Highlands County Elections Supervisor Joe Campbell is a Democrat. His top assistant, Norma Stokes, is a Republican. ...more

February 26, 2009

Democrat Scott K. Thompson decided to run for state Senate when he saw friends leaving Central Florida for better jobs in Tennessee and the Carolinas. ...more

October 19, 2008

In national politics, the Kennedys and the Bushes are America's first families. In Florida politics, Ben Hill Griffin and his grandchildren take that title. ...more

October 12, 2008

Here we go again, with the punch cards, the magnifying glasses, the hanging chad. ...more

June 24, 2008

Sarasota County is poised to become a resting ground for thousands of veterans after Sunday's groundbreaking and dedication of the 295-acre Sarasota VA National Cemetery. ...more

May 31, 2008

There is a brief scene in the HBO docudrama "Recount" in which Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris is alone in her Tallahassee office looking out the window. ...more

May 25, 2008

It's not a horror movie, although it is Hollywood spin. But to many Floridians, HBO's homage to the 2000 presidential vote-counting debacle will be a cringe-inducing look back at democracy in action in their home state — and it might prompt questions on whether, in this presidential election year, it could happen again. ...more

May 12, 2008

To many Floridians, HBO's homage to the 2000 presidential vote-counting debacle will be a cringe-inducing look back at democracy in action. ...more

May 12, 2008

DNC Dismisses Florida Regarding Joseph Brown's column "Denying Vote Now Part of Party Policy" (Commentary, Jan. 27): ...more

February 3, 2008

In the tumultuous days following the 2000 presidential election, Democrats and civil rights activists descended on Florida, accusing the state of disenfranchising voters and failing to count every vote. They accused the Sunshine State of being just one step away from Jim Crow. ...more

January 27, 2008