Democrats will be rallying around Alex Sink as their best hope to win back the governor's mansion. Sink, who now serves as Florida's chief financial officer, will be one of the featured speakers at a state party fundraiser Saturday night. ...more

May 30, 2009

Test yourself with our weekly political pop quiz. ...more

February 20, 2009

The Republican National Committee has elected former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele the first black Republican National Committee chairman. Steele was the most moderate candidate in the field and was considered an outsider because he's not an RNC member. He beat back four challengers, including incumbent Mike Duncan, who was forced to withdraw from the field midway through the balloting in the face of a lack of support. ...more

January 30, 2009

Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer and Gov. Charlie Crist have tried to bring a more moderate tone to the Florida Republican Party, and they've encountered some criticism from conservatives along the way. Now Greer, presumably with backing from Crist, is working for a candidate for national party chairman who some believe would do the same at the national level. ...more

January 29, 2009

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Their political celebration muted by Hurricane Gustav, disappointed delegates to the Republican National Convention could do little Monday but await the outcome of the storm before gauging its further impact on their four-day gathering. ...more

September 1, 2008

A reader looking for juicy gossip or insider dope about Florida and Washington politics will come away with something quite different from Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez's soon-to-be released first book, "A Sense Of Belonging." ...more

July 28, 2008

Voters did not hand Democrats control of Congress two years ago in order to impeach President Bush, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Wednesday. ...more

June 12, 2008

Now that a would-be first female president is ending her quest for the White House, the race is more about women than ever before. ...more

June 7, 2008

Nothing says capital-D Democrat like the lions of the left from Minnesota - Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy and Walter Mondale. ...more

May 25, 2008

Even with the voting and candidate boycott now over, the fight over Florida's Jan. 29 presidential primary is only intensifying. ...more

February 14, 2008