two questions. I spent over 10 years as a federal funds custodian while in the military. The only way to lose money is through "petty" cash, which most organizations limit and control wisely. ...more

February 8, 2009

What's fair is fair. That is the opinion of former city council candidate David Penoyer, who said he plans to file suit against the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office after learning Friday that 440 ballots from precincts 626 and 651 went uncounted in the Nov. 4 election. ...more

January 20, 2009