Voters weren't that eager for change when it came to casting ballots for state legislators. Incumbents appeared to have swept the board based on early, unofficial returns. ...more

November 4, 2008

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

When she was in her mid-20s, Denise Grimsley, now 48 and a registered nurse, never dreamed she would get involved in politics. That changed when her father became ill in the mid-1990s and she stepped in to run his petroleum and convenience store businesses. ...more

October 12, 2008

WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain, trailing in polls and searching for a way to gain ground, assailed Democratic rival Barack Obama on Friday in a sharply worded TV ad that said: "When convenient, he worked with terrorist Bill Ayers. When discovered, he lied." ...more

October 10, 2008

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that questions about Democratic rival Barack Obama's association with a former war protester linked to Vietnam-era bombings are part of a broader issue of honesty. ...more

October 10, 2008

Seven of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's top aides defied subpoenas for their testimony Friday into possible abuse of power by the governor. ...more

September 26, 2008

A recent editorial in this newspaper accused the governor and Legislature of engaging in a "con job" to trick citizens, and quoted local government officials cynically twisting the facts to cast blame for the lack of real property tax relief for Florida property owners. ...more

September 26, 2008

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska's attorney general says state employees subpoenaed in the investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin will not testify. ...more

September 16, 2008

Now the real fight begins. As expected, John Russell dispensed with two other Democratic challengers in Tuesday's primary race for the District 5 U.S House seat currently held by Ginny Brown-Waite, and Fred Taylor easily beat an articulate college student for the chance to wrest the state Senate's District 11 seat occupied by Mike Fasano. ...more

August 28, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County voters trickled to the polls Tuesday to decide a series of high-profile primary contests for congressional, state and county offices. ...more

August 27, 2008