TAMPA Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio faces a tough political task if she decides to run for the U.S. Senate: build a local political base into a statewide campaign in one of the nation's largest states. ...more

February 1, 2009

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, who says she's considering a U.S. Senate race, is contemplating a tough political transition: Building from a local political base to a statewide campaign, in one of the nation's largest states. Iorio can count on some advantages in that task, including a reputation for non-partisan competence. But some of her advantages will also be disadvantages. ...more

January 28, 2009

Another President Bush? Perhaps so, says former President George H.W. Bush, who has already seen one son, George W., serve in the Oval Office. The nation's 41st president said Sunday that he would like to see a second son, Jeb, be president one day. ...more

January 5, 2009

In his eight years in the governor's mansion, Republican Jeb Bush only got to appoint two justices to the seven-member Florida Supreme Court. As a result, the court remains significantly to the left of the state's political mainstream, which has drifted from moderately liberal to moderately conservative over the last couple of decades. Fate and the state constitution are giving Bush's successor, Charlie Crist, a chance to reshape the court. ...more

May 28, 2008

The Florida Republican Party is set to begin what Chairman Jim Greer describes as a major effort to reach out to minority voters, including a planned conference next month in Tallahassee for thousands of black Republicans and independents. ...more

October 9, 2007

TAMPA - The Florida Republican Party is set to begin what Chairman Jim Greer describes as a major effort to reach out to minority voters, including a planned conference next month in Tallahassee for thousands of black Republicans and independents. ...more

October 8, 2007